![]() ![]() But Ariel may be more than the man he appears to be and Diego can't tear his eyes away. His mother has guilted him into taking a job refurbishing a run down Catholic church with its caretaker Ariel. ![]() Also the choice to have Biblical depictions of an angel (eyes and all) is interesting.ĭiego is a trans-man trying to start over. So while some of the erotic scenes are less my thing, I appreciate what this book is doing and the fact that it exists. And it's deeply rooted in Latinx culture and language. But it is also a story about religious freedom and finding a sort of transcendent meaning in trans identity. On the one hand, Exodus 20:3 is religious monster erotica. the writing reflects that too, switching from spare to wildly lush to reflect the slithering between realities, and the changing perception of the angel's body. It's weird (see above: angel) and dreamlike, but also very solidly grounded in present-day politics, both on the US/Mexico border and in the gritty reality of trans lives. The use of faith and religious imagery in the sex scenes really worked for me (well, I was brought up Catholic) some might see it as transgressive but I'd call it more transcending. ![]() Intense sense of place, restoring a tumbledown church in the desert, and very strong characterisation and backstory lightly sketched in. Okay, I wasn't mentally prepared for that. This featured your actual Old Testament / Demented Medieval Drawing angel, with extra limbs, eyes on its wings, two cocks, etc. Cool, I pictured the average feathery wings bloke, fine. So I picked this up in a recs thread for romance with trans men protags, and I have to admit I kind of skimmed the blurb, merely noting that one of the MCs is an angel. ![]()
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