Casper's Reviews > Kiss Number 8

** spoiler alert ** I think the book was a bit clunkier than it should have been. It would have been a touching bi coming of age story but the trans representation in this story fell very short for me. Too many opportunities for a reader to put the book down before any of the ways that Sam was spoken about were addressed as problematic. What was addressed as negative was really wishy-washy and vague. The other trans character’s dialogue did not feel authentic to me. It felt like the way that cis people imagine trans folks feel.