Catnip

by

english language

ISBN:
9798353616764
ASIN:
B0BFS696B7
4 stars (2 reviews)

For all his life, Sol has believed he's only worthy of affection as long as he's useful--and he intends to prove his ultimate use by restoring a colony on Venus as a new home for his friends and lovers. But upon arriving, he realizes there's more here than he bargained for. For one, the resident artificial intelligence wants to make friends with him. For another, the nanites want to completely change his body... and in the process reveal her true self. Stuck (or perhaps blessed?) with a new form, she must find out what it means to live, to be loved for who she is rather than her work.

Catnip is a cozy space exploration novel about a trans woman's journey to find herself and what it means to be loved for who she is, with the help of her polycule and a lesbian AI.

2 editions

reviewed Catnip by Vyria Durav

Ridiculously Adorable

4 stars

This is just a ridiculously adorable story.

The core storyline is "oh shit. I'm trans!" plus a sweet falling in love story.

The explanation for our main protagonist being turned into a catgirl is brilliantly stupid. I mean that in the best possible way. It's dumb as fuck, and that's absolutely perfect in context.

The conversations are fine but have some of the common problems of a new author. At the same time the whole thing is so wonderfully cute, and sweet, and hopeful, and innocent that you just won't care.

For bonus points the setting is a constant dig at billionaires with too much ego.

reviewed Catnip by Vyria Durav

Delightful and easy in most of the right ways

3 stars

The overwrought handwringing about a world run by elon musk expys is a bit much, and the writing in some places is quite clunky. That said, the world envisioned in Catknip is a beautiful one, full of people I would either like to know, or feel like I already do. It was a comforting read on a couple levels, with almost the right balance of fluff to steam. I'm glad I've read it and would reccomend to anyone else with a similar preternatural attraction to stories of becoming yourself.

Subjects

  • Sapphic
  • Polyamory
  • Sci-fi
  • Science Fiction
  • Transgender
  • Lesbian
  • Romance