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BelievableChange and growMorally ambiguousMultilayeredStrong relationshipsFast-pacedNonlinear narrativeSatisfying conclusionBleakEtherealHarshMysteriousSetting fits the storyClear but uninspiredEasy to readStraightforwardAbuseAnimal abuseChild abuseDomestic violenceExplicit sexual contentGriefSelf-harmSexual assaultSubstance abuseViolence
“I loved Docile, so I went into this with high hopes. I was sorely disappointed. Plot was lacking, ending was unsatisfying. Still not sure what the conflict was or how it was resolved.”
About K.M. Szpara
K.M. Szpara is a queer and trans author who lives in Baltimore, MD, with a small dog and long cat. He is the author of speculative novels such as FIRST, BECOME ASHES (2021), DOCILE (2020), and a third that will follow up on his Hugo and Nebula nominated novelette, "Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time." They're about cults and trauma, consent and debt, and a horny trans vampire, respectively. His short fiction appears in Tor.com, Uncanny, Lightspeed, and more. You can find himme on the Internet at kmszpara.com and on Twitter and Instagram at @kmszpara.
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