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The Man Who Trained Me

A Transgender Memoir: Coming of Age Transgender Romance Series, Book 1

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The Man Who Trained Me

By: Tish Mellon
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We're not all like Caitlyn Jenner.

Hi, I'm Tish Mellon, a transgender woman in her 20s and author of this audiobook. My publisher calls the book a transgender memoir, but I'm too young to be writing biographies and memoirs. I'd rather think of it as a suspenseful "coming of age" book, a battle of the sexes, a chess game. To me, it's not a sleepy memoir; it's a fast-paced audio.

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While the are plenty of differences between Nabokov’s famous novel and Tish Mellon’s novelette, the theme of a seemingly exploited, sexually nascent subject beginning to own their power is nearly identical between the two. In addition, Mellon takes her time to develop each scene, situation and supporting character with the same, thorough flourish. The story is so well told that, if you came in search of explicit, fappably sexual content (of which there is little to none), it is very easy to forget that goal, zip up your pants and enjoy the narrative.

Invariably, this story is a set-up for up-and-cumming content, and I look forward to her subsequent chapters. All in all, it is a tale of transition from male-minded person into feminized sex kitten, and, in spite of the absence of a hot-and-heavy payoff at the end, it is a tale that feels complete.

My only critique is for what feels like brevity. Transitioning comes with many milestones that each feel like a point of no return. With firsts like trying on panties, applying lipstick and self-exploration of previously forbidden erogenous zones, the bulk of these firsts usually occur prior to making actual physical contact with someone else. In Mellon’s telling, they seem time-compressed and under-leveraged. Her protagonist moves through these firsts either without significance, or simultaneously.

Of course, as an older reader, my estimation of this could be more related to the abundance of social stigma from my time applied to Mellon’s more modern experience, so take it with a grain of salt.

The voice narrator does a great job of striking a balance between inflection that adds to but doesn’t upstage it source materials. Her tone is femme enough to sell the experience but not so girly that it seems out of place.

For the money, I would recommend enjoying this book immediately that it might sink in awhile before Mellon releases the next evolution. To wait and binge would be a waste of her fine authoring. If her follow on is a good as this set up, it’s worth the suspense.

An exquisitely cerebral, transgendered Lolita, sortof

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please make more its very hot. I'm looking forward to hearing it unfold. You definitely have a talented mind

great!

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Trish's writting grabed my heart as a trsns women myself. This is not a story of erotica. This is the story of a boy that grows into the amazing women writer Trish is today. This is a beautiful story of a boy that grows into the woonder women writer she became today. I cannot wait to hear more of Trish's fantastic journey into womenhood.






A wonderful story of a true journey into womenhood

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Very sexy story, I hope she makes Tish’s story and journey a series. I guess in one word the word I would use is titillating

Very sexy story

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I didnt know how I'd feel about this book but it was super well written and performed. I cant believe how fast this first book went by and I just hope for a second to come out soon (although given the timeline, I'm not so sure).

Super captivating

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