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reviewed Welcome to Dorley Hall by Alyson Greaves (The Sisters of Dorley, #1)

Alyson Greaves: Welcome to Dorley Hall 5 stars

Mark Vogel is like the older brother Stefan Riley never had, until one day he …

Absurdly Good

5 stars

This feels like one of those jokes that went too far and then struck gold. It takes a very niche story trope—there's a secret conspiracy feminizing young men into girls!—and turns it on its ear—a trans girl discovers the conspiracy and accidentally-on-purpose gets herself "captured." But then it peoples this whacky story with a raft of deftly-drawn and inescapably human characters, a labyrinthine backstory, and a compelling day-to-day progression of multiple plotlines. And the end result is one of the most incisive examinations of dysphoria ever produced. I cannot recommend this book (and its sequels) highly enough!