
Not too woke to be skeptical, but it’s only really an issue when the author is fetishizing the characters and speaks over people who identify as the characters do, which Rachel Reid has no history of at all. I do try and stock my bookstore with mm written by gay men, but some of the favorites are by women which is okay too! No one knows how most authors identify personally and they shouldn’t have to out themselves to be considered “okay.” They just should be respectful.