What It Looks Like by Matthew J. Metzger

At times, it was almost uncomfortable to read since that anger was sometimes physically manifested and families that hit are never very pretty. There were definite BDSM themes as well as a lot of anger. Having said that, I also would venture that this story will not be for everyone. I can only guess at that-and please know I do so with infinite awareness that I can never fully understand the journey a person takes when faced with the knowledge that their body has betrayed them, and they are not who they really are on the outside. When I read this book there was such honesty and raw hunger in Eli’s character that I felt I was getting a firsthand account of the hell that a transgender person might live through in real life. Metzger’s newest novel, What It Looks Like, seemed to me to be a very emotionally charged story that rang with such truth I wondered if it was a glimpse at a more personal experience than just fiction. Review: I am going to go out on a proverbial reviewer’s limb here when I say that Mathew J. Rob’s not in control here - and Eli’s the one to blame. One wrong move, and Rob could destroy Eli - and his family - without a second thought.

A career criminal and a former guest of Her Majesty’s Prison Service, he’d rather hit Eli’s parents than sit down to dinner with them. Rob Hawkes is six feet of muscle, tattoos, and arrest warrants.

He’s grown up wonky in a world that only deals with the straight and narrow - and his new boyfriend isn’t helping. Category: Contemporary, BDSM, Transgender RomanceĪt a Glance: This novel was full of angst, violence and more than its share of kinky sex, but it was also the most honest tale of one man’s journey toward happiness I have ever read.īlurb: Eli Bell is the only son of a police chief inspector and a forensic scientist.

What It Looks Like by Matthew J. Metzger