The Guardians Gazette No. 7

A note on the use of language in GUARDIANS OF DAWN: ZHARA

I have finally done it. I have FINALLY received that one-star review I was waiting for:

ALT TEXT: Another qualm I had with this book is the use of “they”—the author gives us some background albeit could’ve been more clear, but the story is contrary to the author’s note. And this confused me SO much. When the MC’s love interest is introduced, “they” is used, but should be clear that the MC is talking to a male when his physical features are described (which the vast majority of pubescent males have)? Or is this world where everyone looks the same? Another instance is a female character, even after we learn she’s female, “they” is still used whenever she talks. This is SUPER annoying because it breaks the flow of the story and confuses the reader as to there being multiple characters in the scene. Also loathed the forced letters cult’s ideologies in this story. Why is every YA book bullied into including this??? Books were fine without this degeneracy.

🏆 ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Degeneracy