I both enjoy and take issue with the characterization of her instant best friend Fletcher. Her character is not even willing to try to understand what it might be like for these other women in this male-dominated vampire world as long as there is a space for her. She is able to wow the men so she is able to create a Sam-sized space for herself in this world seemingly sealing it behind herself as she does. Sam is conventionally attractive and possesses an extraordinary talent. Maybe there is a surprisingly positive female characterization waiting in the last few chapters I have remaining. Why in order to distinguish Sam do all the other women have to be vapid or unintelligent? Here I will admit that I am almost done the book but not completely finished. Either way, the tired jealousy fighting over a man shit is played out. It would be interesting to have another smart sassy female for Sam to butt heads with in a way that is interesting or challenged her. It also could have been interesting to have a female rival who disliked Sam not because of jealousy over a man. I do think it is possible to have a romance where other attractive females can be friends instead of rivals. The only woman who gets to be fully dimensional in this world is Sam. She dismisses them easily in the same way she is initially dismissed.
In fact, when it comes to her description of other females it is heaped with body and slut shaming.
She immediately judges all other female characters on only the most superficial aspects. The book rightfully takes issues with sexists- it's in the title, it's mentioned repeatedly in the book, and yet Sam is incredibly sexist in her views of her own gender. I enjoy some of the sassiness in the character of Sam and I also like that she is British. I find the idea of there being different species among the vampires interesting. I do like the world that Suzanne Wright has created. Like a healthy eater who occasionally indulges in junk food. It could be because I have recently read a slew of plodding dry stories and needed something basic and engaging to get through. That being said I still enjoyed this book.
Wright seems to have a very superficial almost juvenile understanding of gender equality. I definitely found this book to be sexist in ways that the author may not have intended. Wright may not fully understand what sexism is
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