Thank you to NetGalley for providing me an ARC of this audiobook for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed this book! I feel like I learned more about my period from this book than from any doctor I've had, (or honestly from my own research!). I really liked how the information was explained in such a way that it used the anatomically correct terms for things while still not being super technical.

Dr. Gunter's fun metaphors and commentary kept me interested, even through some of the more science-heavy chapters. My favorite chapters though would have to be the ones explaining the history behind contraception and menstrual products.

I also greatly appreciated Dr. Gunter's inclusivity of trans and nonbinary people in her discussion of periods. It can feel rather alienating to be a nonbinary person with a period and to have all messaging around periods be so feminine. I also appreciated her informed care approach, and I truly feel like I am more equipped to advocate for my menstrual needs because I have read this book.

I will say that I think I would absorb some of the more science-heavy chapters (especially those in the second half of the book) better if I read them rather than listened to them, but that has nothing to do with the content of the book, simply the method of delivery being auditory and not visual.

On a final note, I also enjoyed that Dr. Gunter herself read this book. It felt incredibly personal and offered even more humor to her jokes because she was the one who wrote them, after all! I have never listened to an audiobook narrated by the author before, and now I wish this was a more common thing because it truly was a treat to hear the author's words spoken by the author, exactly how she wanted them said!

Publication date: January 16, 2024