This book had a good premise. The execution, however, leaves so much to be desired.

My main complaint is that the author has absolutely zero knowledge behind what he's talking about. The author claims right off the bat that hysterectomies are required after being on T for a certain amount of time. That is simply not true, most trans people on T never get surgeries like that simply from the side effects. Furthermore, he says long term effects of T are unknown, however people have been doing hormone treatments for nearly 100 years. He also keeps saying that T removes fertility, which is also inaccurate. Plenty of trans men have gotten pregnant while on T. He goes so far as to say "it kinda is" a birth control, which is blatantly inaccurate. It even goes beyond trans healthcare. For a good chunk of the book Davies acts like morning sickness ends exactly at noon, as if nausea gives a shit what time it is.

The relationship of these characters also makes zero sense. Jake essentially loses his independence in this but it's supposed to be all fine, because he and Tristian love each other so much despite meeting not even a year ago. Meanwhile Tristian, who is supposed to be this super sweet and understanding cis guy, outs his stealth friend (which is later forgotten) and allows his pregnant boyfriend to be misgendered so he can stay closeted. I'm all for people coming out when they want, but this is impacting someone else. If he didn't want to come out he shouldn't have volunteered to be a dad.

There's also typos and contradictions galore in this book, especially in one of the sex scenes, almost like the author was ~distracted~ writing it, and couldn't be bothered to read it through once to edit it.

The last thing worth mentioning is it is very unbelievable that Jake has actually wanted to be a dad for years. Everything feels last minute, even apart from the poor timing. He doesn't even know if he's a mom or a dad by being pregnant (the answer is dad. There are trans men fine with being mom but pregnancy does not automatically mean mom).

The only two redeeming qualities are the author seems to be one of the few people who knows you need a condom for everything, and how the kid was treated once they were born. There were other okay moments, but none of them enough to make a decent book.