Written at Randy's kicks off Diner Days, the all inclusive trans character series. This entire series is a low angst sexuality positive series that we've all been waiting for!
From the blurb:
Myles
The last person I expect to answer my roommate wanted ad is the hottie from the diner I’ve been pining over. Avery’s social, flirty, and pretty much my polar opposite. Most of my days revolve around making aliens boink, however, scifi erotica novelist is a far cry from the journalist job my parents think I have. I like being invisible, and this new roommate sitch is about to shake all that anonymity up.
Avery
My new roommate is so damn gorgeous. Not only is he funny and easy to talk to, but he sees me—better than anyone else in my life. And with the way my family’s ignoring my latest endeavor, the wellness fair my acupuncture practice is running, I’m lapping up every second of Myles’s attention.
Sleeping with Myles is a bad idea. I don’t need the complication, especially with the guy renting me my room. However, the more I learn about him, the harder he becomes to resist, until we’re on a collision course that neither of us want to control…but will wreck us if it ends.
Love beyond the binary, serving up low angst trans romances at Randy's Diner
Written at Randy's is a low angst M/X roommates to lovers romance between a reclusive trans male author and a life of the party bigender club kid that reads as a standalone.
Molly Otto's review:
Myles (trans male) spends his time at writing his next great alien smut romance, whereas Avery (bigender) spends his/her time at Randys after fun nights dancing at the local club. When Myles seeks a roommate to help pay the bills, he doesn't expect the club cutie to show up on his door. These two are so dang adorable that you can not help but want to squish them. Both just accept the other as they are and make them more comfortable being their true selves. What to expect from a kat McIntyre book a kink added in for funsies and oh boy does she deliver on this one.
Thanks Kat now every time I see a squirrel, I cackle, so there's that fun now.
This is book one of all the inclusive trans series, and what a way to start it was. Cannot wait to see what pairings come from this universe.
Angel's review:
Ever since this group of authors announced they were doing a Collab series focused on trans characters, I have been eagerly waiting to dive in. After reading this, (the first book in the Diner Days series), I'm even more hyped for the rest of the books.
Katherine is really good at creating dynamic characters that has tons of background information, which I love because it helps us, (the readers), get to know the characters better, and understand them a bit more. Myles and Avery are so special and sweet together.
I adored how they met, it was awkward for Myles but it was such a sweet and funny meet-cute. I felt secondhand embarrassment on Myles's behalf but hey, Avery didn't mind, or hold how they met against him. The idea of these two knowing of each other from spending time at Randy's, to going to being roommates and actually getting to know each other personally, was a really great idea. It was executed flawlessly!
The found family goodness that occurred within the pages of this story was so good! It made me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside reading about how everyone rallied around Avery and showed up to support him at his event. I have a strong dislike for Avery's family, I hate that they made him feel as though he's not important, or interesting enough to pay attention to. But, despite them being awful characters, Myles, his parents, and Avery and Myles's groups of friends showed up to support him and give him their love and acceptance.
The detail that went into describing Randy's Diner was phenomenal, I loved that there was so much attention to detail focused on describing that place. Especially because that's where this whole series takes place, it has to stand out, and it definitely did. I liked the bit of slow-burn that occurred between Myles and Avery, I thought it was written out well. They go from becoming friends, to being friends with benefits, then transitioning to being lovers. It was such a smooth flow between each of those transitioning moments, it was written in such a spectacular way.
Something that I adored the most was the transgender representation and the Bi-Gender representation. I learned a lot while reading this story which I loved! I haven't come across any other stories that has a Bi-Gender character, aside from this one. I loved that there is finally a romance book with a Bi-Gender character, and I'm sure a lot of other people will love that too.
Katherine is really good at creating dynamic characters that has tons of background information, which I love because it helps us, (the readers), get to know the characters better, and understand them a bit more. Myles and Avery are so special and sweet together.
I adored how they met, it was awkward for Myles but it was such a sweet and funny meet-cute. I felt secondhand embarrassment on Myles's behalf but hey, Avery didn't mind, or hold how they met against him. The idea of these two knowing of each other from spending time at Randy's, to going to being roommates and actually getting to know each other personally, was a really great idea. It was executed flawlessly!
The found family goodness that occurred within the pages of this story was so good! It made me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside reading about how everyone rallied around Avery and showed up to support him at his event. I have a strong dislike for Avery's family, I hate that they made him feel as though he's not important, or interesting enough to pay attention to. But, despite them being awful characters, Myles, his parents, and Avery and Myles's groups of friends showed up to support him and give him their love and acceptance.
The detail that went into describing Randy's Diner was phenomenal, I loved that there was so much attention to detail focused on describing that place. Especially because that's where this whole series takes place, it has to stand out, and it definitely did. I liked the bit of slow-burn that occurred between Myles and Avery, I thought it was written out well. They go from becoming friends, to being friends with benefits, then transitioning to being lovers. It was such a smooth flow between each of those transitioning moments, it was written in such a spectacular way.
Something that I adored the most was the transgender representation and the Bi-Gender representation. I learned a lot while reading this story which I loved! I haven't come across any other stories that has a Bi-Gender character, aside from this one. I loved that there is finally a romance book with a Bi-Gender character, and I'm sure a lot of other people will love that too.
Heather's Review:
I'm so excited for the Diner Days collab! If all the books are as good as Written at Randy's this series is going to be incredibly special. Not only does it feature trans characters, but the setting is fun and interesting as well. I love that right from the get go, this book has cliques and defined groups mixing and mingling and that everyone is so welcoming and supportive, whether it's the writer crowd or the after dancing crowd or maybe a group we haven't really gotten to know yet, they all seem so welcoming and friendly.
This first pairing is a trans man and a genderfluid person and it was lovely with a slow build to a very steamy romance! I love all the character detail, the background and the way this story just flows to the point where you know everything but don't remember how you knew...
I can't wait to see where the next author takes this series!
Written at Randy's (Diner Days) is currently available as an e-book and paperback and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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