{"id":12079,"date":"2023-11-25T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=12079"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:37:06","slug":"book-transmuted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-transmuted\/","title":{"rendered":"Transmuted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"book-1978\" class=\"bdb-book-info\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/book_transmuted.png?fit=250%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Transmuted\" class=\"alignright\"\/><strong>Title:<\/strong> Transmuted<br \/><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/eve-harms\/\">Eve Harms<\/a><br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/series\/rewind-or-die\/\">Rewind or Die #30<\/a><br \/><strong>First Published:<\/strong> <span content=\"2021-07-15\">July 15, 2021<\/span><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/publisher\/unnerving\/\">Unnerving<\/a><br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 71<br \/><strong>Genre:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/horror\/\">Horror<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/lgbtq\/\">LGBTQ<\/a><br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/format\/ebook\/\">Ebook<\/a><br \/><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/source\/kindle-unlimited\/\">Kindle Unlimited<\/a><br \/><strong>Rating:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/rating\/4\/\"><span class=\"bdb-font-awesome-star-wrap\"><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/57939568-transmuted\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/addtogoodreads.png?ssl=1\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <p>Her doctor is giving her the body of his dreams...and her nightmares.<\/p>\n<p>Isa is a micro-celebrity who rarely shows her face, and can\u2019t wait to have it expertly ripped off and rearranged to look more feminine. When a successful fundraiser makes her gender affirming surgery possible, she\u2019s overjoyed\u2014until she has to give up all her money to save her dying father.<\/p>\n<p>Crushed by gender dysphoria and the pressure of disappointing her fans who paid for a new face, she answers a sketchy ad seeking transgender women for a free, experimental feminization treatment. The grotesquely flawless Dr. Skurm has gruesome methods, but he gets unbelievable results, and Isa is finally feeling comfortable in her skin. She even gains the courage to ask out her crush: an alluring and disfigured alchemy-obsessed artist named Rayna.<\/p>\n<p>But Isa\u2019s body won\u2019t stop changing, and she\u2019s going from super model to super mutant. She has to discover the secret behind her metamorphosis\u2014before the changes are irreversible, and she\u2019s an unwanted freak forever.<\/p>\n<strong>Get the Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3TObs3n\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>\r\n<hr \/><\/div>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Review\",\n\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2023-11-25T05:00:46+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\"description\": \"Transmuted\",\n\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Radical Dreamer\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-transmuted\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Transmuted\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"author\": [\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Eve Harms\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-database\\\/author\\\/eve-harms\\\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t],\n\t\t\t\t\t\"isbn\": \"\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"numberOfPages\": 71,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Unnerving\"\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\"image\": \"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/book_transmuted.png?fit=250%2C400&ssl=1\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-07-15T00:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.goodreads.com\\\/book\\\/show\\\/57939568-transmuted\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"genre\": \"Horror\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Jamie\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/\"\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"ratingValue\": 4,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"bestRating\": 5\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Transmuted<\/strong> is a wild medical horror story with some of the best body horror I\u2019ve read in a while. The story follows a trans woman who finds herself desperate after having to give up the money she had saved for facial feminization surgery to try and save her estranged father. I really adored Isa, a lively but depressed VTuber trying to keep her head above water navigating gender dysphoria, strained family relationships, and internet hate. She was a believable character that reminded me of some of my closest friends and I rooted for her the entire way. The desperate choices that Isa makes are understandable and the extreme social pressure placed on the trans community is keenly felt.<\/p>\n<p>The pacing of the story is unwieldy and intense, like a pot on the verge of boiling over and I didn\u2019t want to put the book down. This story is unhinged and by the end borders on being wacky, I wasn\u2019t thrilled with the direction the plot went and the bizarre ending but everything else up to that point was so great the pros far outweighed the cons. <strong>Transmuted<\/strong> is a real treat with an original plot I couldn\u2019t help but admire.<\/p>\n<h2>Quote<\/h2>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I already have a shitty <em>voice<\/em> in my head constantly telling me I&#8217;m not a <strong>real woman<\/strong>, I don&#8217;t need a <em>Greek chorus<\/em> of <strong>internet assholes<\/strong> to agree.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Content Warnings<\/h2>\n<span class=\"ubb-spoiler\"><a class=\"ubb-view-spoil\">View Spoiler &raquo;<\/a><span style=\"display: none;\" class=\"ubb-thespoil\">Abduction, Dead Naming, Death, Disfigurement, Fatphobia, Fetishization of Trans People, Gender Dysphoria, Gore, Human Experimentation, Medical Trauma, Parent Death, Torture, Transphobia, Sex, Violence <a class=\"ubb-hide-spoil\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;\">&laquo; Hide Spoiler<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About Eve Harms<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_eveharms.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_eveharms.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_eveharms.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eve Harms is a writer of freaky fun dark fiction. Her work has appeared in publications such as Vastarien Literary Journal (under Rayna Waxhead), Creepy Catalog (under Kendra Temples), and her story &#8220;The Glow at Home&#8221; was featured on Ellen Datlow&#8217;s recommended list in the anthology Best Horror of the Year Vol. 11. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her children&#8217;s book illustrator spouse and two cats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eveharms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eveharmswrites\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/17956541.Eve_Harms\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3zBlr5q\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eveharmswrites\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/eve_harms\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review Transmuted is a wild medical horror story with some of the best body horror I\u2019ve read in a while. 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