reviews on amazon - a discussion

I love getting reviewed on Amazon. Wait, that's a lie. I love getting good reviews on Amazon, really hate the 1 and 2 star reviews I get.

However, I notice a trend in reviews that I don't know whether or not I should be concerned about. First off, I get a ton of reviews that say "Katie writes a different kind o TG story." That is true, but isn't it true of every author., We all write differently, but I understand the sentiment. I've come to the conclusion, with the help of some friends, that I write mainstream fiction that happens to have transgender characters and themes (kind of toeing a thin line there).

Now this is what has me concerned and it has happened more than a few times. People review my work and say "thankfully there is no sex" or "there is little sex." The problem is that they are writing this on YA novels like Unreachable. Did people really read a novel about a 12 year old and think sex was in there. Or is transgender stories so littered with sex that a lack of physical activity is newsworthy/