Szeker has since posted a groveling apology and says the book will be revised to remove the 'offensive' content. She also announced plans to work with 'sensitivity readers' - woke publishing house staff employed to remove supposedly offensive content from books - for the remaining books in the series.Ĭritics have hit back at the mob online, claiming that they have no right to curtail Szeker's imagination when creating fictional characters. The book contains a lengthy trigger warning but BookTokers have complained over the lack of trigger warnings for things such as grooming of minors, racism and incest The book remains very highly rated, with an average score of 4.2 out of 5 among close to 3,000 reviewers on GoodReads, suggesting Szeker may have kotowed too easily to an outspoken minority. Szeker said it was never her intention to offend the trans community and that she would be amending the book and adding a more specific trigger warning.
'First of all, I wanted to apologize to everyone who was negatively hurt and affected by the traumatic scene regarding a transgender woman,' she started off her apology.
'I swear, harming a community was never my intention and I am deeply ashamed that it did. I also regret not being even more thorough with my trigger warnings.
