Catnip

This is just a ridiculously adorable story.

The core storyline is "oh shit. I'm trans!" plus a sweet falling in love story.

The explanation for our main protagonist being turned into a catgirl is brilliantly stupid. I mean that in the best possible way. It's dumb as fuck, and that's absolutely perfect in context.

The conversations are fine but have some of the common problems of a new author. At the same time the whole thing is so wonderfully cute, and sweet, and hopeful, and innocent that you just won't care.

For bonus points the setting is a constant dig at billionaires with too much ego.

The overwrought handwringing about a world run by elon musk expys is a bit much, and the writing in some places is quite clunky. That said, the world envisioned in Catknip is a beautiful one, full of people I would either like to know, or feel like I already do. It was a comforting read on a couple levels, with almost the right balance of fluff to steam. I'm glad I've read it and would reccomend to anyone else with a similar preternatural attraction to stories of becoming yourself.