Book Review: Knot My Type by Evie Mitchell

‘Knot My Type’ by Evie Mitchell is the first book of Mitchell’s ‘All Access Series’, and was released in 2021. It is available to read via Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited Subscription.

The story follows Frankie and Jay, who live in the small town of Capricorn Cove. Frankie is a psychologist and runs a podcast called All Access which promotes sex positivity, accessible sex and relationships and tackles societal ableism. Meanwhile Jay works in lumber and carpentry with his foster father. Their paths cross when after receiving nine nominations for the Poddy Awards for her podcast, and receiving a listener question about accessible rope play.

I really didn’t know what to expect when it came to this book but I loved the sense of character and voice. There was so much to love: the sex positivity, the stress on communication, and the casual way that the characters discuss and accept and apologise about casual societal abelism. From the get-go, Mitchell offers blatant call outs abelism, but encourages healing.

The book discusses sex very matter-of-factly, as an expression of trust, of connection and something enjoyable. The way that Jay and Frankie discuss it is very open and transparent. While Jay teaches how to make kink accessible, at ‘The A-List’ a kink club, that lacked the same sense of access for people with disabilities as their able-bodied counterparts. But as an able-bodied man, he doesn’t understand the extent to which having a disability means doors are harder to open in the world, like housing. Frankie’s needs mean that she is limited in what she can or cannot do. Like the housing! While Jay could buy a neglected house, and fix it up, Frankie needs to rent a house that has low cabinetry, wide hallways, a shower wide enough for her wheelchair, no stairs and even floors.

I love the relationship between Jay and Frankie and how their struggles ignited the plot, especially when the story seemed too good to be true. Jay’s pain and his trauma and how he goes about trying to rectify one hell of a mistake. They felt real, with their traumas, their troubles, their humour etc. everything felt incredibly authentic and I loved how things panned out for them!

I would definitely recommend this book! There’s a lot of sex in it, which makes sense, of course, since the whole thing is about relationship trauma, sex positivity and love. Although sometimes, primarily when Jay and Frankie first met, took me aback with how upfront it was, it was such a fun and positive book, a quick book about important subjects.