Becoming Joanne: Part 1: Melissa takes charge (Feminization and Femdom) Paperback – February 15, 2017

❤️❤️❤️ Enjoyed the set-up and the descriptions of the first stages of transformation. Engaging read. ❤️❤️❤️

The punishment-motivated forced-fem stories don't usually do it for me; I tend to prefer the loving D/s relationship, where the motivation is either to help him uncover his secret sissy/trans desire (secret even from himself); or to help her uncover her latent domme desire, while he slips into the opposite role at first reluctantly, then willingly, then ultimately completely. But too many of the punishment forced-fem stories depict the domme as mercilessly cruel, so the man comes across as a pitiable victim -- unless he's painted as so extremely evil it's impossible to identify with him.This book, though, while a punishment story, finds a balance between those extremes. Joey is a hard-drinking, sexist, cheating jerk in enough ways that we see he really deserves punishment. Yet his first-person account of what's happening is self-aware enough that we can sympathize with the shame -- and arousal -- he feels in response to his humiliation. This sympathy lets us put ourselves in his place, so that every step in his humiliating feminization feels like it's happening to us, which is exactly what we hope for when we read erotica.Ultimately, we don't want to see him broken, his ego utterly destroyed; we hope that maybe he really is learning his lesson, even as we know that eventually, he must become a different person, a better person -- a feminized person. This inevitability, along with the spot-on pacing of both the punishment and his sexual/emotional response to it, leave us panting at the end -- and not just panting in anticipation of the next volume in this new series.Why 4 stars instead of 5? Because the female characters outside the couple are not really developed (though there is a suggestion that that may change in the next volume). This is always a tricky problem in a first-person story, because we can't see those characters when they're not with the narrator. But if they talked to him, or even talked in front of him, about something besides his punishment, it would go a long way toward rounding them out.

Loved the story and how things matured. Just enough to make you wonder what would I do in the same situation. Erotic in an unusual way.

Lady Alexa is an excellent writer and with real life experience of her own FLR she knows exactly what a submissive Man needs to be properly trained to serve a Woman

One of the better x-dress books at amazon for a hetro x-dresser. Nice development and sexy story. About the guy being tricked/forced into cross dressing and humiliation and domination. And nothing really nasty....just a fun read.

In Part One: Melissa Takes Charge, we are introduced to Joseph, an unfaithful husband, a sloppy drunk, and a cruel misogynist. While his wife has suffered his lack of respect and misbehavior over the years, she finally draws the line when he loses yet another job, this time for punching out his female boss. Fortunately, her best friend knows a little something about humiliating men, and she happens to have an opening at her legal firm.Lady Alexa weaves a slow and steady tale of female domination and male humiliation, taking Joseph through the first desperate, tentative steps of his redemption and transformation. This is a story of punishment, complete with a reluctant subject who deserves his plight. Joseph fights against it every step of the way, but there is a gradual erosion of his sense of self that is captivating. Julie is a somewhat weak character, timid and full of sorrow, but Melissa is wonderfully assertive and aggressive.

This story follows a man who is being feminized and explores his feelings as the feminization continues and she is beginning to enjoy it

Strong women, submissive men is how males developed into females

Lady Alexa makes this story start slowly but it becomes interesting as we read.Joseph who eventually becomes Joanne is gradually transformed into a girl.The more transformed the better he like it, it seems. I can't wait till the next book!Exciting!

What a great start to the three, looking forward to the next one.

Très bien. Un livre très agréble à lire.... De l'érotisme c'est vrai, mais aussi beaucoup d'humour; J'espère que la suite est du même acabit. PS : I improve my english at reading erotic stories..... Very easy to progress

My favourite book. Great story. Only wish I was main character. Sexy and feminine. Look forward to more by lady Alexa.xx

I’ve read all three and they are like all lady Alexa’s books, extremely well and intelligently written. I’ve read many books on this or similar subjects over the past few years and must say Lady Alexa’s writing has always captivated me and this series is as good if not better.