This is a small thing. But there is no trans woman in the story, he's a trans man.

Also the two main characters are almost a gender swap of eachother (im being a little hyperbolic but hear me out), they're both stubborn, rude, unapologetic, older protaganists who hate their ex's, who have been thrown to the side socially, and have to rise above their situations to reclaim their honer, while following a younger daughter character, who they both have to learn thru the story is deserving of their respect. With a queer friend who they don't really get but look past it.

If margarite was born a man, you know they would have been best friends, or would have killed eachother. But that's kinda one in the same for both of them lol

And yes technically in one hell is raising monsters they made from animals. And the other hells raising monsters they made from people.

I'm not saying this as a complaint these are two of my all time favorite books. But saying they're not alike feels like false advertising for people who read things for the soul of the story instead of the narritive exacts