Maid in Heaven
Aurora , Reviews / April 21, 2009

“And then you didn’t bring me my tea! Do you know how disappointing that was?” By: Hisami Shimada Publisher: Aurora/Deux Genre: BL/yaoi Age rating: M/mature/18+ Price: $12.95 Usually I cringe when I see a character in drag on the front cover of a BL book. All too often it means the character’s going to be humiliated by being forced to wear drag (as if dressing like a woman were an inherently shameful thing), or that he’s going to be “feminised” in a way that has more to do with stereotypes of femininity than actual female traits. So I was pleasantly surprised to open up Maid in Heaven and find that main character Midori wears a maid’s outfit because… he’s a maid, and the outfit’s a practical one to wear while he’s working. It isn’t treated in a fetishistic way at all… at least, not at first. But I’m getting ahead of myself. The story: Midori is the grandson of Akane, an experienced maid to the rich Kosaka family. Akane falls ill, and Midori takes her place in the household, only to find that Asagi, the master of the house, is not only cold and bossy, but is only 18 —…