Just like the robotic race of Borg from Star Trek, who invade people’s minds and take them over turning them into group-mind, my daughter’s stepmother is trying to turn her into their version of the Borg.
In the stepmother’s universe children DO NOT read books for teenagers that might have any questionable language or other adult content. I had the temerity to buy my ten-year-old daughter a few Manga books about witches, vampires and trolls that were supposedly for teens. I looked at them and they looked pretty innocent and silly.
The wicked Borg stepmother however actually read the first book before she’d let my daughter read it. She had to vet it and make sure it was “appropriate.” I guess it passed muster because she let my daughter read it. I had bought the two others in the series and gave them to her. Now her stepmother has to read two more Manga books and she hates Manga. That should be punishment for her.
I must resist the Borg. I can’t wait until the kid is a teenager and rebels against Borg-think. Now that will really be fun.