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| Title | : | Static |
| Author | : | L.A. Witt |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 283 pages |
| Published | : | January 20th 2014 by Riptide Publishing (first published June 17th 2011) |
| Categories | : | Romance. M M Romance. Fantasy. Paranormal. Science Fiction. Shapeshifters. LGBT |
L.A. Witt
ebook | Pages: 283 pages Rating: 3.92 | 1218 Users | 278 Reviews
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After two years together, Alex has been dreading the inevitable moment when Damon learns the truth: that Alex is a shifter, part of a small percentage of the population able to switch genders at will. Thanks to a forced implant, though, Alex is suddenly static—unable to shift—and male. Overnight, he’s out to a world that neither understands nor tolerates shifters . . . and to his heterosexual boyfriend. Damon is stunned to discover his girlfriend is a shifter, and scared to death of the dangers the implant poses to Alex’s health. He refuses to abandon Alex, but what about their relationship? Damon is straight, and with the implant both costly and dangerous to remove, Alex is stuck as a man. Stripped of half his identity and facing serious physical and social ramifications, Alex needs Damon more than ever, but he doesn’t see how they can get through this. Especially if he’s static forever.
Details Books To Static
| Original Title: | Static |
| ISBN: | 162649102X (ISBN13: 9781626491021) URL http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/static |
| Characters: | Alex Nichols (Static), Damon Bryce |
| Literary Awards: | Gaylactic Spectrum Award Nominee for Best Novel (2012), Lambda Literary Award Nominee for LGBT Sci Fi/Fantasy/Horror & Transgender Fiction (2012), Rainbow Award for Best Bisexual/Transgender Sci-Fi / Paranormal / Fantasy (2011) |
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Ratings: 3.92 From 1218 Users | 278 ReviewsCrit Epithetical Books Static
In the genre of M/M, I've read a lot of interesting stories. I tend to read a ton of shifter books, but they all have been of the animal variety. The idea behind "Static" is really a fascinating concept. A world where people can shift genders, I mean, how much cooler can it get?! I really wanted to love this one, because it is such an innovative idea. I am giving it extra stars for originality, however, it failed as a believable romance for me. There was a lot of good about this story. Much of4.5...This books left me smiling and that is a very good thing.Alex is a shifter...he can change into female or male form. His crazy fundamentalist parents drug him and trick him and force on him a surgical procedure that keeps in his male for and unable to change into a woman.He has been seeing Damon as Alex, a woman. Damon doesnt know he is a shifter...Unable to change he must tell Damon his secret.This book was very clever...and certainly had an interesting out look on transgenders and the
True rating: 2.75 stars; rounding up because of the great imagination and writing displayed here. I am a bit bummed. The relationship between these two guys hasn't been fully fleshed out and the ending, although a sweet HFN, was too ambiguous and rushed. I wanted more, especially after all that. The story up to the end was great ... it was the ending that had my rating (relatively) plummeting :-/. More specifically, I would have liked Alex to have remained (view spoiler)[male (hide spoiler)] or
I enjoyed this book very much-- the idea as a metaphor for transgender identity was brilliant, and it did what good sci-fi SHOULD do--show us our own world on a canvas so subtly warped, with colors so delicately changed from our own reality that the truths of our own societal inadequacies aren't hurtful--they are simply revealing. The fact that Witt tackled this difficult, delicate subject in speculative fiction was, in fact, ingenious, and it truly made a solid, important point about respecting
A very interesting exploration of social gender roles and a touching romance. This seems to be a book people either love or hate--i fall firmly in the former.
Wow! Such an enthralling story. As Damon (my favourite name ever!) says in the end, "Goddamn, what a ride."This was a completely foreign concept to me - shifters, but of genders and not bodies. But it was a very intriguing theme. Both Alex and Damon were amazing characters. A thing I liked a lot was that they both were very shy yet strong people, not bold and brazen. Another thing that I enjoyed was that they didn't have easy money, as very few people do in my life, so those stories don't give
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