The Gender Games: The Problem With Men and Women, From Someone Who Has Been Both

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While a lot of saucy visual novels cast their protagonists as arrogant jerks or desperate losers, Ladykiller in a Bind puts you in the role of a suave lesbian womanizer who is confident and cool. Even if inhabiting that character isn't your fantasy, it's a fun space to explore and one that no other game does. The ending was OK but like I say it brought up too many questions and tbh I called it from the beginning thanks to a sentence which appears near the start. This sentence was SO OBVIOUSLY an attempt at foreboding the ending that it was just way too 'on-the-nose' and gave away the whole damn twist. Lee was absolutely 2D. I mean, there were even things he said and did which contradicted his own behaviour. It was like the author couldn't be bothered giving him the time of day or letting him have the chance to establish his own motives or personality. He was just an accessory to Vi. BRILLIANT. I consider myself an avid reader of quite a few genres so it's easy for me to get cynical about storylines, originality and (if I make it far enough) the ending. A storyline dealing with, at first glance, such a hot topic as gender expectations is extraordinarily risky but I'm thrilled and proud to say that the author exceeded my expectations by not only rising to the challenge but soaring over it. From the first word to the final word I was gripped. This is an intelligent book that I will happily reread. However dangerous this mysterious mission could turn out to be, anything was better than death…Wasn’t it?”

Gender, orientation, inclusivity, pairings, kinks, fetishes: Gender presentation, queer identity, and BDSM are at the heart of this lesbian-centered story. Characters are often not defined by a set-in-stone gender binary or sexual orientation, though, instead given intricate graphs detailing their proclivity for (among other things) crossdressing, lies, social status, and sluttiness. Content warnings include rope bondage, impact play, humiliation, and transactional sex. The Gender Game is Bella Forrest’s latest release and is an absolutely brilliant and addictive dystopian read that will lure readers with its intense, intriguing world, strong protagonist and promising romance! As a child, Violet fought to save her brother from the cruelty of Matrus in a thwarted attempt to smuggle him across the river to Patrus. Her punishment, a prison type environment that will leave her hardened, bitter and yearning for a sense of freedom neither side can provide. Her latest crime will leave her scheduled for death until she is offered the opportunity to play spy as the wife of a Matrus sympathizer in Patrus. All is not as it seems as she navigates the stifling world of Patrus and the one man she should fear the most is the one man who steals her heart, and yet, she must betray him, but for what? I loved this book and could not bear to put it down! Violet is a wonderful character, she is not perfect but she is bold and brave. She is likable. She values the friendships she makes. Viggo is a man with an unfortunate past and an equally likeable character. Lee is probably the only character that I did not care for at all in this book....his characterization seemed sort of 'BLAH' to me. I think he could have been fleshed out more...I mean Violet is married to him but they barely have any interaction in the book, seemed like a missed chance in my opinion. Ever since the disappearance of her beloved younger brother, Violet's life has been consumed by an anger she struggles to control. Already a prisoner to her own nation, now she has been sentenced to death for her crimes.

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While you can spend the days pursuing votes in the popularity competition while dodging suspicion to maintain your cover, you'll also be pursuing sex. No matter what happens during each day, when the sun goes down you choose one of two characters to share a room with—one dominant and the other submissive. Ladykiller in a Bind is an introduction to BDSM, and a great one. If you thought "subspace" was where Optimus Prime keeps his trailer you're gonna learn some stuff. But I want to be fair and honest, because that's the best purpose of a review, and it's what helps everybody the most -- including the author, the publisher, and most of all, the reader. My job here is primarily to make sure that you know what you're about to read, as a reader, right? What it is: Ghosthug Games’ beloved Hardcoded is not only the height of queer visual novel erotica, but also showcases the power of adult games as more intimate and exploratory porn. Valens described the game as being centered around “an android trans girl who runs away from her oppressive life serving human needs and becomes friends with a group of queers living in a cyberpunk dystopian city. There's some sort of virus going around making everyone really, really horny. The game is part cyberpunk adventure, part trans girl story, and part queer porn game. It's really kinky and hot and fun and there's a little bit for every girl in it, although it's best enjoyed by queer trans women I think.” I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, but I really enjoyed it. Don't expect a really deep look at gender issues, as this is more a light teen book. But that said I whizzed through it and found myself bummed when it ended. Violet is our protagonist in this tale and she is tough as friggin' nails. She is essentially a juvenile delinquent when we start the book, but she isn't a delinquent in the worst of terms. This girl defends herself and those that she likes. In a country where violence is looked down on, Violet is definitely in trouble, seeing as she loves a good brawl. Her aggressively protective and defensive tendencies have landed her in the 'system' after the original incident of her trying to save her brother from the mines and then for defending herself with a 'weapon'.

The patriarchal-ruled society treated women as objects, to be seen and not heard, to live predominately in the indoor sphere, and always escorted by their spouse when in any public place. This futuristic society seemed to have devolved a few hundred years and this could almost be a classic Gothic novel, in some parts, if not for the science-fiction elements. I was indifferent to Lee and Viggo, but it’s obvious which character you are suppose to like, even when that came true, I was still indifferent. I guess I was interested more in the storyline.

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Like really really really slow. I don’t find this a bad thing because I know with each book it will get better and better. This book is the starter course you know? You are getting your feet wet and you are kind of feeling out the rest of the meal. When it comes to Violet Bates, she may be a teen, but she also lives in a unique world. She is nineteen years old and a river splits up her world according to gender. It just so happens that in the east, women are able to live and rule, and the same is the true for the men of the west. No story would be complete without a hint of romance and Bella Forrest gives us this in Viggo Croft. Ahhhh; Viggo, Viggo, Viggo. Viggo is a warden in Patrus and someone Violet and her husband set out to use as part of their mission. Viggo reminds me of Dimitri Belikov from The Vampire Academy series in the sense that he has shoulder length hair, wears a trench coat and is pretty damn bad-ass. Someone who has a past that makes him symphonize with and be intrigued by Violet, Viggo is a fierce fighter, but a quiet individual, whose relationship with Violet develops over time. Right now Forrest has only allowed the bare minimum to develop between Viggo and Violet, but I really enjoyed their chemistry and the connection they seemed to share. Some plot points seemed really convenient, also. The book seems like it was 100% designed to capitalize on The Hunger Games and similar successful books. Several times characters would do stuff where it didn’t seem logical, like it didn’t match what we’d read so far about that character, and it would seem a little…off. And it tries too hard to hit all the desired tropes in the plot.