A review by nicolepants
Liesmith by Alis Franklin
5.0
What a perfect way to end my reading year! I absolutely loved this book - it's weird and fun and cute and honest, and I had no idea what I was getting when I picked it up, but man I'm glad I did.
The relationship between Lain and Sigmund is so sweet, and there are such lovely moments between Sig and his dad, and Sig and Em and Wayne's nerdy awesome friendship - just the best details, so intricate and layered and real. I'm not a fan of gender-bending just for the sake of it, but the masculine/feminine going on between Sigmund and Sigyn are really interesting.
Alis talks about how she just wanted to write about two men who fall in love, even with these fantastic events happening around them, and it is perfect. I also loved the nod to how a tried-and-true geek would just sort of go along with the shape-shifting and all the other worlds colliding, because well, what's the point of fantasy if you don't just let yourself get lost in it?
Everyone needs to read this! I got my kindle copy for like $1, so you have no excuse not to.
The relationship between Lain and Sigmund is so sweet, and there are such lovely moments between Sig and his dad, and Sig and Em and Wayne's nerdy awesome friendship - just the best details, so intricate and layered and real. I'm not a fan of gender-bending just for the sake of it, but the masculine/feminine going on between Sigmund and Sigyn are really interesting.
Alis talks about how she just wanted to write about two men who fall in love, even with these fantastic events happening around them, and it is perfect. I also loved the nod to how a tried-and-true geek would just sort of go along with the shape-shifting and all the other worlds colliding, because well, what's the point of fantasy if you don't just let yourself get lost in it?
Everyone needs to read this! I got my kindle copy for like $1, so you have no excuse not to.