![]() Pack Animals was, though, quite good, though I still find it ironic that a sparkly unicorn featured. I have, however, seen a couple of very good genderswap fanfics, and it's been suggested that I have a go at one that deals with the social aspects of it as well as personal disconnect - of the two best ones I'm thinking of, one doesn't have very much about how general people react to different genders, and the other (non-Torchwood) is set on an uninhabited planet. ![]() Gwen Cooper woke up this morning expecting the unexpected. But now she has a new weapon in her quest for Mr Right. ![]() ![]() Emma is 30, single and frankly desperate. She woke up this morning with nothing to look forward to but another evening of unsuccessful speed-dating. Read Torchwood: Almost Perfect by James Goss available from Rakuten Kobo. Genderswap is something that can only be done well in a certain frame, and a light-hearted tie-in novel to a tv series isn't it. Read so far: Another Life, Border Princes, Slow Decay, Trace Memory, Pack Animals, Skypoint, Almost Perfect, The House That Jack Built. Emma is 30, single and frankly desperate. Personally, it tips over to love for me because it deliberately doesn't take itself too seriously - it had to be that silly about it because I don't think the format and genre of the books could accurately deal with the situation as it stood, and if they'd tried, they would have failed miserably. ![]() Almost Perfect is the book everyone either loves or hates. ![]()
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