Neuroplasticity by Chris Bellows (#femdom #chastity #pegging #lactation)

I have been familiar with Chris Bellows for years now, and have always been curious about his penchant for taking female domination themes to places many authors are afraid to go, exploring fetishes and limits too dark for Amazon.

For a first taste of his literary talents, Neuroplasticity is stunningly deep and dark, and yet surprisingly positive in its overall approach to gender and sexuality. If there was ever a book that lived by the old adage, "the ends justify the means," then this is it. I cannot remember the last time a book surprised me so completely, taking things in a direction I had not anticipated.

Robert Wells is not a bad guy, just one who made a bad decision, and who got caught in a bad situation. Wrongly accused (and summarily convicted) of rape, he agrees to an unorthodox treatment and an experimental therapy in order to avoid being labeled as a sex offender. His penis is shortened, the sensitive glans removed, and the remaining shaft tattooed a brilliant shade of purple. He is similarly tattooed with purple eye and lip makeup, leaving him half a man and visibly feminized.

Back in the United States, he undergoes experimental Neuroplasticity therapy, which aims to rewire his body's behavior and biological responses, giving him back the bliss of sexual release, but in a wholly different, largely feminine way. He is conditioned to be submissive to women, to take pleasure from anal penetration, and to enjoy the stimulation of his nipples. All sexy, kinky stuff, but it is the emotion behind it, the psychology of it, that is fascinating.

"And the post coitus male sense of conquering... triumph Dr. Becky termed it... has been replaced by a sense of giving... of offering... my essence oozing for my tending nurses for minutes rather than a brief instance."

I love the concept of a sissygasm, but I have never seen it described so beautifully, put in such simple, yet significant terms. It is that sense of giving, offering, and nurturing that drives the tale, turning an alpha playboy male into a beta submissive sissy. He comes to appreciate women in a whole new way, even going so far as feeling indebted to the surgeon who performed his penectomy. Without the experimental therapy, it would seem odd that he submits so easily, but the fact that Bobbi's actions are completely understandable is the brilliance of the story.

The contrast of emotions, and the conflict between the means and the end, is marvelous here. We see such darkness surrounding him, physical cruelty and medical anguish, and yet he is largely happy. He adapts to his situation, coming to find peace as well as pleasure in it. Even when he is forced to endure a final alteration to his gender, Bobbi enters into the future with eyes wide open, giving himself to the women who make him feel wanted, needed, and valuable.

The demented musings of author Chris Bellows, mostly fictional. Strong D/s. Sexual mayhem. No macabre. Not for the uninitiated. Certainly not for the timid. 
http://chrisbellows.blogspot.ca

Reviewed by Sally