This may just be one of my favorite stories M.C. Questgend has ever written, a low-tech, far-future science fiction epic about a world divided by the sexes, with women-led cities served by submissive sissies, leaving rebellious male soldiers scattered across the post-apocalyptic landscape.
The series is comprised of equal parts fetish, fantasy, drama, and thrills, never quite going where you might expect, and offering up as many chilling twists as exciting revelations. It is just an altogether wonderful story, full of history, detailed world building, strong characters, sexual energy, and a sissy-flavored feminist theme of empowerment and freedom.
I could write an entire novel about this series, but let me just touch upon a few highlights of each installment:
- It's a Whole New FemWorld is a super introduction and a wonderfully deceptive tale that leads the reader to expect something happy and sexy before taking a very dark turn into betrayal
- The Safe House is a chapter that stands out from the rest for two key reasons - one, the character of Kevin, though whom the story explores questions of gender identity and sexuality; and two, the layers of mystery within the tale, including the brilliant twist at the end
- Reinor's Revenge is a sexy, smart, dark, and decadent chapter that explores the slippery slope of extremist politics with a scenario that is either nightmare or fetish fuel, depending on your perspective
- A Quest for Balance is my contribution to the saga, a story in which I explored the journey and transition of two misfit soldiers, and played with some gender-bending possibilities for peace
- Starting Over is a powerful story that steps away from the war itself to explore the legacy of hatred and fear left behind, finding happiness in the most unexpected places
- Hiding the Truth takes that post-war theme one step further with a poignant, bittersweet tale that really surprised me with the emotions it stirred up
- The Offspring wraps up the saga by exploring a new post-war generation, picking up the threads of my gender-bending mutation in a way that I just adored, and painting a beautiful contrast between the transforming punishment of sex and transformational pleasure of love.
The beauty of It's a Whole New FemWorld: The Complete Series is that we get to witness triumphs and tragedies, small victories and even bigger defeats, sometimes with characters who rise above the cruelties of war, and other times with those forced to surrender themselves to the moment. I love this world so much and am forever grateful to M.C. Questgend for allowing me to be a small part of it.
Born in 1971, M.C. Questgend traveled the country with his parents as a military brat. Settling in Texas where he was first introduced to alternative lifestyles, he was able to finish high school and continue his new "hobby" in college. After college, he and "she" returned to start a family, but the strain of his "secret" was too much for his now ex-wife. Married a second time was not the answer, so M.C. has transferred the stress to the pen and keyboard. Writing erotic stories - some loosely based on his and "her" life as well as stories involving aspects of the LGBT community, a community and lifestyle he has come to privately embrace. M.C. Questgend is a pen name used to protect his privacy and anonymity. The intent was to write stories that entertain, inspire and motivate - which are as much sensual and heartwarming as they are sexual and explicit.
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