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Strange Little Band is the ongoing story of Addison and Shane, two self-centered, amoral psychics who work for the cut-throat Triptych Corporation. Their insular, comfortable lives are disrupted when, due to Triptych’s machinations, they become unlikely parents. How can they raise a child when they can’t trust each other?
Note: Strange Little Band contains some graphic sexual content, graphic violence, and harsh language.
Tags: aliens · drama · dystopian · near future · online novels · relationships · romance · science fiction · telepathy
Listed: Jul 5, 2009
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The story follows the psychics Addison and Shane, who both work for the mega-corp Triptych, a mysterious company that seems to specialize in almost everything. Both of the main characters are strong and manipulative; it’s refreshing to read a story with such complex characters and so much hidden politics at play.
Addison is passionate, stubborn and controlling, oftentimes bitchy, teleporting pet psychic of Triptych’s boss, and a fiercely protective mother.
Shane is a part human, part alien supreme martial arts expert and workaholic, who has no friends by design. As a matter of fact, any time he seems to experience strong emotions, he retreats into his emotionless alien side, thus appearing heartless and uncaring.
. . . now imagine the two of them having a baby.
Technically, this is a dark paranormal romance, which is personally not my cup of tea. But this isn’t the PWP you’d expect from the genre, this is something slightly more twisted, set on a background of a corporation that is as mystifying as it is sinister.
The beginning is perhaps a little slow, more character-driven than anything else, but the setting is intriguing, and I look forward to discovering more about Triptych now that Addison and Shane have a tentative trust. There are a couple of typos as well, but nothing too serious.
And the website is professional & easy to navigate, which made me very envious!
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(Cross-posted from my blog)
The blurb for Strange Little Band is somewhat unpromising. Indeed it makes the characters sound so totally unsympathetic that it put me off reading it for quite a while. Then I read some of the good reviews here and decided to have a look. I’m glad I [more . . .]
Strange Little Band is an engrossing love/hate story set in the heart of a cold-hearted megacorp. The main players, Shane, an alien half-breed, and Addison, a psychic, are themselves both the players and the played in the elaborate game The Triptych Corporation is playing.
While I, too, would like to see [more . . .]
Summary: Addison is an ice hearted single mother living in the strange lab of Triptych. Shane is a hot headed alien half breed. They are both psychic, they both seem to hate each other, and now they are having a baby together.
Likes: This story is bizarre and I mean that [more . . .]