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It's very obvious that Ely is /the/ protagonist and that Wyatt comes second to her in the novel. He does have some things going on mainly towars the end, but a lot of his character revolves around helping and asissting Ely in her journey. It may be dual POV but she is the star. It does make sense, he's slighlty older and has most of his life together. I did wish we got a little but more from him but that's the rooting for trans characters in me showing. Elements of Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Everyone in the art world is obsessed with Wyatt Cole. He’s immensely talented and his notoriously reclusive personal life makes him all the more compelling. But there’s a reason why his past is hard for him to publicize. After coming out as transgender, Wyatt was dishonorably discharged from the military and disowned by his family. From then on he committed to sobriety and channeled his pain into his flourishing art career. While Ely and Wyatt’s relationship started out on a physical level, their similar struggles spark a much deeper connection. The chemistry is undeniable, but their new relationship as teacher and student means desperately wanting what they can’t have. Amps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Imagine having the range to write dystopian, dark academia, AND adult contemporary romance, all queer in different ways, and all so incredibly well written. Victoria Lee doesn't have to imagine, that's for sure, because after reading all of these books, I'm convinced they can pull off any genre. The thing that makes this book moving is the stories from the parents. The stories of parents that their child had a negative reaction after receiving a vaccination. Part of it was describing the parent/doctor trust that was betrayed; the doctors and nurses gave the injection(s) then denied that the after-effects were a consequence of the shot, They told the parent not to worry or blamed them for being a bad parent; all this while the child is suffering temporary damage, permanent damage or will die.

The Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 The story doesn’t start as well as it might. It begins with a note from the author explaining that she has written this book exclusively for the purpose of joining a particular writer’s club. It’s likely intended to be a tongue-in-cheek reference, but it comes across as an in-joke between people other than me. I almost feel as though I have walked into a party to which I am not invited. There is no doubt that A Shot in the Dark is a clever novel with a great sense of the absurd so I have awarded it 3* for these merits as I personally didn't enjoy it. I found the arch tone grating and slightly condescending and the humour was wasted on me as I didn't find it funny. The whole idea of an extremely stupid policeman, Inspector Steyne, landing on his feet at every turn is, as I said, clever but distinctly unappealing to me.Lee expertly crafts complicated characters who are haunted by their former lives, how they’ve grown from those traumatizing experiences, and how fragile their new identities are without the love and support of found-family.”– Booklist This book focuses solely on the DTaP vaccination. There are many case histories of children who were permanently brain damaged and even killed by this vaccination. In some cases more than one child in a family has been permanently injured. In others parents have had to fight in court to retain custody of their younger children when they refused to vaccinate them following severe reactions in their older children. Nail-On Plates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9