battlepoet reviewed Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Review of 'Fledgling' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
What about vampires who are trans? Or vampires who want to be queer together? How does that work in this world?
electronic resource
English language
Published Nov. 26, 2007 by Grand Central Publishing.
Shori is a mystery. Found alone in the woods, she appears to be a little black girl with traumatic amnesia and near-fatal wounds. But Shori is a fifty-three-year-old vampire with a ravenous hunger for blood, the lost child of an ancient species of near-immortals who live in dark symbiosis with humanity. Genetically modified to be able to walk in daylight, Shori now becomes the target of a vast plot to destroy her and her kind. And in the final apocalyptic battle, her survival will depend on whether all humans are bigots-or all bigots are human.
What about vampires who are trans? Or vampires who want to be queer together? How does that work in this world?