Circuit Theory in Riptide Publishing

Jul 13, 2012 Lisa Arbitrary - AttentionIsArbitrary M/M Blog rated it really liked it

Shelves: adult, m-m-romance, trans-gender, transgender, virtual-reality, rpg

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"Stiletto heels didn’t actually hurt when they poked into your pixelated cranium, but it did look rather odd, like I was being weirdly topped by a woman with a shoe fetish. Whoops. Man. Skins could be very androgynous in Synth."

The instantly likeable and hilarious beginning caught me off guard. By the time I decided this was going to be a lighthearted romp in a virtual world, I didn't foresee the depth that this short story could possibly hold. A very surprising read, often funny, often e ...more

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Dec 05, 2012 Elisa Rolle added it

Only a novella, this is a love story between avatars, but never something so unreal felt so realistic. Trust me, more than once it happened also to me to be in Dante’s shoes, wondering if my “activity” in the cyber world has effected someone in their real life. Being inconsiderate while online is so easy, because virtual reality is not real, and you always think the other one understand the rules. Have you ever wondered how it will be perceived from another when you click on that “unfriend” bott ...more

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Aug 02, 2012 Jody rated it really liked it

Circuit Theory is by far one of the most unique books I've run across in a long time. It takes place in the world of virtual reality and ends up giving an intriguing view of human interactions in the modern world and the difficulty of forming meaningful attachments.

Dante and Byron only interact in the virtual world of Synth and have what appears to be a good relationship. But past hurts cause Byron to start driving Dante away and without Byron being willing to express his true feelings Dante sta ...more

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Jul 07, 2012 Lisa Henry rated it really liked it

Shelves: m-m, will-read-again-and-again, sci-fi

This may be the most unique romance I've ever read, in that the two main characters never meet in real life.

Where they meet instead is Synth -- a virtual world where probably the only thing guaranteed is that people aren't who they say they are. Dante and Byron aren't in Synth to play games though. For two guys who have never met, Synth is the place where they can live their lives together.

Dante makes a mistake in reaching out to another user Sexxybabee1. Sexxy is needy. aggressive, clingy, ma ...more

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Jul 27, 2012 Adara rated it really liked it

I'm still sort of digesting this. This is actually very realistic to online romanctic relationships via games, though this particular online world is very advanced compared to what is out there now.

The thing I wasn't expecting was they don't want to meet IRL. There is a reason, but it is not a mindset I share, and thus I find it hard to understand. I guess I wanted more internal thoughts on that to help me understand, but it also didn't really make sense to go into more detail there.

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Jul 07, 2012 Amara rated it liked it

Didn't love it. Didn't hate it. The writing was good, but seems maybe the whole virtual world thing isn't for me. Didn't really think it would be, but thought I'd give it a shot since it's a Kirby Crow, whom I love Love LOVE. In the end it just annoyed me by reminding me of online drama fools from various sites I was trying to hide from. Totally not the authors fault.

If you like the virtual world type books... I'd recommend this one. ...more

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Aug 06, 2012 Kelly_Instalove rated it really liked it

Shelves: era-contemporary, genre-romance, genre-erotica, theme-glbtq, genre-fantasy-pnr, format-novella-short, riptide

First impressions: Once again, I am forcefully reminded there are entire worlds out there I know abso-fucking-lutely nothing about. But holy shit, what a way to learn.

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