Science Fiction
Date Published: September 5, 2017
Publisher: Post Hill Press
The Gender Wars won’t be fought with machines—they’ll be fought with people. And when the women of West America wage war with men in the East, it’ll be anything but unimaginative.
In East America, the most fertile women go through excruciating body- and mind-altering training until their identities satisfy that of the State. They are the “Nancys”—white hair, light eyes, and no way to differentiate themselves from their identical “sisters.” Nancy159 is fifteen. She’s auditioning to be the seventh wife of President X, the ruler of the Eastern States. If she wins, she’ll be married to the most powerful man in the world; if she loses, she’ll die.
Avis Baron is the daughter of the Luminary of West America. Recently, she stopped
taking her Amplexus pill, taken by all woman in W.A. to control their emotions. It turns
out there’s a lot she didn’t know a person could feel—especially the way she’s feeling
about her friend Ethan.
What is the source of a woman’s power? Does it come from fertility, like the Nancys suggest? Does it come from brute strength and cold calculation, like the West believes? Or could it just
be the simple beat of your own heartsong?
The world continues to collapse and the Gender Wars loom on the horizon…XX v. XY.
My Review:
When I read the summary for XX v XY I knew I had to read it as I am heavily into dystopian novels at the moment. Although XX v XY was not exactly as I was expecting it did not disappoint in the least. I love the world that the author created for XX v XY with all the wives of the president being called Nancy as that is my name too.
I thought this was a great idea for a book with America divided into two sections East and West with the men living in the West and the women living in the East. I didn’t like that the women were altered mentally and physically or how they were treated but it still makes a great story.
President X takes any woman he wants from the East to be his wife. He has all their looks changed so that they look the same. They are brainwashed to believe what he tells them and to do his bidding no matter what that may be. When all is said and done the Nancys are no more than zombies with any feelings or thoughts of their own.
In ways, the women were not much better on their side in the East as they treated men as if they were beneath them. The women are the boss and the men do as they say. The women may not have changed the looks of the men or brainwashed them but they did not have control of their own lives. When your freedom is taken away does it matter how it is done to make it wrong?
Although I would have liked to have seen more action and more fighting between the East and the West it still made for a great story without the fighting. Maybe fighting as in combat is not always the answer to solving problems.
With saying this I still enjoyed the story and would recommend XX v XY to all dystopian fans.
About the Author
Christina Cigala is a writer and producer residing in the wilds of Los Angeles. She writes and produces television for MTV, Fox, Syfy, Speed Channel, HGTV, VH1, Spike, and TruTV. As a playwright, her work has been widely produced in regional theaters, New York, and LA. She has an MFA in Playwriting from the Actors Studio Drama School in New York and a BA from Baylor University.
Bobby Goldstein is the president of Bobby Goldstein Productions and the creator of Cheaters, one of the longest-running syndicated shows in history, now airing daily in 215 U. S. markets and in over 100 foreign countries. Goldstein has become recognized for his ability to spot cultural trends and capitalize on rebellious ideas.
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