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This Strange World Needs a Kicking!
by Laura S. Fox

Reviewer: spike382
Status: Complete
Word Count: 182.757

In the last couple of years, I have become an avid watcher of the live-action medium of Asian BL (Boys Love) dramas.  Now I am not remotely the target audience for such dramas, but I have fallen in love with them regardless.  I do mention them frequently on a community board here on GA, and after reading so many of my posts, a friend there recommended to me, more than once, that I should read a particular story by Laura S. Fox  This story I somehow skipped over when it was being posted a few years ago, but as a lover of BL, was right up my preferential alley.

This Strange World Needs a Kicking, is quite the wild tale indeed.  It’s a story of body (and universe) switching between Kai, a nerdy, but average high school boy in our world, and Sebastian, a beautiful, but aloof prince from a high fantasy world that runs on BL logic.

That may sound a little complicated right off the bat, but that’s just the very beginning.

Kai’s best friend, the handsome and athletic Milo, is literally in the middle of confessing his love for Kai when the body switch happens, and Prince Sebastian’s introduction to the real world is the tail end of this conversation.  Meanwhile Kai ends up in the body of the beautiful prince, naked, and next to and equally beautiful and naked Conrad, Prince Sebastian’s male concubine.   

What follows is a madcap tale, of two fish very much out of their usual waters trying to navigate realms and interpersonal relationships they barely understand.

One a prince, used to governing a fantasy realm, plopped into a 21^st century city, with modern technology, lingo, and a distinct lack of the monsters, magic, and social classes he is accustomed to.  The other a 21 century, seemingly straight, American teenager stuck in a love triangle with two ridiculously beautiful men, not to mention having to deal with governing a kingdom, dragons, assassins, magic, and his Sebastian’s possibly untrustworthy cousin.

Though I’m sure this sounds a little complicated, what the story truly is at its essence, is a tale of two young men finding themselves and the love they had no idea they were so in need of.

All illustrated masterfully, and hilariously, by Laura S Fox’s signature writing.

Even if you aren’t a BL aficionado, I truly can’t recommend this story enough. 

Category: Fiction  Genres: Comedy, Romance   Sub-genres: Comedy Modern, General Fantasy, General Romance

Tags: young adult, magic, gay, anal, first-time, oral, light-hearted, high school  Rating: Mature