Review: Body Modification Takes a Strange Turn in Xenofreak Nation
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 22, 2011
Imagine if tattoos & piercings were so ordinary that people who wanted extreme body modification started getting animal grafts.  This is the world that Melissa Conway creates for her book Xenofreak Nation.  Scientists in a quest for rejection free organs for transplant in people, have figured out how to bioengineer animals so their tissue is compatible with humans.  Xenofreaks are what the non-modified people call those who have undergone Xeno surgery.Brynn Vega is a good girl & since her dad is the leader of the Pure Human Society, which sounds like PETA on steroids, she has a very black & white view of the people who flaunt Xeno enhancements.  However, when she is kidnapped by the underground Xeno gang, XBestia, her idea of right/wrong & black/white is turned on its head.  As Brynn navigates a world suddenly sporting a confusing number of shades of grey, everything she has been taught to believe is in question.  Will she figure out who she can trust before it's too late?Conway has crafted a fascinating tale that features a dizzying number of twists & turns, but she does it so skillfully you just can't put it down.  Join me in enthusiastically clamoring for the next chapter in this story.