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I'm with the Band Kindle Edition

by Melanie Brown (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 302 ratings
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Mike wanted to be in his brother's band in the worst way, but this plan was ridiculous.

Because of the accident, Mike's voice hadn't changed – he had a great set of pipes but he sounded like a girl. He shouldn't have volunteered to sing lead on the demo tape because now the band needed him... to be their new girl singer!
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    September 26, 2016
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LZXY9PY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DopplerPress; 1st edition (September 26, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 26, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3468 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 287 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 302 ratings

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Melanie Brown

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Melanie Brown is a prolific writer of transgender fiction. She’s lived her whole life in the desert of West Texas. As a child, she tried her hand at writing science fiction stories. She also created her own comic books. She went through a long stretch of not writing. She worked in IT writing software and trying to streamline processes. And then she got a BA degree in Art. Her hobbies at the time were art and motorcycling until she discovered personal computers.

She started reading TG fiction on-line and found most of the stories lacking. So she tried her hand at writing and wrote The Reluctant Girlfriend which became very popular. And then real life hit and she stopped writing for a long time. She found a TG story site called Sapphire's Place and got inspired to write again. When that site went belly up, she started publishing on another TG story site called Big Closet where her stories can still be found.

Most of her stories are romantic young adult coming of age stories with a transgender male to female theme. She doesn’t write erotic fiction though a few stories contain sexual situations. Her story topics range from high school dating to wars on alien planets. She’s a big fan of science fiction and loved computer programming and likes to travel. She lives at home with her dog Theo.

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Richard Dawson
5.0 out of 5 stars stunning
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2022
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Melanie brings characters to life in a heart beat. She weaves their expression and behaviors to captures the reader in the moment.
Wonderful read that moves emotions in a constant swirl of drama and realization.
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Sean McKissack
4.0 out of 5 stars I'm with the Band
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2016
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I had some great expectations for I'm With the Band and the author did hit on a lot of them, but there were a few letdowns within the story. Most of these were judgement or legal errors…but we’ll touch on that later. For the most part, we have a story that COULD work very well as a film…not a Disney film (unless a few points are changed—but I wouldn’t recommend it) but a different spin on the Disney “High School Musical” genre. I kind of hoped there was more backstory to Michael’s attempts to join the band or his ability to act on his feet with little to no effort…things come a bit too natural for him.
(probable spoilers)
Once the demo tape is sent in, we have a time warp affect and the band packs up to leave for a week. (off-note: Michelle and the band remind me of the band “Crystalyne” Now, before that time Michael has never expressed himself as being a girl but he decides to take on the challenge of pretending to be one for the band (which reminded me of an the episode of “The Monkees” “Some Like it Lukewam”) and there isn’t too much complaining by everyone…come to think of it, Mike’s mother has a lot of issues that should be reined in or at least handled differently. Also, Kayla—and Mike’s feelings--should be brought in earlier.
The story does dive into the drama and excessively tiring world of Hollywood and music-it’s a jungle out there. The use of a Zak Efron-ish actor (am I dating myself with this reference or “The Monkees” one?), a lesbian soap star (warning, some may take offense to her involvement in a particular scene later on in the story as “a villain”) and an up and a young country star was a good combination but one could see the love triangle a mile away and one could also see who would come out as the good guy. Also, during that scene…how does Michelle remember it so vividly? It’s not bad…it’s a good scene…but I can’t see how she could tell what was real and what was imagined.
My biggest issue is with the mom and with the agency. She’s fourteen years old and traveling without a handler, assistant or some form of guardian while her mother is on the bus with John and the rest of the band? Granted, it’s a moot point but even older stars have a small entourage to help them. I realize too that this would impact how Tommy delivered the news to her.
I liked the story, it was a fast read and Michelle’s thoughts are realistic, such as her divided thoughts of Kayla (which should be mentioned earlier in the story) versus Tommy. There would be a lot to think about and the story does have him flip-flop back and forth but I didn’t see a true reason for the change…unless it was simply for stardom and that looked a bit shallow for Michelle. Her family may have stars in their eyes but she appeared to be real and to have her say that she wanted to have gender-reassignment surgery just for that…I couldn’t see it.
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Oiltasters
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific tale!
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2023
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Very realistic with compelling characters throughout! This was a terrific read that I could not put down. I highly recommend this book!
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Hayami Ryuu
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun read!
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2021
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I honestly didn’t know what to expect when I started reading this book. I had a good idea of some of the things that might happen from reading some of Melanie’s other works, but this had the right combination of romance, conflict, and tg story elements for me that it was definitely a fun read from start to finish!
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Raven Goodwin
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun book about a garage band that rockets to fame ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2017
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A fun book about a garage band that rockets to fame on the talents of the band leader's younger brother who stars as their female soloist.
The book is a light fantasy where the fourteen year old star has no male development due to an accident years earlier when his brother misfired an arrow into his privates causing the unique eunuch situation. Another fantasy element was the character becoming famous using a fake identify without the true legal identity getting unearthed to expose the secret.
What makes this story a fun, entertaining, engaging story is the relational dynamics of the main character with the rest of the band, other celebrities, and the journey of self-discovery.
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Pat Roberts
4.0 out of 5 stars Really good story.
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2016
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This isn't great literature, but is really fun escapist fantasy. The mcguffins are sometimes a bit of a stretch, but the characters are very real, people you care about, there is real dramatic tension, and it ends mostly happily. Way better writing than most. There are a lot of stories with the theme high school boy gets to beautiful girl model/rock star, this one of the better ones. Have re- read it a number times before it came to Kindle, am happy to now have my own copy so I can keep doing so.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful life
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2021
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I felt so much the pain , anger,sadness fear and love in this story .I don’t know but being on hormones has affected me and this story is the first i ever read and felt God bless ! Please writ more .
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Laz
3.0 out of 5 stars decent story
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2021
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events cause our main character to not develop as normal, he finally realizes this is the right thing for him to be a girl (ug) But along with that too much foul language thrown in, not necessary and adults never follow through on threatened correction.
Language would prevent me from recommending or reading any other of this author
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Sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars sequel please 🙏
Reviewed in Canada on March 31, 2024
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I’d love to have more of these characters! Perhaps set between the end of the story and the epilogue? Fantastic as always!
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4.0 out of 5 stars I'm with
Reviewed in Italy on December 24, 2018
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Piccola, deliziosa storia, narrata con amore e rispetto verso i personaggi, che dice che non ci si deve vergognare di quello che si scopre di essere.

A simple, nice tale, written with care and respect for the characters, that say that you should not be ashamed of who you discover to be.
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The Doctor
5.0 out of 5 stars I'm in her band.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 12, 2017
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Well of course it's a fairy story and one has to be in the right mood but actually I loved this on a day when I needed escapism. As a trans person I can see all the flaws because unfortunately life just doesn't work out as easily as Michelle has it. I liked the tension between brother and sister but I would hope any brother would have more respect for a younger sibling than John does in this story and his constant harping rather annoyed. My brother, not known for being touchy feely gave me more sympathy than John meets out to Michelle to whom he owes every little success. Michelle's father seemed an utter wimp and her mother sold Michelle down the metaphorical river rather too easily. However, a cleverly worked out plot and a fairy tale ending and I really liked it on a cloudy cold winter's day. Well done Melanie.
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David
5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ.
Reviewed in Australia on November 16, 2016
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We sometimes say that we cannot put a book down, But with this book I did not want to put it down, the story was very good and I stayed up two nights late to finish it, every chapter had something happening, all the characters made the story that much better, I hope that Melanie has more books this good, I love a book with a good ending, Thanks.
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Kimshoe
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on September 9, 2017
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Good read thanks
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