A Baby Maybe

by Genna Donaghy

Fifteen years ago, the flu killed every woman on Earth. With no babies born in nearly a generation, society is falling apart. Now, there's hope. An experimental medical procedure may allow males to carry a fetus to term.

All Wyatt wants is to be a male mother, but entering the repopulation program requires that he give up everything: His home, his job, and possibly his life.

Wyatt is sure he's prepared for anything, until he meets his handsome doctor who happens to be the genetic donor to his fetus. Wyatt's ready to put his own life on the line... but he never expected to fall in love with the father of his baby.

Genres: Science Fiction, M M Romance, Fantasy, Novella, Contemporary

125 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 26, 2017

About the author

Genna is a recent transplant to Oregon from central California and is continually amazed by the sheer amounts of rain and people who obey the speed limit.

Reviews

[Monica · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5☆

This story was more sci-fi than romance. I was actually excited by the concept (I'm really digging mpreg right now) however, the execution leaves something to be desired. The story is about a man named Wyatt who wants to be picked for the lottery to be a "mother" to one of the first children born in 15 years. There are no woman left on Earth bc a plague known as XX flu has wiped out all woman. The government comes up with a way to impregnate men to carry babies hopefully to full term.
See for me the concept was interesting and I think as a science fiction book this would have been awesome. The romance is supposed to be between Wyatt and his doctor Grayson. What we get is a total of three scenes of them having sex. We don't get to see their relationship develop or the whole getting to know you.

Also this books needs some love in the editing department. This lovely gem took place and I was so confused I had to skip the page..."I get to be a brother," he repeated softly as if Tessa get out for himself. "Congratulations," Grayson said warmly. "Your doctor is Dr. Stross, right? You could it be in better hands."
No clue who Tessa is and there is no brother so yea.
If you're looking for sci-fi then this book might interest you but if you're going for romance you might skip it.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is probably the best (as in most plausible) mpreg I've read. In a world where a virus wiped out women 15 years prior humans have become increasingly desperate for a way to continue the species before it's too late. When a medical procedure that will allow a man to bear a child is developed those who want to participate in the first round of human trials are told to apply and participants will be chosen from those applications via a lottery. One of our MCs, Wyatt, badly wants to be among the chosen. While events leading to his participation aren't as straightforward as he'd hoped, Wyatt does end up in the program and does end up pregnant.

The world here seems pretty plausible - over half the population was wiped out and things got bad. Martial law is just a way of life now; most people have moved to one of a few remaining "city-states" to have access to things like electricity - there simply aren't enough workers to maintain such a spread-out infrastructure. Manufacturing is halved, too, so basics are now luxury items. While most of the population are desperate to find a way to continue the human species there are many who oppose it (sometimes violently) for moral/religious reasons.

While the world-building was done very well the romance took a backseat to it; if that had been as fleshed-out as the rest of it this would have been a 5* read. It's still a great story and I'll probably reread it at some point.

[Chanty · Rating 2 out of 5]

The blurb was intriguing, the execution not so much. Because of some virus all women are dead. It is up to men to repopulate the earth. The romance is very low and it is more about the entire pregnancy and the troubles that come with is (inside the compound because it is very experimental and outside the compound because not everybody agrees men should carry babies). Although I liked it very much, at some point the editor just gave up or something. Because for about 20 pages the sentences just didn't make much sense anymore. Now I am Dutch and English is not my primary languages. So typos don't bother me at all. But this went beyond typos. You had to create entire sentences in your own head, bases on the words on page. So I'm taking a star of for that alone. With a better editor this could have been so much better.

[usehername · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this book. I felt like it had an interesting twist on mpreg. Yet, I came away feeling like the story as a whole was rushed. Granted, it is a novella (at least I saw that it was listed as one somewhere) so I suppose you should take that into account.

I think character development and character relationships should have been given more depth.

Editing, word switching, an accidental "why" instead of the character's name "Wyatt", and a large handful of other "easy mistakes" caused me be pulled from the world that the author was trying to build.

I really wanted to like this book.

[Kevin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's an interesting dystopian story about a world without women or children. There's some romance, friendship, happiness, and sorrow.
Typos: misplaced apostrophes, hyphens, and other punctuation; wrong tense; singular/plural mismatch; lay/lie confusion; capitalization mistakes, homophone errors (bated/baited, bout/bought, vise/vice, who's/whose, to/too, ); nouns used as verbs; that for who; extra and missing words. Some sentences make absolutely no sense and seem to have editing notes such as "strike that."

[Isha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay book.

In a world where women have died out, the remaining men came up with a solution. They came up with a way to get men pregnant, and Wyatt has decided he wants to be apart of it. Grayson, one of the doctors, has a crush on Wyatt and one kids starts the beginning of their relationship. Interesting book and I enjoyed it.

[Ashley S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing story! From the summary I expected the story to be dark and frightening, and there were light elements of that, but nothing as extreme as I feared. I loved Wyatt and the secondary characters and the uplifting end. Other then some strange editing errors (and I'm on a tablet so I can't talk!) This was a sweet and fun read. Do not miss this one!

[TrickLolly · Rating 2 out of 5]

The worldbuilding is interesting but the romance is both light and lackluster. There's no getting to know Wyatt and Grayson as a couple, more emphasis is on the world crisis at large. There are also some typos (the author's name is even spelled incorrectly at the end in my copy) and wrong word usage.

[Maureen Neil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fresh story

This is a very interesting book. It has a very enticing premise and certainly delivers a beautiful story. I can honestly say that I have never read a story like it...loved it!

[Steph ☀️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Editing!!!!!!

***3.75 stars***

This would've been a solid four stars if it would've been edited and proofed. I really did like the dystopian society that the author created and her refreshing take on Mpreg.

[Lana Lambert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

This was not what I was expecting the book to be about. It was a great surprise. The Main characters were wonderful, sweet and it came together beautify. If your looking for a good short read this is the book for you.

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

Could have been good but wasn't - so many errors it kept throwing me out of the story. And the story wasn't as developed as it should have been. It's really a shame because I thought I was going to love this.

[Lori Holmes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disappointed

This is my first read by this author. The story line caught my interest but the writing lacked depth and character development. I found myself skimming the second half to see what happened.

[Xiomara Alexa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esto es la clase de mierda que buscaba. No en el más sentido. Jejejej. Me encantó. Es como diría yo, un libro práctico, buen planteamiento, buen trasfondo, personajes no excivamente profundos pero nunca incoherentes. Y con un final que te deja el corazón calentito.

[Elissa Vazquez · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 He leído mpreg pero esto fue algo raro, jamás te imaginas bien a los Personajes por que no les describen del todo así que no les puedes poner rostros es algo que no me agrado, de ahí es super cliché sin tanta explicacion y varios vacíos en la historia ...

[Sylvia Perez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very different

I start reading the book because of curiosity but soon was captured, it is a very refreshing book and very good writing

[nikki brackenbury · Rating 4 out of 5]

Different

This was a bit of a different take on mpreg . I really enjoyed reading . I would recommend .

[LeeAnn Montemayor · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I really enjoyed this story, it felt like the author felt rushed to finish as the editing is quite atrocious towards the end of the book.

[Kygal622 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well Done

The author did a wonderful job with the world she crafted. Fascinating concept, I hope she’ll write a sequel I’d love to check in on the MCs! Well edited too!

[Birte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like i said: Cute and unexpectedly believable for mpreg. Grayson and Wyatt are very likeable characters; their story could have been longer though

[Leigh Simpson · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[july · Rating 3 out of 5]

✮ 3.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quite interesting story.

I enjoyed the book even though it's more of a novella. I liked the concept of men having to have children after a virus killed all human females.

I liked the characters especially Grayson and Wyatt and their struggles to conceive and produce a viable baby.