Art and Story: Ritsu Aozaki, Asagi Orikawa, Akito Ito Publisher: Seven Seas Genre: Fantasy, Slice of Life, Romance Tropes/Tags: Dragons, Fake Dating, Dragon Riders, innocent heroine, age gap **** It was moving day for pretty much everyone in Boston last weekend, and though I’m not moving, I’m using this time to go through my manga … More The Dragon Knights Beloved Manga Volume One Review
Mangaka: Mika Yamamori Publisher: Yen Press Genres: Shoujo, Slice-of-life, Romance Tropes/Tags: School life, age gap, forced proximity, grumpy-sunshine Tsubaki-Chou Lonely Planet is a fairly old series that I reviewed back in 2016 when the only way you could read it was with fan translations. It was publishing in Japanese in early 2015, but only recently … More Revisiting Tsubaki-Chou Lonely Planet Manga
A new month is coming up fast, and with that comes new manga releases! So I decided to pull a list of romance manga coming to shelves and digital stores for the month of September for all my romance readers. I’ve sorted them by publisher and date with links to the publisher’s website for each. … More Romance Manga New Releases: September 2023
Series: Search and Rescue Book 1 Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Adult, Military, Mystery/Thriller Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ out of 5 Tropes: Grumpy/Sunshine, Forced Proximity, One Bed Trigger Warnings: Stalking, Assault, Arson, Drowning ~~~~~~~ Moving away from fantasy romance for a bit to indulge in one of my other romance loves: military or military-adjacent romance. I don’t know why, … More Hold Your Breath by Katie Ruggle Book Review
A new month is coming up fast, and with that comes new manga releases! So I decided to pull a list of romance manga coming to shelves and digital stores for the month of July for all my romance readers. I’ve sorted them by publisher and date with links to the publisher’s website for each. … More Romance Manga New Releases: July 2023
For the past couple weeks I’ve been reading some darker vampire romances that always involved life-endangering plots and tearful reunions after abuse. I really needed a break from the dark fantasy tropes that I found myself in. Earlier in the year, I saw this book recommended on a few Facebook pages and thought the cover … More A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley – Book Review
Happy Caturday everyone! Cat themed comics are one of my big weaknesses and I love finding all manner of stories dealing with cats or told by cats. This particular manga was recently released by Dark Horse and tells a really cute story of a fairly antisocial gamer connecting with a young cat as a first-time … More Caturday Special: Why you should read Cat Gamer by Wataru Nadatani
Continuing my quest for comfy isekai, we come to this gem of a title. It was just recently published back in April with the second volume coming out next month. The main reason I picked it up was again we see a female led isekai focusing on something other than action and adventure. I love … More Magical Artisan Dahlia Wilts No More Manga Volume One Review
I’m always on the look-out for chill fantasy stories where the action is secondary to dealing with everyday life. I feel like I get inundated with action in western fantasy, and I come to manga and light novels for a more relaxed fantasy experience. This new series that just came out earlier this month is … More Housekeeping Mage from Another World: Making Your Adventures Feel Like Home, Volume 1 Manga Review
The isekai genre has been in flux for decades now, ever since the 90s when we started seeing stories of people getting transported to other worlds appear in anime. Back then the landscape looked a lot different, primarily being that they featured more female main characters who suffered through a lot more hardship in order … More Monday Musings: Is the Era of action-packed Isekai over?
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