Smash It!
Review Smash It! is a messy, imperfect, but fun contemporary high school romance centering on Shakespeare, body positivity, and taking the leap to reach for the things you want. Liv…
The Maid of Milan
Review The Maid of Milan was a pleasant surprise, a love story about regret and finding new love in unexpected places. Adelaide is a young wife with a scandalous past,…
The Lion and the Bride Vol. 3
Review I got the ending I wanted but at what cost. What a tasteless and trashy manga this was. It's obvious from the start who Yua will end up with…
The Lion and the Bride Vol. 2
Review This volume was slightly better than the first one, but not much. I went from being suspicious of Ryo, Yua's teacher and husband, to outright hating him. He doesn't…
The Lion and the Bride Vol. 1
Review The premise of this manga is... Troubling. Yua is a high school girl living with her grandmother after the death of both of her parents. Forced to take care…
You’re My Pet Vol. 2
Review Two volumes in and I have some relatively mixed feelings on You're My Pet. I like the characters, especially Sumire. For all her maturity publicly, Sumire is still pretty…
Arsenic and Adobo
Review I had never read a cozy mystery and I hadn't had much of an interest until I spotted this book. I'm Filipino, so it was an instant yes for…