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gillianw's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars
This was a fun little story. Lots of great representation here with a decent storyline and interesting characters. I think it could have been a bit tighter with maybe a touch more conflict for interest sake, but I found it an engaging read nevertheless.
This was a fun little story. Lots of great representation here with a decent storyline and interesting characters. I think it could have been a bit tighter with maybe a touch more conflict for interest sake, but I found it an engaging read nevertheless.
maheandco's review
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Un petit livre super sympa à lire ! Clairement, ça parle de musique, de queerness et de relation queer platonique, c'était le meilleur moyen de m'embarquer dans l'histoire.
Danny, c'est le chanteur principal d'un groupe de musique un peu indé et qui rêve d'en faire sa vie. Après avoir dragué un homme et s'être prit un violent stop, il le revoie le lendemain... En cours, lorsqu'il se rend compte qu'il s'agit de son professeur.
Sincèrement, au début je ne savais pas du tout à quoi m'attendre, parce que ça démarre vraiment comme un pitch de romance et je n'avais pas vraiment envie de ça. Pourtant, dès le départ, Danny met en avant son aromantisme et continuera de mettre ses limites au fil de la relation qui se fera.
Plus que ça, il y aura aussi pas mal de communications (réussis ou non) qui ont même réussit à m'arracher quelques larmes.
Le livre est assez court, 150 pages environ donc il était difficile de plus développer les personnages secondaires, mais j'aurai pourtant aimé un peu mieux les découvrir !
Bref, c'était quand même une petite lecture sympa !
Danny, c'est le chanteur principal d'un groupe de musique un peu indé et qui rêve d'en faire sa vie. Après avoir dragué un homme et s'être prit un violent stop, il le revoie le lendemain... En cours, lorsqu'il se rend compte qu'il s'agit de son professeur.
Sincèrement, au début je ne savais pas du tout à quoi m'attendre, parce que ça démarre vraiment comme un pitch de romance et je n'avais pas vraiment envie de ça. Pourtant, dès le départ, Danny met en avant son aromantisme et continuera de mettre ses limites au fil de la relation qui se fera.
Plus que ça, il y aura aussi pas mal de communications (réussis ou non) qui ont même réussit à m'arracher quelques larmes.
Le livre est assez court, 150 pages environ donc il était difficile de plus développer les personnages secondaires, mais j'aurai pourtant aimé un peu mieux les découvrir !
Bref, c'était quand même une petite lecture sympa !
lady_moon's review against another edition
4.0
Rep: aromantic achilliean Korean-American MC, achilliean Korean-American character, bi Korean-American side character, Asian side characters
Yooo!! Danny is exactly, exactly the type of aro character I'm looking for 😭 Aroallo rep, YES!
The only thing that I'd critize is probably the writing at certaine times. Just, at some places wahtever happened was so abruptly. Like,when they broke up I was 'huh'? The reader wasn't prepered for it one bit. And then, I was thinking 'shit, way too little is left from the book, how are they gonna work this out?' and then BAM, they were suddenly back together, all well and good. Like 😭 This is basically a glorified novella but man, a liiiiittle more build up would have helped the plot to feel a little smoother.
That being said, I DEVOURED this. Like, it was, what, 2:30 a.m.? And I was getting in the mood to read this book finally and it was Saturday, so I decided fuck it, I'm starting this. And gods!! I was hooked! I was 30% thinking how I am absolutely loving this. A little after 4 a.m I stopped, around 80% done (and it was a very good place to stop, as I found out letter). I can't understand how I haven't picked up this book sooner despite it being on my TBR for ages!
Yooo!! Danny is exactly, exactly the type of aro character I'm looking for 😭 Aroallo rep, YES!
The only thing that I'd critize is probably the writing at certaine times. Just, at some places wahtever happened was so abruptly. Like,
That being said, I DEVOURED this. Like, it was, what, 2:30 a.m.? And I was getting in the mood to read this book finally and it was Saturday, so I decided fuck it, I'm starting this. And gods!! I was hooked! I was 30% thinking how I am absolutely loving this. A little after 4 a.m I stopped, around 80% done (and it was a very good place to stop, as I found out letter). I can't understand how I haven't picked up this book sooner despite it being on my TBR for ages!
exulya's review against another edition
5.0
Honestly, I'm just so fucking happy. Reading about an alloaro protagonist? Who has a fulfilling relationship? Where there is no drama because of his aromanticism, where he isn't treated as some kind of heartless monster who's just using people for sex?
This really warmed my aro heart, I love seeing aros being happy. And it helps a lot that this one actually made me laugh out loud.
And honestly, I'm just rambling. So in a few words: I loved, loved, loved this! (no romo tho)
This really warmed my aro heart, I love seeing aros being happy. And it helps a lot that this one actually made me laugh out loud.
And honestly, I'm just rambling. So in a few words: I loved, loved, loved this! (no romo tho)
starfondant's review against another edition
4.0
Cute! 3.5 stars rounded up. I was interested to see how a romance book with an aromatic character would work. I still have some questions but I think I have a better sense, overall, of how you would need to navigate those particular boundaries.
kovost's review against another edition
2.0
I feel like I just aged rapidly. Like there was no slow process to it. Some evil being just tried to preserve my youth with the temptation of good aromantic representation and instead aged me by decades in the span of a few hours. I am not at all a fine wine with a nice Gouda.
Which is to say that I feel like I just lost ten years of my life reading a lazy and underdeveloped kpop fanfic with unnecessarily detailed smut and I’m feeling extremely peeved over my waste of time.
So while the aromantic rep was appreciated and is literally the only reason why I rounded up instead of down, I just. Cannot get behind the rest of this book, like at all. The pacing is clumsy, the writing is choppy, the characters have no depth and for it, have no chemistry which makes the relationship between the two main characters hard to buy into. Everything about it read the exact same way fanfic does, like the readers are supposed to already know who these characters are so why put too much time and effort into them when instead we can put all that into the smut scenes. And I mean, I’m not a prude by any means, I’ve even learned the art of skimming smut scenes for a good plot, but woof. And I’m also well aware this book is under 200 pages so nitpicking pacing and what have you might be mean of me, but this whole plot had the full potential to be a basic 300+ page book if the author had slowed down so call me nitpicky and call it a day.
The only reason I didn’t frisbee whip this bad boy into a fire was because it’s under 200 pages with a quick writing style and I had nothing else to read at the time so I did that obnoxiously stubborn thing I do and pressed on for the hell of it.
*in singsong* Regrets. I’ve had a few.
However, objectively, I can address that the aromantic rep in this book was good. It was solid, it was healthy, and it was handled respectfully and without angst. It was, despite all the other problems, a fantastic representation for a very underrated and valid identity. And that’s why I rounded up to two stars instead of slamming that one-star button and careening far away. If you want an aro character that has no angst about who he is and does meet someone that is respectful and loving for it with some... raunchy smut thrown in the mix and you don’t really care about getting to know the characters or having a fully fleshed out plot, this book might be for you. I dunno. It just definitely was not my cup of tea and I would, personally, prefer to bleach it from my brain.
Which is to say that I feel like I just lost ten years of my life reading a lazy and underdeveloped kpop fanfic with unnecessarily detailed smut and I’m feeling extremely peeved over my waste of time.
So while the aromantic rep was appreciated and is literally the only reason why I rounded up instead of down, I just. Cannot get behind the rest of this book, like at all. The pacing is clumsy, the writing is choppy, the characters have no depth and for it, have no chemistry which makes the relationship between the two main characters hard to buy into. Everything about it read the exact same way fanfic does, like the readers are supposed to already know who these characters are so why put too much time and effort into them when instead we can put all that into the smut scenes. And I mean, I’m not a prude by any means, I’ve even learned the art of skimming smut scenes for a good plot, but woof. And I’m also well aware this book is under 200 pages so nitpicking pacing and what have you might be mean of me, but this whole plot had the full potential to be a basic 300+ page book if the author had slowed down so call me nitpicky and call it a day.
The only reason I didn’t frisbee whip this bad boy into a fire was because it’s under 200 pages with a quick writing style and I had nothing else to read at the time so I did that obnoxiously stubborn thing I do and pressed on for the hell of it.
*in singsong* Regrets. I’ve had a few.
However, objectively, I can address that the aromantic rep in this book was good. It was solid, it was healthy, and it was handled respectfully and without angst. It was, despite all the other problems, a fantastic representation for a very underrated and valid identity. And that’s why I rounded up to two stars instead of slamming that one-star button and careening far away. If you want an aro character that has no angst about who he is and does meet someone that is respectful and loving for it with some... raunchy smut thrown in the mix and you don’t really care about getting to know the characters or having a fully fleshed out plot, this book might be for you. I dunno. It just definitely was not my cup of tea and I would, personally, prefer to bleach it from my brain.
lenmed's review
4.0
Final score: 71 (good) ending was weird but the protagonist was fun to follow
After one of his concerts, Danny hits on a guy in the crowd only to find out later that the guy is the TA of his accounting class.
I thought the ending was a bit weird? A conflict seemed to have come out of nowhere, got way overblown and then resolved in like 2 seconds? At times it felt a little fanficy but the first half of the book was pretty good, mostly just because I really enjoyed Danny's character, and is was very cute at times. Sam was great too but the rest of the characters were either kinda forgettable or annoying.
After one of his concerts, Danny hits on a guy in the crowd only to find out later that the guy is the TA of his accounting class.
I thought the ending was a bit weird? A conflict seemed to have come out of nowhere, got way overblown and then resolved in like 2 seconds? At times it felt a little fanficy but the first half of the book was pretty good, mostly just because I really enjoyed Danny's character, and is was very cute at times. Sam was great too but the rest of the characters were either kinda forgettable or annoying.
anniekslibrary's review
4.0
I'm so sad this is out of print, because it's pretty great and I want to recommend it to people! It's new adult and has a gay aro MC and I think this will be a comfort read for me