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3.51 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Cute!
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Dulce, linda, divertida y con un buen desarrollo. Lejos de ser una historia profunda y reflexiva, es muy sana y cómoda. Perfecta para pasar el día soñando con algo lindo con una dosis de comedia.
Sweet, cute, funny, and with a good development. Far from being a deep, thoughtful story, it's very wholesome and comfortable. Perfect to spend the day daydreaming about something cute with a dose of comedy.
Sweet, cute, funny, and with a good development. Far from being a deep, thoughtful story, it's very wholesome and comfortable. Perfect to spend the day daydreaming about something cute with a dose of comedy.
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
** I WAS GIVEN THIS BOOK FOR MY READING PLEASURE **
Copy received through Netgalley
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Chéri, My Destiny!, by Okoge Mochino
★★★★☆
160 Pages
This was a super adorable, sweet-as-pie story. I loved everything about it, except for one thing – sometimes the characters looked more like teenagers, and that would have been fine apart from the sexy-times.
Kaoru is a single-minded, over-confident pastry chef who makes western style chocolates. He's gutted to learn that his customers are going to another chocolate shop nearby. So, Kaoru heads to the shop to discover it sells classic Japanese sweets. The owner, Soujirou, is sweet and charming, but believes there is enough room for both their shops to succeed. Their first meeting is really funny, with Kaoru being over-confident and arrogant, then being charmed by Soujirou's innocent charms.
The relationship was quite insta-love, with Kaoru falling for Soujirou on the first meeting, though it took Soujirou longer to fall for Kaoru in return. I really loved the LGBT+ rep, and how Kaoru being bisexual, and Soujirou falling for Kaoru for his personality, was easily accepted by the main characters. How they simply accepted each other as they were. And the little extras at the end were really cute, even if only a page.
Each segment of the story – Bataille 1, 2 and 3, as well as the Bataille Finale – presented one whole story, that traversed the relationship from first meeting to being settled together in a solid relationship.
Negatives?
I didn't love the sexy times. I felt they really weren't necessary, considering how sweet the story was until that point. It would have been an awesome YA story. But, the fact some of the time, the characters looked like teenagers meant I was uncomfortable through most of those parts.
I also wasn't comfortable with Kaoru putting alcohol into the chocolates, to get Soujirou drunk, when he knew Soujirou was a light-weight with alcohol. He intended to have sex with Soujirou after getting him drunk. If it had been an accident – without knowing Soujirou was a light-weight, or without realising the effect it would have had – I could have bought it. But that made it uncomfortable.
I saw some other reviews that class this instance as their first time, but it's actually not. It's stated that they first have sex in Bataille 3, after Kaoru confesses his feelings. For that reason, and that reason only, I didn't remove a second star from my review for the whole alcohol-chocolates situation.
Overall, I enjoyed the full story and the characters. It was super sweet, charming and lovely, with minor instances that bothered me. If it hadn't been for those issues, this would definitely have been a 5* read.
Copy received through Netgalley
~
Chéri, My Destiny!, by Okoge Mochino
★★★★☆
160 Pages
This was a super adorable, sweet-as-pie story. I loved everything about it, except for one thing – sometimes the characters looked more like teenagers, and that would have been fine apart from the sexy-times.
Kaoru is a single-minded, over-confident pastry chef who makes western style chocolates. He's gutted to learn that his customers are going to another chocolate shop nearby. So, Kaoru heads to the shop to discover it sells classic Japanese sweets. The owner, Soujirou, is sweet and charming, but believes there is enough room for both their shops to succeed. Their first meeting is really funny, with Kaoru being over-confident and arrogant, then being charmed by Soujirou's innocent charms.
The relationship was quite insta-love, with Kaoru falling for Soujirou on the first meeting, though it took Soujirou longer to fall for Kaoru in return. I really loved the LGBT+ rep, and how Kaoru being bisexual, and Soujirou falling for Kaoru for his personality, was easily accepted by the main characters. How they simply accepted each other as they were. And the little extras at the end were really cute, even if only a page.
Each segment of the story – Bataille 1, 2 and 3, as well as the Bataille Finale – presented one whole story, that traversed the relationship from first meeting to being settled together in a solid relationship.
Negatives?
I didn't love the sexy times. I felt they really weren't necessary, considering how sweet the story was until that point. It would have been an awesome YA story. But, the fact some of the time, the characters looked like teenagers meant I was uncomfortable through most of those parts.
I also wasn't comfortable with Kaoru putting alcohol into the chocolates, to get Soujirou drunk, when he knew Soujirou was a light-weight with alcohol. He intended to have sex with Soujirou after getting him drunk. If it had been an accident – without knowing Soujirou was a light-weight, or without realising the effect it would have had – I could have bought it. But that made it uncomfortable.
I saw some other reviews that class this instance as their first time, but it's actually not. It's stated that they first have sex in Bataille 3, after Kaoru confesses his feelings. For that reason, and that reason only, I didn't remove a second star from my review for the whole alcohol-chocolates situation.
Overall, I enjoyed the full story and the characters. It was super sweet, charming and lovely, with minor instances that bothered me. If it hadn't been for those issues, this would definitely have been a 5* read.
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I got an ARC of this book.
The only thing I like more than gay cowboys is gay bakers (well specifically gay Jewish bakers, but I can settle for just gay bakers). SO when I saw a cover that was so clearly baking and gay I NEEDED IT.
The story went really fast. It was very much fluff. It was basically two guys that got together out of their love for sweets. One is grumpy, one is straight. There were a lot of tropes, but none were really explored in depth at all. I liked it because it was so much fluff that there really was no thinking or big emotions to process. Super low angst. The little big of angst was just to set the scene and to give character, not because it really felt like it should be there. I am talking incredibly fluffy BL here.
I needed a bit more of a transition from barely talking to lovers for this to be a five star read. If this was two or three volumes, I would have loved it. The tiny one shot stories at the end were incredibly cute and I would have loved to explore more of their relationship.
Overall, fluffy and fun.
I got an ARC of this book.
The only thing I like more than gay cowboys is gay bakers (well specifically gay Jewish bakers, but I can settle for just gay bakers). SO when I saw a cover that was so clearly baking and gay I NEEDED IT.
The story went really fast. It was very much fluff. It was basically two guys that got together out of their love for sweets. One is grumpy, one is straight. There were a lot of tropes, but none were really explored in depth at all. I liked it because it was so much fluff that there really was no thinking or big emotions to process. Super low angst. The little big of angst was just to set the scene and to give character, not because it really felt like it should be there. I am talking incredibly fluffy BL here.
I needed a bit more of a transition from barely talking to lovers for this to be a five star read. If this was two or three volumes, I would have loved it. The tiny one shot stories at the end were incredibly cute and I would have loved to explore more of their relationship.
Overall, fluffy and fun.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
What a fun and feel-good read. It’s a very simple story with a silly premise, and the manga leans into the silliness. The characters are cute and fun and I loved this