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rereader33 's review for:
Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight 9
by Rin Mikimoto
This series is fluffy fluff fluffness and its killing my shriveled up black hole of a heart.
Readers are finally given Hinana's backstory in this volume and I have to say, I give Mikimoto some serious props for not making her story tragedy porn. Make no mistake, Hinana's past is indeed tragic, but the tone of the series has been pretty light to compliment the fluffy romance and I'm thrilled Mikimoto didn't go completely trauma-tragedy porn on Hinana. Hmm, it's almost like someone can have sad backstory without it being weighed down with edge, trauma, misery, and woe. Who would have thought that was possible? *glares at most YA novels published within the last five years*
But seriously, this serious is just so damn cute and fluffy, when Ayase looks for Hinana in the fashion show and makes a heart with his hand I squeed waaaay harder than I should have. Also, just putting it out there, I do not have a problem with Hinana and Ayase thinking about becoming more intimate. Yes, there is an eight year age gap and Hinana is in high school, but since they were interrupted anyway and both are consenting individuals who are respectful of each other's boundaries, I am completely okay with them furthering their relationship.
Small rant aside, I really am enjoying this series more than I thought I would and am so glad that I pre-ordered volume 10. Can't wait to see what happens next!
Readers are finally given Hinana's backstory in this volume and I have to say, I give Mikimoto some serious props for not making her story tragedy porn. Make no mistake, Hinana's past is indeed tragic, but the tone of the series has been pretty light to compliment the fluffy romance and I'm thrilled Mikimoto didn't go completely trauma-tragedy porn on Hinana. Hmm, it's almost like someone can have sad backstory without it being weighed down with edge, trauma, misery, and woe. Who would have thought that was possible? *glares at most YA novels published within the last five years*
But seriously, this serious is just so damn cute and fluffy, when Ayase looks for Hinana in the fashion show and makes a heart with his hand I squeed waaaay harder than I should have. Also, just putting it out there, I do not have a problem with Hinana and Ayase thinking about becoming more intimate. Yes, there is an eight year age gap and Hinana is in high school, but since they were interrupted anyway and both are consenting individuals who are respectful of each other's boundaries, I am completely okay with them furthering their relationship.
Small rant aside, I really am enjoying this series more than I thought I would and am so glad that I pre-ordered volume 10. Can't wait to see what happens next!