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ellelainey 's review for:
Monster and the Beast, Vol. 1
by Renji
You know what? Call me nuts, but I loved this!
For once, we have a role reversal in Yaoi - the human is the seducer, the player, the unapologetically sexual creature, and the beast is the gentle one, the one who has limits and is shy. But, at the same time, Liam makes it *very* clear that he has no interest in anything permanent, that he enjoys his life of wandering and sleeping with anyone who takes his fancy.
Sure, there is a slight fetish aspect, with Liam's attraction to a somewhat animalistic beast/demon, but this is Yaoi. I've seen WAY worse than this going on.
I loved that not everything was always as it seemed. That the art/illustrations were stunning in a simplistic way, that Liam is not your high-school student MC like in most Yaoi, and that the beast isn't always a passive creature who just does as he's told. Once he finds the incentive to do something, he doesn't hesitate.
The ending was slightly abrupt, leaving on a cliffhanger, but I liked that. There was already quite a lot of story to digest, so I liked knowing immediately that there was more to come. I'll be looking up Vol 2 right away.
For once, we have a role reversal in Yaoi - the human is the seducer, the player, the unapologetically sexual creature, and the beast is the gentle one, the one who has limits and is shy. But, at the same time, Liam makes it *very* clear that he has no interest in anything permanent, that he enjoys his life of wandering and sleeping with anyone who takes his fancy.
Sure, there is a slight fetish aspect, with Liam's attraction to a somewhat animalistic beast/demon, but this is Yaoi. I've seen WAY worse than this going on.
I loved that not everything was always as it seemed. That the art/illustrations were stunning in a simplistic way, that Liam is not your high-school student MC like in most Yaoi, and that the beast isn't always a passive creature who just does as he's told. Once he finds the incentive to do something, he doesn't hesitate.
The ending was slightly abrupt, leaving on a cliffhanger, but I liked that. There was already quite a lot of story to digest, so I liked knowing immediately that there was more to come. I'll be looking up Vol 2 right away.