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Tasogare wa Dare – Kitahata Akeno
Asahi who has a memory problem meets a waiter who looks like his first love.
Not a happy story so I’m really glad it had a happy ending
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Kria: Prisoner / Bound Ficbits – Megan Derr
Kriaverse short stories.
If you are hungry for more Beraht and Dieter, here’s what you need.
Rating:
5 Stars – absolutely perfect -
To feel at home, stay at home.
Clifton Fadiman -
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Makkurayami de Kimi to – Takanashi Morimichi
Takimoto accidentally discovers that his usually perfect manager Sakuma has a phobia. Sakuma asks him for help.
Started out ridiculous, then psychological. Ended up cute and silly.
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A Society of Gentlemen: The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh – K.J. Charles
Passion is on the cards for two reckless rogues as K. J. Charles ups the ante in her Society of Gentlemen series with a sizzling eBook short story.
The youngest son and the blackest sheep in his family, Lord Gabriel Ashleigh never imagined he could sink so low. Though he’s a notoriously bad gambler, he takes on the formidable but strangely alluring Francis Webster, only to lose everything: all his money, the lovely estate he inherited from his aunt, and any hope of future happiness. So it’s a shock when Webster summons him to a private game for a chance to win back his possessions. The stake? If he fails, Ash must surrender his body.
Francis has been waiting years for this moment. At Eton, Ash’s elder brother harassed him relentlessly. Now, consumed by lust and rage, Francis is only too happy to exploit Ash’s foolish indiscretions. But as Francis strips the magnificently built youth—first of his family assets, then his clothes—he begins to wonder whether he’s been plotting revenge … or exquisite seduction.
I love short stories and quick reads because I have a short attention span but sometimes you need a full length book or at least a novella to flesh out the development of a relationship. They, here, need at least a couple more card games. Still this did a good job of making me want to read the series. K.J. Charles can do no wrong.
Rating:
3 Stars – not exactly setting my world on fire but I liked it
(source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26067203-the-ruin-of-gabriel-ashleigh)
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I love animation, I really do, but I don’t do it for the children.
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Kimiiro Eden – Aomoto Sari
Iga is a famous landscaper. But for some reason, he was left out of a big project and was appointed to be foreman of a small garden in the outskirts. Growing tired of it, Iga couldn’t accept that fact but when he met a client named Asakura, something in him is starting to change…
I must be some sort of perverted bastard as I found the Asakura family cute but I couldn’t really care less about the kindergarten kids in the story. I was meh at the start but the story grew on me. This is slow burn and full of unspoken feels.
(source: http://mangapark.me)
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Masters of Rome Series – Colleen McCullough
An epic series about the last years of the Roman republic, struggles between politicians and generals, and the men and women in the centre of all.
The M/M genre was not yet invented when these were published so it’s not really LGBT-centric. This series is all Roman politics and lifestyle and shows you that people were gay even back then. And not just gay, I mean, the wealthy Romans were the sort who slept with everything that moves. Plus they really know how to throw a party.
The main star of this series was obviously Caesar but people need to know Sulla more. He was as golden as Sebastian St. Vincent and twice as debauch. He would have been as famous or notorious as Caesar if Caesar was not in the picture. My interest in this series petered out when it was just all about Caesar and his women.
Rating:
The First Man in Rome – 5 stars
Fortune’s Favorite – 5 stars
The Grass Crown – 5 stars
Caesar’s Women – 4 stars
The October Horse – 4 stars5 Stars – absolutely perfect
4 Stars – minor quibbles but I loved it to bits*haven’t read Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra
(source: https://www.goodreads.com/series/43716-masters-of-rome)
