Book Impressions

Recent Book I’ve Read (JUL 2025):

Alice Isn’t Dead by Joseph Fink The Last Bookstore On Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold Both of these stories have queer protagonists. In Alice Isn’t Dead, we have a separated lesbian couple, but mostly the story is told through the lens…

jenhgJuly 2, 2025

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Spellbound by F.T. Lukens

Synopsis Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in this lively young adult romantic adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of In Deeper Waters, and So This Is Ever…

jenhgJuly 2, 2023

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Night Beyond the Tri-Cornered Window – Anime

I will preface this by saying that I have read the manga this anime is based upon. The English translation of the Japanese manga The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window by Tomoko Yamashita. The anime is produced by Zero-G Studio,…

jenhgMay 18, 2023

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Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games

I’m reviewing the first two volumes of the Yuri/Shoujo AI (Lesbian/GL) manga Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games by Eri Ejima. —Edited by TheFNGee First off, I picked this manga up at Kinokuniya in New York last fall when I was…

jenhgMarch 7, 2022

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Part 2 of “No.6”

Anime by Studio Bones and Manga Adaptation by Kino Hinaki. All based on the light novel by Atsuko Asana Recap: It's been weeks since I've picked up this novel and story. I've decided my continuation will be a little different…

jenhgAugust 28, 2021

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Part 1 of “No.6”

Anime by Studio Bones and Manga Adaptation by Kino Hinaki. All based on the light novel by Atsuko Asana Let me begin by saying this is one of my favorite anime/manga/light novels. The story is captivating, the characters are brilliant,…

jenhgJuly 21, 2021

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Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Audiobook Narrated by Avi Roque In a world where the type of magic one can use is determined by one's gender and impacts the person's social status within the community, a trans boy is determined to prove his identity and…

Minari H. GealatApril 23, 2021

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Unhallowed (Rath and Rune #1) by Jordan L. Hawk

Jordan L Hawk is one of those few authors who manage to create an alternate universe that leaves you spellbound and flummoxed. I'm a huge fan of his "Whyborne and Griffin Series", where he created a town full of wonders…

krishnanaidu88February 9, 2021

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Just Like That (Albin Academy #1) by Cole McCade

He loved this difficult, strange man of subtle whims and irascible tempers, this quiet creature who tried to be a statue of graven stone but was instead all steel and sharp edges, and every time Summer's heart bled with the…

krishnanaidu88August 10, 2020

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Breaking News (Prime Time #2) by Ella Frank [Book Review]

The nail-biting cliffhanger at the end of Inside News left me in jitters, and I waited with bated breath to get my hands on the next book. Breaking News, the second book in the Prime Time Trilogy was worth the…

krishnanaidu88July 30, 2020

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Fake Slackers: Vol. 1 by Mu Gua Huang

(Translated by Jury) After class placements were decided, the school’s two infamous ‘problem youth’ not only shared the same class but the same desk. They’re clearly good at studies but pretend to be slackers. Faking their own lack of knowledge,…

PratsJuly 19, 2020

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Wreck Me Forever (Polished P & P, #1) by Lila Rose [Book Review]

Lila Rose is mostly popular for her Straight Romances, which involve alpha heroes bursting with testosterone. They are either MC sojourns or firefighters. Although she has written gay romances like Hear Me Out (Hawks MC Caroline Springs Charter #5), Coming…

krishnanaidu88July 19, 2020

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Prince’s Master (Masters Series #1) by Alessandra Hazard

Prince's Master is a new spin-off to Alessandra Hazard's popular "Calluvia's Royalty" series. Set in an intergalactic universe that is not only far away from our solar system but also quite a bit more advanced, and Calluvia is split into…

krishnanaidu88July 8, 2020

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Inside Affair (Prime Time #1) by Ella Frank [Review]

Gay Romance Novels have always been my guilty pleasure. But I’m picky when it comes to the authors, whose books I prefer reading. I wouldn’t just pick any old book off the rack. For me, the storyline has to be…

krishnanaidu88July 7, 2020

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My Imaginary Boyfriend [Book Review]

At the end of 2019, Patrick Rangsimant’s BL novel “My Ride, I Love You” was announced to be made into a series of the same name - My Ride the Series. A few months later, another of his BL novels,…

PratsJuly 4, 2020

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My Ride: I Love You [Book Review]

For people who follow me on Twitter, I make it no secret that I like shows and books of the BL genre. It's also a fact that most who follow me know which shows and books I like, and the…

PratsMay 30, 2020

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The Gameboys the Series’ Official Soundtrack (OST) [Review]

For years, I have been a silent fan of Original Soundtracks from movies and more recently, the sweeping and heart-tugging theme songs that BL Series from across Asia have been producing like they're nothing more than arranged poetry - lush,…