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A Beast’s Descent into Love
When thief Karim sneaks into a clandestine auction, he finds Asena, a beautiful young man with animal ears and a tail. On impulse, Karim steals him from the bidder who bought him for a hefty sum and decides to take responsibility, making arrangements to live with him for a month while he waits for the…
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Homestead
I did not care for this movie. It was overacted, overdone, corny. Lot of masculine games going on until Ian gets shot and Jenna lets them all in and there’s, like. Faith stuff. Basically criticizing the need to hoard materials and prepper culture in the face of WWJD and stuff. That’s the good part, actually,…
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Lout of the Count’s Family #3
Bro, I hadn’t even seen the announcement come out that #3 was released! (I’m behind on my email, leave me alone) Of course I dropped everything and picked it up. After all, the last book left me off right before Raon got his revenge. This one opens right up there. It’s a bit gruesome but…
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New World: An Anthology of Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Aaah… what a stupendous collection, with so many big names in comics! My favorite in this anthology ended up being Written in Stone, by Carla Speed McNeil. I ended up reading it three times back to back, and then once more before I put down the book. (I reread it when I opened the book…
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Lout of the Count’s Family #2
DEEP SECRETS: CAN CALE TURN THE TIDE OF FATE? When Kim Roksu mysteriously awakens inside an action-packed fantasy novel, he decides to make the most of it. Now living as the rich noble Cale Henituse, our protagonist collects flashy abilities and unexpected allies in his pursuit of a cushy life! After foiling a mad mage’s…
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
I’m not a bad slime! Proceeds to become a demon lord.
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A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with my Mighty Grimoires #3
Female Lead: I’m going to destroy my home country in revenge for the humiliation they’ve wrought, and make them regret taking everything away from me. Me reading the first two volumes: Oh through capitalism? Female Lead in book 3: No, through murder.
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A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires #1-2
Here we go: a typical beginning for a Villainess series. And just like many, the people fucked around… …and they are about to find out. She has the beloved hyper competence of the power fantasy heroine, alongside a huge amount of actual power to back her up. And also, I suppose she has a sense…
Trope: Diversity is Superior
An observation that the better, more peaceful, much more stable nation in the story is the one that is more racially diverse. Usually by “racially diverse” it’s humans + not humans. Not a dig on diversity in media.