Book Review: When Reader and Author Transmigrate Inside the Book at the Same Time by 芷衣

Title: When Reader and Author Transmigrate Inside the Book at the Same Time
Author: 芷衣
Chapters: 75 chapters + 4 extras
Publication: 2021
Summary from Novel Updates:

Gu Jinmian both loved and hated the great god author He Bujin.

There would always be a male supporting character that poked his heart in his works, but the author always ab*sed his favorite male supporting character for the sake of his protagonist.

In the latest update, Eldest Young Master Gu spent millions trying to make the author treat his favorite character better.

However, the author wrote the male supporting character dead.

Later, Gu Jinmian unexpectedly transmigrated into the book with darkened eyes and became a powerful man.

Since forcing the dog author to be good to his favorite character didn’t work out, then he’ll do it himself.

However, there seems to be something wrong with this beautiful man that never gives in to his fate.

He handed in the resources himself, yet the male supporting character didn’t even lift his eyelids. He looked like he’d rather rot in a corner and be a salted fish.

He robbed the main character’s resources for him, yet the male “salted fish” supporting character returned it to the protagonist, and was even hurt and bitten by the protagonist in the process.

Gu Jinmian was shocked and heartbroken. This must be because of the dog author He Bujin, he shouted: “Curse you He Bujin!!”

The male supporting character lifted his eyelids, “Who are you scolding?”

“It’s because of that He Bujin! It’s this dog that has caused you so much misery. I will definitely put him in a sack!”

The male supporting character showed a sullen smile, eyes bright and dark, “Oh?”

******

He Bujin spent all his life being miserable, gloomy and violent. After he settled down in a high position, he wrote his own experience into several books like self ab*se. The supporting role with his own shadow in the book–the more sympathy others gave him–the more miserable he was and the more ruthless he wrote.

Destiny made a mockery of him, and made him transmigrate as the man inside the book and experience misery again.

However, an asteroid accidentally fell into the gray and depressing book, rushed into his life without reason, and drilled into his arms with light and heat.

That person took his hand and a tear fell on the wound on his palm. “Don’t hurt yourself, OK?”

He Bujin just stared at him, with dark eyes and tight throat. “OK.”

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

This had an interesting plot. I thought it was really cool how both the author and one of his biggest fan/hater transmigrated into his latest novel. 

This led to a lot of hilarious situations, especially when Gu Jinmian first transmigrated. He has so many scenes of social death that were witnessed by so many people, I'm still surprised that he's able to leave home and not wither away from embarrassment after experiencing so many mortifying moments lmao. However, it's probably just part of his happy, resilient personality. He was like a bright sun; you couldn't help but want to bask in his warmth, including He Bujin. 

The comedy and romance were handled so well that the knives really hurt when they finally appeared. I felt heartbroken along with Gu Jinmian! 

My main complaint is about the translation, which felt like loosely edited MTL with a lot of the characters' names inconsistently written. Also, it felt like sections of the chapters were occasionally missing because the flow felt inconsistent and like I was missing information. It made me question wanting to continue reading the book or to just search for the raws myself. However, the characters and the plot made me stay and finish it. 

I also liked the extras which tied up a lot of the brothers' loose ends lol.

DNF Reviews: I Am the Nanny of the Villain, Transmigrated Into the Male Lead’s Cannon Fodder Dead Wife, The Villainous Alpha Was Picked up by the Doomsday Boss

Title: I Am the Nanny of the Villain
Author: 이서래
Chapters: 190 chapters + 15 extras
Publication: 2021
Summary from Novel Updates:

She became the nanny of Claude, the blackened male protagonist who would destroy the world. If this continues, she will be killed by the cursed power possessed by the blackened male protagonist. So, she decided to pour out her love for the blackened male protagonist to prevent the blackening.

She also raised the child’s self-esteem, and made the Duke act like a proper father, as fatherly love was essential for the male protagonist’s self-esteem.

She thought the child was gradually recovering his bright face, and the Duke was now learning how to gradually give love to the child.

But she doesn’t know if it’s because she worked too hard….?

“It has always been a problem. You have hundreds of reasons to abandon me, but I don’t have a single one.”

“Nanny will always be by my side, right? That’s why you can’t go. Never, never.”

Two men started obsessing over me.

MY REVIEW: 

I made it almost halfway through the book to chapter 87 before finally calling it quits. There's something about this book that just made me uninterested in continuing reading it after a while. I think my main problem was the Korean writing style, which I'm not very familiar with. The writing was supposed to be kind of light and fluffy to match and (I suppose) emphasize Claude's cuteness, but the whole tone got boring after a while.

I spent a couple days during Memorial Day weekend only feeling up to reading a few chapters per day before deciding to call it quits. I mean, I was expecting to pull an all-nighter reading a good book during the holidays since I had time to do so! But instead, I watched a bunch of anime, since it was more interesting than this book.

Title: Transmigrated Into the Male Lead’s Cannon Fodder Dead Wife
Author: 华阙阙
Chapters: 115 chapters 
Publication: 2022
Summary from Novel Updates:

Du Yaoyao transmigrated into a light-hearted ancient novel called “My Powerful Minister”, where the ordinary male lead continuously moves up in life.

The male lead was promoted as an official throughout the original novel, and then his wife died. By the end of it, he became the most powerful minister there was and was surrounded by countless beauties.

Unfortunately for Du Yaoyao, she had transmigrated into the male lead’s cannon fodder wife who died early!

This woman was arrogant and overbearing, le*d and lustful. The male lead sent her to heaven the next day after he became the Prime Minister!

After transmigrating, Du Yaoyao learned that she was going to die three months later. She decided to do everything she could to save herself! She held the male lead’s thigh tightly, and pulled the strings behind the scene to help him match with all the beautiful female characters in the original novel. She was aiming to win his favor and save her life.

But every time she pulled the red string, the male lead f*cked her until she couldn’t get out of bed for three days…

Sigh, forget about being f*cked, why did the male lead still want her to give birth to a baby?

Du Yaoyao: “Help! I just want to be a matchmaker for the male lead, I don’t want to be the mother of his child!”

MY REVIEW: 

Made it to chapter 76, which is where you have to pay to read the rest of the novel and realized, nah I don't like this novel enough to pay to read lightly edited machine translations. Du Yaoyao's white moonlight twist was pretty novel, especially in the first half, but then it just became another reason for the ML to become jealous and blackmail her. It got repetitive and boring after a while.

Title: The Villainous Alpha Was Picked up by the Doomsday Boss
Author: 薄桃
Chapters: 51 chapters + 2 extras
Publication: N/A
Summary from Novel Updates:

Pei Zhaozhou suffered from a pheromone disorder, lost his dignity as an Alpha, unable to mark Omegas and losing his fertility, becoming a disabled Alpha. He became chronically ill and was forced to resign from his post as major general of the Empire.

However he found out the truth behind his situation and planned his revenge.

Just as he was about to kill his enemy, the world’s consciousness stopped him and he was transported to the end of the world by an artificial explosion.

Upon waking up he finds a book next to himself and finds out that he was just a novel villain and his enemy was the protagonist.

However even through he transmigated out of the novel and came to the end of the world, he still can’t escape the helpless situation of his pheromone disorder.

As he lay down in the wilderness of the end of the world, waiting to die, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

“Get up. Don’t die in my sight.”

MY REVIEW: 

I only made it to chapter 8 before giving up for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that I found out that this is an alternative story to one of the author's other novels, which probably explains why there's so much summarized backstory/background info. There were too many info dumps that it became boring. 

The other main reason why I stopped reading this novel was because in the 8 chapters that I read, I'm sure that the author described the main characters' eyes at least 100 times. It got so repetitive that I lost interest. Like, instead of describing the color of each other's eyes again and again, get to the actual plot. Overall, there wasn't that much to keep me interested in the book.

Book Unhaul 37

Visited the parents during Fourth of July weekend and brought back the last of my books! These were the ones that I knew I wasn't going to keep anymore, so it wasn't hard packing them up and reselling to 2nd&Charles lol. 

Insignia by S.J. Kincaid

Vortex by S.J. Kincaid

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Under Dogs by Markus Zusak

Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

Babe in Boyland by Jody Gherman

Shut Out by Kody Keplinger

Sisters in Sanity by Gayle Forman

Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Aurelia by Anne Osterlund

Mini Reviews: I am the Father of the Villain, Not For You to Bite, I Am The White Moonlight Of The Paranoid Immortal

Title: I am the Father of the Villain
Author: 林盎司
Chapters: 365 chapters + 78 extras
Publication: 2021
Summary from Novel Updates:

My name is Lin Luoqing. Today, I transmigrated into a book but I’m not panicked at all. It is because I know the direction of this book very well. I can definitely use the plot advantage to reach the peak of my life and become a winner in life!

Hey, what is with that child over there who is peeking at me? How did he show up at my house? He is looking at me with three parts sadness, five parts dissatisfaction and two parts complicated.

“Child, what is your name?” I ask him gently, trying to make him feel the warmth of the spring breeze.

The child looked suspicious and cold. “Lin Fei.”

F*k! Isn’t this the cold-faced king of hell in the novel? He was tortured by his uncle in childhood and started to torture his uncle as an adult. Then this body I transmigrated into—it was that tr*sh uncle!

Nevertheless, I didn’t panic. I decided to save myself. I hugged this young king of hell and kept kissing his soft and tender face. “Uncle loves you.”

He might dislike me now but I believe that under the education of my love, we will definitely become a good uncle and nephew of China, moving me and him!

Wait, who is that beautiful woman over there? Why are the corners of her eyes twitching? “Please, Luo Luo, please help your brother. You can marry Ji Yuxiao. You are bringing a child with you and he also has one. The two of you can get in touch with these children!”

Oh, woman, don’t think I don’t know that you are the one who first looked at Ji Yuxiao’s beautiful face, rich family and wealth and wanted to climb up high. Now that he was in a car accident and has injured legs, you don’t like him anymore? Do you think I will agree?

“I agree.”

It is because I remember that in the novel, the original owner of the body didn’t agree. This made him and the Lin family enter the blacklist of the most ruthless villain, Ji Yuxiao’s nephew. I haven’t embarked on the peak of life and become a life winner yet. How can I be on the blacklist?

I hold my suitcase in my left hand and the king of hell in my right and enter Ji Yuxiao’s home.

“This child is very fierce. You must not provoke him.” I gave a reminder to the young, cold-faced king of hell beside me.

The cold-faced king of hell is very dismissive.

Wait for it, the amazing king of hell. The villain will teach you how to be a man in a minute!

After a while, a soft glutinous rice ball-like child appears in the room. The child’s voice is very babyish. The cold-faced king of hell pokes him in the face and asks me, ‘Is that it? Just this? Fierce?”

Me: ……

Later, I found that Ji Yuxiao didn’t die according to the plot in the book. Even his legs are healed and every day, he wants to go car racing with me until late at night!

“You beast!”

Who says he is moody, cold, noble and uncertain? I must have read a fake book! How can I become a winner in life? I didn’t expect that I actually became a winner in life in the end.

The cold-faced king of hell: Dad, I just made 100 million and deposited it in your card.

The big villain: Dad, the antique car I just bought from an auction is in your garage.”

Ji Yuxiao: Wife, did you drop this gold card or this black card? Forget it, I’ll give it all to you.”

Me: ….Just—this is fine.

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

Loved the kids so much that I'm now reading the sequel lol.

Title: Not For You to Bite
Author: 白云朵
Chapters: 42 chapters + 1 extras
Publication: 2023
Summary from Novel Updates:

Chi Le had a dream. In the dream, he was sleeping with his bitter rival. He smelled of Alpha all over his body, and there was a wedding photo hanging on the wall.

After waking up, he wiped the cold sweat from his brow, and had to accept the fact that he and his rival would get married in the future.

He is ready to mature into an Alpha, and deliver milk and warmth to Sheng Zhuo every day, hoping to turn him into a fair-skinned and beautiful Omega.

It was later discovered that… Sheng Zhuo was the Alpha.

Knowing the truth, Chi Le almost burst into tears, “If I say that I treated you well because I want to be a strong duo big brother with you, would you believe me?”

During Sheng Zhuo’s susceptible period, he has always stared at the back of Chi Le’s neck with fiery eyes.

Chi Le sighed, “It’s useless for you to stare at me, I’m destined to be an Alpha, the two of us can only be a strong duo at most.”

Sheng Zhuo pulled him back into his arms and hugged him tightly, “I don’t care.”

Chi Le: “…” Men in the susceptible period are really cruel, even Alphas are not spared!

Chi Le thought that he would mature into an Alpha, so he made full theoretical preparations for marking Sheng Zhuo in advance.

Later, he matured into an Omega, and Sheng Zhuo kissed the back of his neck lightly, teasing him deliberately: “Teach me how to bite.”

Chi Le: “…” Not for you to bite!

Everyone always thought that Sheng Zhuo and Chi Le were bitter rivals who hated each other.

Until Chi Le was drunk, hugged Sheng Zhuo and shouted: “Wife!”

Everyone: “…” So you are such bitter rivals.

AO small sweetie pies~ Sheng Zhuo Alpha X Chi Le Omega

#An Omega thought he was an Alpha, and changed his ways to love his ‘wife’ all day long (not)#

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

Sweet and fluffy with an oblivious MC and doting ML. However, I wished that the villains got better punishments.

Title: I Am The White Moonlight Of The Paranoid Immortal
Author: 若白衣
Chapters: 91 chapters + 3 extras
Publication: 2022
Summary from Novel Updates:

After he fell asleep on the bed and died a violent death, Chu Qi realized that he was actually a cannon fodder in a cultivation novel. His role was to die at the age of twenty and become the white moonlight of the novel’s immortal monarch big brother Yan Jiuge.

Chu Qi: ????

That Yan Jiuge, who was always annoyed with him, resented him for dragging his feet and wanted to fight with him, secretly liked him for ten years?

It turned out that, after Chu Qi’s death, in order to bring him back to life, Yan Jiuge traversed mountains of knives and oceans of fire to scavenge for heavenly treasures, but he ended up trapped by the heart demon for life because of his paranoia, and his cultivation was s**ked away by the useless protagonist.

After watching the plot, Chu Qi was tortured to tears by the ending of Yan Jiuge, and he was reborn back to the age of ten. At this time, Yan Jiuge, who was dressed in black and gold, gave a cold grunt and looked disgusted: “You’ve been crying for a long time. I’m afraid you want me to carry you, don’t you?”

Chu Qi touched the tears that didn’t exist in the corner of his eyes and held out his hand to Yan Jiuge. “Yes, you should.”

Chu Qi: Fortunately, I know the truth now. You wanted to carry me, not fight with me.

3 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

What annoyed me was that there were two chapters where I guess the translator couldn't find the full chapters, so they ended abruptly and caused a lot of confusion while reading. I had to manually search for those two chapters and found out that a lot was missing from one of the chapters.

New Anime and Movies This Summer That I'm Excited For!

I can't believe that Kaiju No. 8 and the vending machine anime's sequels are finally here! These two series have completely different vibes, but I'm here for it lol. There were a lot of other interesting series and movies coming out this summer that I'm also interested in watching. For example, The Summer Hikaru Died has been gaining a lot of buzz ever since the manga was published, so I've got high expectations for it.

Anime:

• Kaiju No. 8 Season 2
• Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra: World Conquest Starts with the Civilization of Ruin
• Betrothed to My Sister's Ex
• I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability Season 2
• Lord of Mysteries
• Nyaight of the Living Cat
• Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 2
• The Water Magician
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
• Secrets of the Silent Witch
• The Summer Hikaru Died
• With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess

Movies:

• JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death - The Movie (July 16)
• Eddington (July 18)
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps (July 25)
• Freakier Friday (Aug 8)
• Highest 2 Lowest (Aug 22)

Books I Want to Read This Month

Happy 4th of July weekend! I didn't make any head way on this list last month, but I'm DETERMINED to read at least the manga Sherry lent me, so that I can finally return them to her lol.

1. Ex-Yakuza & Stray Kitten vol. 1 by Riddle Kamimura
2. Ex-Yakuza & Stray Kitten vol. 2 by Riddle Kamimura
3. Ex-Yakuza & Stray Kitten vol. 3 by Riddle Kamimura
4. Ex-Yakuza & Stray Kitten vol. 4 by Riddle Kamimura
5. Breakfast with my Two-Tailed Cat vol. 1 by Ai Shimizu
6. Breakfast with my Two-Tailed Cat vol. 2 by Ai Shimizu
7. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 1 by Fujita
8. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 2 by Fujita
9. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 3 by Fujita
10. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 4 by Fujita
11. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 1 by Fujino Omori
12. Please Don't Go Before I Get Better by Madisen Kuhn
13. Heart Talk by Cleo Wade
14. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Manhua) vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu & Luo Di Cheng Qiu
15. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Manhua) vol. 2 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu & Luo Di Cheng Qiu

June in Retrospect

This month flew by. I can't believe the year is half over! D: There's still so much to read and so much anime to watch! Just this past month, we only finished catching up on most of the spring anime titles! I've also seen a lot of new cdramas and kdramas that recently came out that look super interesting, so maybe I'll get back into watching shows other than anime again lol.

But these are all of the books and anime I've watch in June!

I read: 

• The Doting Love Story’s Female Supporting Role Has Quit by 从温
• Reborn to My Husband's Youth by 柚一只梨
• Little Matchmaker by 桃花白茶
• When Green Tea Encounter Love Brain by 人间观察师 
• When the Little Employee Betrayed the Boss by 泉久久
• The Protagonist Who Hates Loser is Sweet to Me by 汀骨
• Transmigrated as the Mother of the Abused Male Lead in a Tragic Novel by 小猫睡了
• The Cannon Fodder of Rebirth Plays the Apocalypse by Meiwu Zitong
• Romantic Captain Darling by YP & Moai
• The Lady and the Beast Season 1 by maginot & Hongseul
• The Lady and the Beast Season 2 by maginot & Hongseul
• The Lady and the Beast Season 3 by maginot & Hongseul
• The Lady and the Beast Season 4 by maginot & Hongseul
• Pretty State Preceptor Saves the Planet by 一罐普洱 

I watched: 

• The Beginning After the End
• The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows
• From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman
• Demon Lord 2099

Mini Reviews: Villain’s Strategy; O Pretends to be B For The Violent Admiral; Even if I’m a Fake Heiress, I Will Dare to Be Trashy

Title: Villain’s Strategy
Author: 萝卜花兔子
Chapters: 96 chapters + 2 extras
Publication: 2021
Summary from Novel Updates:

The most impressive thing that the timid and cowardly Wen Zhichu has done in his entire life was rescuing two grade schoolers who had ignored the red light and crossed the streets recklessly. As for the result of his one-time bravery, he also sent himself off.

When he woke up again, he discovered that he had transmigrated into a book as a cannon fodder villain who keeps hopping back and forth on the edge of a minefield— ultimately, receiving the ending of sleeping on the streets for offending the protagonist.

Wen Zhichu, who’s been told by his mom since young that he has a delicate body and couldn’t sleep on the streets: !

Just as Wen Zhichu planned to stop participating in this world’s story plot and become an insignificant, transparent character, he accidentally became bound to a villain system. If he didn’t follow the original plotline to cause trouble for the protagonist, he’d be deducted money and forced to sleep on the streets even sooner than the original story.

Wen Zhichu: : )

Wen Zhichu was forced onto the path of a villain. Every time he sees the protagonist’s strong, robust body, even his calves start trembling.

One punch would probably K.O. two of him.

The villain’s mission: Destroy the protagonist’s lunch.

Looking at the protagonist sitting to the side, Wen Zhichu swallowed his saliva, threw a handful of rainbow-colored skittles into the food, and then ran off immediately.

Qin Jiashu: ……

The Villain’s mission: Ruin the Protagonist’s main love line.

Heading to the protagonist’s locker, Wen Zhichu scooped out the mountain pile of love letters inside, leaving behind only his own falsified love letter.

Qin Jiashu, who just happened to see everything after returning from playing basketball: ……

The Villain’s mission: Destroy the protagonist’s belonging.

Holding a needle, Wen Zhichu stealthily arrived at the school’s parking lot and prepared to puncture the protagonist’s car tire.

Who’d expect the utterly unreliable Wen Zhichu would bump straight into the protagonist this time.

Wen Zhichu hastily hid the needle behind his back.

Two of him was not even enough for the other to beat up.

The protagonist raised his hand. Wen Zhichu subconsciously covered his head.

Qin Jiashu patted the front bumper of the car: “Get in, I’ll drive you.”

Wen Zhichu: ? ? ?

All of Qin Jiashu’s bros knew that about the dark and withdrawn, annoying pest in the neighboring class, who came over every few days to cause trouble.

Once Qin Jiashu was buying a sports drink at the store, sure enough, that annoying pest followed over as well. Not surprisingly, that annoying pest snatched away the item that Qin Jiashu wanted to buy in advance and even opened it to take a drink right in front of him.

Qin Jiashu stopped him. Right before they thought he’d teach that annoying as*hole a lesson, Qin Jiashu actually grabbed the already opened sports drink from Wen Zhichu’s hand, tossed his head back, and started drinking it.

Qin Jiashu: Very sorry, but I’ve already reached happy ending.

3.5 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

I loved Wen ZhiChu's interaction with his system! Such a comedic duo!

Title: O Pretends to be B For The Violent Admiral
Author: 公子柔
Chapters: 95 chapters + 5 extras
Publication: 2020
Summary from Novel Updates:

—Breaking News! Admiral Lucas of the Empire has dispatched his men, reportedly to find his date from the hotel last night!

The reporter excitedly asked a question: What would you do once you find them?

Lucas’ eyes glinted coldly: Kill them.

The crowd: ???

Why does he seem different from everyone else…

–

Gong’s perspective →

There’s nothing the short-tempered Admiral Lucas looks down on more than the whiny and annoying omegas in his life.

A significant other? Will never happen in this lifetime.

However, if he is forced to elaborate… He much prefers the gentle and honest beta secretary, skilled in both combat and academia, who can brew coffee and match clothes for him.

–

Shou’s perspective →

Luo Ran is Lucas’ secretary, and what he does is the most inhumane job in the entire empire.

He has to wait on the nit-pickiest superior who sits above him, and below him, he has to deal with the entire empire who dare not interact with the admiral, the admiral’s subordinates, coworkers, admirers… etc.

Not only that, but he also has to carefully hide the fact that he’s an omega, as well as his identity as the admiral’s “one night stand”… constantly facing the imminent threat of getting killed at any moment.

Until one day, he accidentally went into heat in front of Lucas, the sweet and lovely pheromone an exact match with the pheromone of the person from that night.

It’s over, he’s about to be killed now.

“How brave of you.” Lucas held the back of Luo Ran’s head, the other arm looped around his waist as he smiled, “Now… I’m going to kill you.”

4.5 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

Oh, what a wonderful love! The entire Empire ships their love, but the two protagonists in question had no idea lol. 

Normally, I would get bored if a book includes too many netizen comments, but the Empire's netizens were great! Their ability to create sugar for their CP was so realistic and logical that even Luo Ran, a silent melon eater to his own CP, was almost brainwashed into believing it. Plus, I still can't get over the super tropey and overdramatic fanfics! They were so bad that they were good lmao. 

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. Luo Ran and Lucas had the best, equal partnership even before they got together. There was so much trust and care for each other that it just made the misunderstandings between each other even more funny lol. 

Title: Even if I’m a Fake Heiress, I Will Dare to Be Trashy
Author: 纪扶染
Chapters: 291 chapters + 21 extras
Publication: 2023
Summary from Novel Updates:

At the age of 12, Shen Yue accidentally fell into a pond while feeding fish. That’s when she realized that her parents were not her real parents, and her five brothers were not her real brothers either. She was just a fake heiress to the Shen family!

Knowing she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to just lie down and give up. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well just lie down and relax.

“Big brother, is working at the company fun? Let me check it out,” she thought, wanting to enjoy the perks of being a Shen daughter while she still could. Those luxuries would be out of reach soon enough.

“Second brother, is acting fun? Let me give it a try,” she schemed. What? They pay you just to lie still like a corpse? This is a job she had to get!

“Third brother, is that gun realistic? Let me see,” she said, examining the firearm. Not bad, though the recoil is too strong. She’d need to find a smaller one to play with next time.

“Fourth brother, will the teachers be mad if I sneak into your research institute? Let me take a peek,” she plotted, eyeing her handsome professor. A little hugging wouldn’t hurt!

“Fifth brother, that medicine you’re working on smells nice. Mind if I try a little taste…” she asked casually before sampling it. Tastes good! But now my head feels itchy—I better not be growing a brain!

On the day the real heiress returned, Shen Yue’s five brothers shielded her behind them. “Dear sister, can we keep her with us? She’s a bit slow, it’d be dangerous for her out there alone.”

The true heiress scoffed coldly, masking her sly intentions beneath a guise of innocence.

But in the end, she realized this Shen Yue really was quite dim-witted. Oh well, might as well let her stay.

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

The story is set up into three parts. Part 1 is the silly comedy of Shen Yue not really thinking but gradually learning how to get along with her brothers that's depicted in the summary. Part 2 is the bleak and indifferent Shen Yue that was hinted at when recalling her past memories. Part 3 goes back to Shen Yue's silly antics as she tries to reconcile who she really is. 

There's a lot of science and sci-fi mentioned throughout the second half. I'm saying all of this because I had no idea what to expect after the first part, so that kind of threw me off for a while. I wanted to read a silly comedy, but ended up with more than I expected. Not too bad because the author was able to go back to the comedy but still maintain its wholesomeness with slices of dark reality to keep you on your toes lol.

May in Retrospect

This month, I got addicted to reading manga and manhwa again before jumping back into reading Chinese web novels. Such is my life lol. 

For the past few months, Luna has been obsessed with watching Frozen and Frozen 2, so I've been watching the sequel in bits and pieces whenever I'm over on the weekends. I finally ended up watching the entire movie near the end of the month lol.

I read: 

• How to Deal When Your Intimidating Neighbor is Actually an Omega vol. 1 by Nikuya Inui 
• Loopy Peeps by RUNa
• The Human Cub’s Guide to Wasteland Survival by 秃子小贰
• Beloved by the Male Lead's Nephew by SOY MEDIA & Mochapanna
• My Childhood Friend and His Friend by Jjinsoheun, Mangnanyong, & Ingppuppi
• My Fantasies Are Comming to Life?! by Dalrim & Nugul
• Get Lost, Damn Money! by Ban Li Zi
• I Tamed My Ex-husband’s Mad Dog vol. 1 by Jagae, Jagyum, & cmjm
• I Tamed My Ex-husband’s Mad Dog  vol. 2 by Jagae, Jagyum, & cmjm
• I Tamed My Ex-husband’s Mad Dog  vol. 3 by Jagae, Jagyum, & cmjm
• I Tamed My Ex-husband’s Mad Dog  vol. 4 by Jagae, Jagyum, & cmjm 
• I Tamed My Ex-husband’s Mad Dog  vol. 5 by Jagae, Jagyum, & cmjm
• I Tamed My Ex-husband’s Mad Dog  vol. 6 by Jagae, Jagyum, & cmjm
• My Rival’s White Moonlight Has Returned to the Country by 杨小雅
• Gardenia Blossom Season by 不吃肥肉kk
• Working as a Simp by 扶光
• After the Affectionate Second Male Lead Reincarnated by 肥肠想睡觉
• Cannon Fodders Woke Up After Overheard Me Eating Melon by 馥墨耳
• Ah Qiao by 鸠森
• After I Left the Industry, They Became Fans of My Aliases by 吧唧一口 
• The Villain Has a Crush on Me by 从温

I watched: 

• Frozen 2 (2019)

Shows I'm Currently Watching: The Beginning After the End, The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows, From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman

Lol I just realized that it's been a little over a year since I last made one of these posts. As usual, I've mainly been watching anime for the past couple of years. Not sure why I haven't felt the urge to watch any tv shows or movies outside of anime, but there isn't enough time for me to get into another hobby anyway! 

Alec and I have been keeping up with some of the bigger spring anime titles this season. Check them out!

CURRENTLY WATCHING:

The Beginning After the End

Leading up to its premiere, this show was hyped up thanks to its large fanbase of the original light novel and manhwa, so I had high expectations for the anime adaptation. Unfortunately, after the first episode aired, there were resounding negative reviews because of the animation quality and condensed explanations of world building, and the reviews kept on getting worse with each episode. But that made me curious to watch the show just to see how bad it was. Since I hadn't read the source material before, I was more open-minded while watching the show. 

Overall, it was like a stereotypical isekai anime with an overpowered protagonist made by a B-grade studio. If you didn't know any better or hadn't watched better isekai anime before, it would be your run of the mill spring anime that you only watched once and forget about it afterwards. If you didn't know just how big of a following the light novel and manhwa had, you wouldn't be disappointed by the lack of animation and voice acting that everyone hates. Basically, the more you love the original, the more you hate the adaptation, so proceed at your own risk. Alec and I are still watching it purely for the storytelling lol.

The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows

After watching The Beginning After the End, the animation quality in this show LEAPS in comparison! Even though it quickly sets itself up with a non-traditional, lone-wolf healer type who eventually grows a harem, the humor and plot made this show entertaining enough that we look forward to watching each new episode every weekend. I also love Carmilla who frequently narrates Zeno's life with hilarious foreshadowing.

From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman

The was an unexpected gem! The summary sounded similar to I Parry Everything, so I kind of expected the same oblivious older main character setting, but Beryl was not! Even though he's humble, he was smart and kind, which is why all of his former students were happy to see him. I expected this to be a harem anime, and thankfully, it's not. Instead, you have nuanced characters with their own motivations and difficulties. I wasn't expecting to like this anime so much, but I think it's my favorite of this season so far. It's just a shame that it's only available on Amazon Prime, and I have to sit through ads to watch it.

Webnovel Review: The Girl Who Wears a Book is Very Salty by You Qian

Title: The Girl Who Wears a Book is Very Salty
Author: You Qian
Chapters: 63 chapters
Publication: 2021
Summary from jjwxc:

An Shu traveled through the book and was reborn as the vicious female supporting character of the heroine. In the end, she was beaten to death by the heroine.

An Shu was a coward and decided to stay away from disputes. She married a dying living dead man and waited to inherit the family business as a young widow.

Not long after she got married, the living dead man who had been in a coma for several years and should have died woke up...

The handsome man pushed her against the wall and said, "Thank you for not abandoning my wife. I am willing to repay you with my whole life.

An Shu's heart was trembling and she froze in place and couldn't move.

Oh no! This part is not written in the book!

Later, the cold-blooded and cruel man in the rumor protected her by his side and was worshipped by everyone.

An Shu saw the male and female protagonists calling her aunt with a humble look, and couldn't help but sigh. She didn't expect that a salted fish could also hold a golden thigh and reach the pinnacle of life.

An Shu didn't know that her golden thigh was because of her that she crawled out of the gate of hell.

The whole text is fictional and full of private settings. Please don't check it.

The male protagonist kills people like crazy, please avoid them.

1V1, no house fighting, simple story, the female protagonist is a cowardly ordinary person, drifting with the flow and without fighting spirit.

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

I liked how realistic An Shu was. An Shu is a girl who transmigrated from peaceful modern times into a cutthroat historic era where it's killed or be killed while everyone is fighting for the throne. She also knows that she transmigrated into a vicious cannon fodder and has a reborn heroine out to get revenge on her. Even before transmigrating, An Shu was a timid people pleaser. She knew from day one that she was not meant for this world she transmigrated to and was always trying to remove herself from the heroine and places of power because she wouldn't even know how she died if she didn't try to get away. 

She's kind, soft-hearted, and really just wants to live out the rest of her life in peace in a countryside somewhere far from the capital. It's just hard to do because her high-ranking husband that died in the first life actually wakes up and sets off a ripple of butterfly effects throughout the capital. Instead of changing into a political schemer to deal with these changes, An Shu still stays the same salty fish, and I support that for her! She knew herself and stuck to her guns instead of being reckless or trying to change. 

I really liked the ending. I think the author really did both An Shu and her husband justice about what they wanted in life.

April in Retrospect

I read a lot of great novels and manhwa this month! I'm glad that I'm slowly getting back into manhwa again because I'm finding a lot of great COMPLETED series to read lol.

I read: 

• Unworthy Rich Miss by 板栗子
• Glory by Long Qi
• I Stole the First Ranker’s Soul by Liquor AshTree, EUDAM, & Lee Jung
• Sea Salt Mint and Freesia by Betour
• Goodbye Wei Cheng Chuan by 无梦
• My Sucker of a Childhood Friend by 林知落
• I'm Not the Final Boss' Lover by KEN, HANSO, & Ga Hwi
• I’m Very Strong, I Know by 啊黑
• The Demon Butler Is Still Motivated Today by 道长单飞
• I Delayed My Death Because Of a Will by 소림

I watched:

• No Longer Allowed in Another World (2024)
• Farming Life in Another World (2023)

DNF Review: Sooner or Later We Will Divorce; The Female Partner of the Last Days is a Scud; After Marrying the Villain, I Became Popular

Title: Sooner or Later We Will Divorce
Author: Luan Yunxia
Chapters: 57 chapters 
Publication: 2021
Summary from Wattpad:

Shen Yunyi knew that he was humble and not worthy of Gu Xingjing, so he carefully hid his sincerity, conscientiously acted as a tool, and did not dare to overstep the threshold. Even if Gu Xingjing's brothers warmly accept him, even if Gu Xingjing's family members greet him with care, even if Gu Xingjing himself says he likes him, even if they hold a wedding and get a certificate, even if they are husband and wife, even if everyone thinks they are It's true love. Shen Yunyi has always firmly believed that: sooner or later they will divorce! 

*** 

Gu Xingjing was domineering, unrestrained, and never cared about other people's feelings, but unknowingly gave all his tenderness to the child who picked it up and used it as a shield to deal with the family. After confirming his intention, he launched a fierce offensive, but with little effect. 

He took Shen Yunyi to the banquet and announced their relationship in a high-profile manner. Shen Yunyi: "Don't worry, I know this is just an act, so I won't think too much about it." Gu Xingjing: ...I will bear it. 

He took Shen Yunyi to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get the certificate, thinking that this time he should know what he wanted. Shen Yunyi: "You can get a divorce whenever you want, and I won't pester you." Gu Xingjing: ...I'll bear it! 

The second brother who ran away on the day of the blind date learned that Shen Yunyi was spoiled by Gu Xingjing, regretted it too much, and kicked his boyfriend back to redeem it. Shen Yunyi: "As long as he is willing to divorce-" Gu Xingjing: "Shut up! Unless I die, you don't even want to get a divorce certificate!" 

MY REVIEW: 

It's your typical blushy, docile shou with a stubborn streak for his gong and arrogant, terrifying gong who is only nice to his shou with lots of side characters to point that out. Not very exciting and stereotypical family drama. 

Title: The Female Partner of the Last Days is a Scud
Author: 陆九金
Chapters: 99 chapters + 2 extras
Publication: N/A
Summary from Wattpad:

Knowing that she had transmigrated into a post-apocalyptic novel, Lu Xi practiced a peerless martial art-Scud...

Adhering to the principle that if she can't beat zombies, she can run too. ╭(╯ε╰)╮

Lu Xi was like a fish in water in the last days until he met someone...

"Stop-"

Lu Xi panted with her hips on her hips, and said angrily, "You can even catch up!!"

Smiling slightly, "Oh, maybe it's because I have long legs."

Lu Xi lowered her head and admitted her mistake, "Brother, I won't dare to tease you again."

Chapters 5 and 6 are extra chapters, little angels can skip directly and read Chapter 7 

MY REVIEW: 

I just couldn't get into the writing style. It was very self-fulfilling and amateurish.

Title: After Marrying the Villain, I Became Popular
Author: 甘洄
Chapters: 91 chapters + 1 extra
Publication: 2021
Summary from Novel Updates:

Xia Wan has transmigrated into a book, and he has somehow become a cannon fodder who was ambushed by the protagonist in the novel.

When he transmigrated, he was in Slag Gong’s engagement banquet and was humiliated.

Xia Wan casually grabbed the tallest, handsome man in the audience and quietly asked for help.

In the silence, it was easy to see the almost top-quality man’s star-shaped eyes and a smile on his lips. He quietly hooked his arms around Xia Wan.

Later, Xia Wan discovered that the handsome man whom he held tightly was protagonist Gong’s brother, Huo Yu, the biggest villain in the book.

MY REVIEW: 

The novel felt disjointed, especially at the beginning. The translations were also slightly better than MTL, which probably caused more confusion trying to understand what was happening. After reading halfway through the book, I realized that most of my initial confusion was because of the author's writing style, which likes to skip scenes and refer back to it in the next scene. Although I like to complain that a lot of authors like to over explain events, this was the exact opposite lol. Overall, the characters and plot are pretty typical and tropey. Not a great read but not terrible. I just wanted to quit reading it because I had higher expectations, especially considering this was from Chrysanthemum Garden.

Books I Want to Read This Month

So I spent all of my time reading webnovels and manhwa last month and forgot to read any physical books... I'll try to do better this month!

1. Ex-Yakuza & Stray Kitten vol. 1 by Riddle Kamimura
2. Ex-Yakuza & Stray Kitten vol. 2 by Riddle Kamimura
3. Ex-Yakuza & Stray Kitten vol. 3 by Riddle Kamimura
4. Ex-Yakuza & Stray Kitten vol. 4 by Riddle Kamimura
5. Breakfast with my Two-Tailed Cat vol. 1 by Ai Shimizu
6. Breakfast with my Two-Tailed Cat vol. 2 by Ai Shimizu
7. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 1 by Fujita
8. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 2 by Fujita
9. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 3 by Fujita
10. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 4 by Fujita
11. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 1 by Fujino Omori
12. Bailin and Li Yun by Jayessart
13. This is for the Women Who Don't Give a Fuck by Janne Robinson
14. Please Don't Go Before I Get Better by Madisen Kuhn
15. Heart Talk by Cleo Wade

March in Retrospect

Not really sure what happened this month, but I didn't read as much as I expected. Most of the books that I did read were really good though!

I read:

• After Returning from the Infinite Game by 时今
• Little Madman’s Guide to Acting Good by 李温酒
• Bride of the Dragon King by tomomo
• Good Daughter-in-Law Reborn in the Countryside by 湖涂

I watched: 

• Solo Leveling Season 2: Arise from the Shadow (2025)
• I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time (2025)
• Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 (2024)
• The Woman King (2022)

Weekly Haul 169 (JAPAN HAUL)

We went to a couple of bookstores in Japan, so I of course I had to buy some copies of new series I'm obsessed with after watching the anime adapatations!

Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii vol. 1 by Asuka Konishi

My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 by Mashiro

New Anime and Movies This Spring That I'm Excited For!

Happy Memorial Day!

There are so many interesting anime series and movies coming out this spring!Alec and I started watching the first three anime listed and are quite impressed with them (besides the lack of budget for movement/action scenes in The Beginning After the End)!

Anime:

• The Beginning After the End Season 1
• The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows
• From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman
• The Unaware Atelier Meister
• Lazarus
• WITCH WATCH
• My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
• Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentōshō
• The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom
• The Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl
• Once Upon a Witch's Death
• Zatsu Tabi: That’s Journey
• Reincarnated as a Neglected Noble: Raising My Baby Brother With Memories From My Past Life
• A Love Too Captivating

Movies:

• Sinners (Apr 18)
• The Wedding Banquet (Apr 18)
• Thunderbolts* (May 2)
• Hurry Up Tomorrow (May 16)
• Lilo & Stitch (May 23)
• Crawlers (June 10)
• Materialists (June 13) 
• How to Train Your Dragon (June 13)
• Bride Hard (June 20)
• Ponyboi (June 27)

February in Retrospect

I read a lot of good books this month, but I didn't watch much besides finishing Arifureta Season 3 and watching some ongoing winter anime like Solo Leveling Season 2 and Shangri-La Frontier Season 2. 

Instead, my coworkers got me hooked on listening to Smosh Reads Reddit podcasts! We like listening to different episodes and discussing how messy people are lol. That and debating on if some of the stories are true or not.

I read:

• After Being Mind-read by the Cannon Fodder Group, the Foolish Beauty Effortlessly Won at Life by 莞然一笑
• Everyone Hates the Substitute Until He’s Reborn by 夕朝南歌
• Doomsday Spiritual Artifact Master by 沁杳
• The Lord is Addicted in Infrastructure by 弓青瀚 
• Summer and You are Both Beautiful by 桔子今天也在努力奋斗
• The Guy I Flirted with Turned Black by 双喜丸子
• I’m Also Waiting for the Male Protagonist to Usurp the Throne Today by 鬼酉蠟燭

I watched: 

• Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 3

Book Unhaul 36

After moving most of my books back from my parents' house, I quickly realized that we don't have enough space in the den to hold all of my books. It took a bit of mulling over, but I decided that I wasn't interested in these series/books anymore and will donate or sell them soon.

Fang by James Patterson

Angel by James Patterson

Nevermore by James Patterson

Complicit by Stephanie Kuehn

I, Coriander by Sally Gardener

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

In the After Light by Alexandra Bracken

Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell

Mini Reviews: After Transmigrating Into a Villain Cannon Fodder Male Zerg, After Marrying the Evil God, Zombie's Abnormal Love

Title: After Transmigrating Into a Villain Cannon Fodder Male Zerg
Author: 牧粮人
Chapters: 71 chapters + 21 extras
Publication: 2021
Summary from Novel Updates:

After Lu Mo transmigrated into a Zerg novel, he was asked to play a cannon fodder male zerg and to never act OOC.

The original owner was ruthless, had a low IQ, and was very lazy!

Lu Mo executed each request ruthlessly, and after looking at the female’s increasingly numb face, his heart was full of guilt and pain.

I’m really sorry that you met a scum like me!!!

Previously, he had thought the female zerg already had a broken heart and had woken up from his dream; that from then on, he would give up his illusions, face reality, and become a calm and rational zerg. Although Lu Mo’s heart ached, he was still very dedicated to his work and would never be soft hearted.

But when the female zerg rolled around the room while holding a quilt and calling for him, red-faced—Lu Mo couldn’t help but feel a thud in his heart.

What the hell! How could this be!

__

Ling had never seen such a strange male zerg.

The male said that he hated him, but gave him an egg.

The male cursed him for being weak and useless, but gave him freedom.

The male never said that he loved him, but he never glanced at other females.

Ling was confused and at loss.

His friend slammed the table: Wasn’t this just being tsundere?!

Ling had a sudden realization!

That’s it!

The male master was indeed a very good zerg.

Three years later.

Lu Mo looked at Ling with a despairing expression : “Whatever. Just destroy it, hurry up. ”

So weird! How did his scum setting collapse!!!

Gong who is mistaken for a tsundere X Shou who is really a yandere but doesn’t know it.

3 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

It was a bit jumbled at times like I missed a scene before certain chapters/POV switches, which made the reading experience jarring. Also, the author acknowledged that the plot changed after they started writing, so the summary isn't totally accurate. However, it was still a cute and funny novel where Lu Mo had to constantly go against his conscience as a human and act like a scum, but his actions get misinterpreted due to culture differences lmao. 

I liked the romance, the main characters, and the extras, but what about Reed??? I felt like there was a lot of missed potential about this kid and his origin!

Title: After Marrying the Evil God
Author: 浮白曲
Chapters: 104 chapters + 12 extras
Publication: 2020
Summary from Novel Updates:

Qi Baicha was the last god in the world. He lived until the modern age, where he found an ordinary person to fall in love with and marry because life was too boring.

Then he really fell in love with him. Every day, he worried about what he would do when his partner got old and died. It turned out that his partner was also a god, and he worried about the same thing every day.

After Qi Baicha mentally prepared himself, he decided to tell his lover the fact that he was a god: “My dear, I want to tell you something.”

Fu Mingye said nervously, “My dear, I also have something to tell you. Actually, I am not a mortal, I am an evil god. Don’t be scared when you hear the word ‘evil’. Those self-proclaimed righteous gods are a group of sanctimonious things… Right, what did you want to say?”

Qi Baicha: “Actually, I am not a mortal either.”

Fu Mingye: “… What are you?”

Qi Baicha: “A sanctimonious thing.”

The evil god, who listened to every person’s hatred, curses, greed, and arrogance, fell in love with the world’s most gentle and clean snow.

“I will love you against my divinity.”

Cold and gentle snow god shou x domineering when outside, controlled by his wife when inside gong

3.5 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

It has a similar comedic setup of two husbands hiding their identities from each other like in Mr. Melancholy Wants to Live a Peaceful Life. However, I felt like this novel placed more emphasis on anticipating the reveal than on the humor. After the reveal, it wasn't as humorous anymore and instead switched to different genres. The translator did a good job of setting expectations ahead of time that this novel is genre bending, but if that's not your cup of tea, this might not interest you.

Title: Zombie's Abnormal Love
Author: 长燃
Chapters: 72 chapters 
Publication: 2021
Summary from jjwxc:

Wen Zhi picked up a man. He is so handsome...

Wen Zhi swears that this is the most handsome man she has seen since she regained her eyesight!

While he was unconscious, Wen Zhi carried him home, but who knew that the man she picked up turned into a zombie and had some problems with his brain.

The stupid zombie was stupid and weak, and he immediately burst his tears when she flicked his head.

"Ahhh." The man's tears fell in pain, and he was so aggrieved that he had to kiss and hug him to feel better.

Wen Zhi simply treated him as if she had picked up a son to raise, but why did she pick up more and more people?

What arrogant beautiful boys, clingy twins, dull big macho men, and cold big tree spirits...

Her team also inexplicably became the strongest team in the end times.

-

Jiang Chi turned into a zombie, which was what he expected.

But there seemed to be something wrong with his brain. He only had a short period of clarity every day, and then he would fall into chaos.

When he woke up for the first time, the female zombie in front of him was helping him take off his clothes.

Jiang Chi: ...

When he woke up for the second time, the female zombie was bathing him.

Jiang Chi: ...

The situation was getting worse and worse. Jiang Chi suspected that the zombie was a female hooligan and even considered staying away from her.

Who knew that there were more and more men around Wen Zhi!

Jiang Chi, who originally refused to admit that he was a crybaby, began to play dumb and crybaby in order to win favor. He

even cried harder than before.

He didn't want to be like this, but when he cried, Wen Zhi called him baby.

#The male protagonist who is sick from time to time vs. the cute and optimistic person

#Double zombies, HE

#Too many private settings-

3 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

The ending was pretty abrupt. There wasn't much satisfaction with how things ended. I thought there would be extras that explained the afterwards or even the future, but there was nothing, like the author gave up and decided to finish the book quickly.