It was trying to give us the brand of m/m stories gals grew up on in yaoi, but give us some meatier, more complex stuff with it. Part of me loved the book for what it was trying to do. Cause slightly heavier themes does not a good book make. And what strikes me is I'm annoyed at all the good rep this book has.

But I more a babbler than reviewer be, especially sinceno one's actually going to read this. Even been suggested that it will not reach nearly the full audience that would appreciate it coming from a small publisher like Iris Print. It's trying to put more in there than a simple love story, perhaps for snobs like me who will say that a more complex story will ostensibly bring out some more psychological complexity in the characters and relationships, eventually resulting in it being a whole lot hawter when they finally start smutting.Īnd are these things there, and successfully enriching the story in being so? Why yes, yes I think they are, and as such it's been rather well praised. And yes, the book seems to strive for ideas and plot deeper than what some would expect from something that I guess might be an offshoot of BL manga. So this is the famed not-as-frivolous-as-some-may-expect-it-to-be-coming-from-BL-publisher book of yore. They sure know all the right things to say to make a young girl twitter. Show More manga panders specifically to what they're looking for ^^ So we have here a story of the BL-type, but in nice meaty novel form? Oh, that Iris Print.

A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day