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Psync
by Zile Elliven
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God, I love possessiveness, protectiveness and an unhealthy amount of co-dependency. Throw in some trauma and mental illness as well, and you’ve got me hook, line and sinker. MC with touch aversion, and only the other MC can touch? Sign me up. I loved Eli and Haruka. Haruka probably isn’t what we would refer to as a stable and healthy partner in real life, but thankfully this is all pretend, lol. He was perfect for Eli. Eli is just so freaking adorable. He’s bipolar and suffers from anxiety and panic attacks on top of that, as well as being ridiculously smart. Definitely my kind of MC.
«Currently, he was face to face with the idiot in question, and the kid was clearly not stupid. He may have watched the boy tie his own shoe to his backpack strap, but Eli had managed to stumble into an advanced math class he’d been expecting to be a 101 course and then not only followed along, but was actually able to keep up with Haruka, who was always at the top of every class he was in.»
«He was trying to maintain some semblance of personal space between the two of them, but any time he stopped paying attention he found himself acting like Haruka’s own personal human scarf.»
I didn’t know there was a second book for these guys tho, so now I’m hella worried. If I find out it’s an angsty one with lots of stuff happening between MCs I’ll probably just skip it and pretend they got their HEA in this one, lol.
«Eli hadn’t worried much about the looks he’d been getting until someone came up and asked him out while Haruka was walking him to class this morning. It hadn’t gone well for anyone. The guy was upset because his shoes were ruined. Eli was mad at Haruka for throwing the guy in the pond, and it seemed like Haruka was mad at Eli for daring to exist in front of other people.»
I read the second book in the series, Quiet, a while back, and I really enjoy the mystical/paranormal aspect of these books. It just gives it something extra that you don’t really find anywhere else (well, I haven’t found anywhere else), with lore, fairytales, gods and cultural history. It’s really neat. I need to reread Quiet.
Book safety
Cheating: No
OM/OW drama: No. People hit on the MCs, but they only have eyes for each other.
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual
Genre: Contemporary romance with paranormal elements, M/M
Strict top/bottom or vers: Strict roles
MC age: college freshman and junior (18/20)
TW/CW
Mentions of kidnapping and abuse, mental health issues, panic attacks, medicated bipolar disorder, attempted sexual assault, physical assault, injuries, vomiting, explicit sexual content, rough sex
Tropes & tags
College, japanese MC, language majors, archery, paranormal, bipolar disorder, mental health, mind reading, fated mates, mild bondage, touch aversion, mind link
God, I love possessiveness, protectiveness and an unhealthy amount of co-dependency. Throw in some trauma and mental illness as well, and you’ve got me hook, line and sinker. MC with touch aversion, and only the other MC can touch? Sign me up. I loved Eli and Haruka. Haruka probably isn’t what we would refer to as a stable and healthy partner in real life, but thankfully this is all pretend, lol. He was perfect for Eli. Eli is just so freaking adorable. He’s bipolar and suffers from anxiety and panic attacks on top of that, as well as being ridiculously smart. Definitely my kind of MC.
«Currently, he was face to face with the idiot in question, and the kid was clearly not stupid. He may have watched the boy tie his own shoe to his backpack strap, but Eli had managed to stumble into an advanced math class he’d been expecting to be a 101 course and then not only followed along, but was actually able to keep up with Haruka, who was always at the top of every class he was in.»
«He was trying to maintain some semblance of personal space between the two of them, but any time he stopped paying attention he found himself acting like Haruka’s own personal human scarf.»
I didn’t know there was a second book for these guys tho, so now I’m hella worried. If I find out it’s an angsty one with lots of stuff happening between MCs I’ll probably just skip it and pretend they got their HEA in this one, lol.
«Eli hadn’t worried much about the looks he’d been getting until someone came up and asked him out while Haruka was walking him to class this morning. It hadn’t gone well for anyone. The guy was upset because his shoes were ruined. Eli was mad at Haruka for throwing the guy in the pond, and it seemed like Haruka was mad at Eli for daring to exist in front of other people.»
I read the second book in the series, Quiet, a while back, and I really enjoy the mystical/paranormal aspect of these books. It just gives it something extra that you don’t really find anywhere else (well, I haven’t found anywhere else), with lore, fairytales, gods and cultural history. It’s really neat. I need to reread Quiet.
Book safety
Cheating: No
OM/OW drama: No. People hit on the MCs, but they only have eyes for each other.
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual
Genre: Contemporary romance with paranormal elements, M/M
Strict top/bottom or vers: Strict roles
MC age: college freshman and junior (18/20)
TW/CW
Mentions of kidnapping and abuse, mental health issues, panic attacks, medicated bipolar disorder, attempted sexual assault, physical assault, injuries, vomiting, explicit sexual content, rough sex
Tropes & tags
College, japanese MC, language majors, archery, paranormal, bipolar disorder, mental health, mind reading, fated mates, mild bondage, touch aversion, mind link