I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

Everyone in this world has had their roles reversed. What a nice switch up for the old knight in shining armor tale. Princess Amaltea, the youngest daughter, is sent out by her mother to go rescue a prince and marry him. Once she returns him to his homeland, she will become queen and receive half their lands. Besides the prince being rescued, the bandits in the book are women and the barmaid is a man.

Amaltea is a hard-headed, princess who is always try to prove herself due to always being in her sister's shadow. Everyone else around her tends to be folly for jokes, but are really fun characters. The prince is weak and has a pretty face, the three bandits are kind of dumb and never seem to get it right, and the barmaid is a super pretty boy who is looking for an easy out. Also the inner dialogue from the horse is probably my favorite moments.

All of this works well because the book manages to find its humor in the reversal. It likes to poke fun at tropes from in which this type of story originated. The artwork is well done, the characters are fun, and it never takes itself too seriously. I had a lot of fun in this first volume, and I look forward to checking out volume 2.

I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

This book brought some feels to it. A young girl, Marjorie, coping with the loss of her mother, feeling unaccepted and running the family laundromat. Her dad is also suffering and kind of locks himself away since the death. We also have a ghost, Wendell, who died young and also feels unaccepted in his own after life among other ghosts. On top of it all, some slimeball is trying to sabotage the laundromat for his own scheme.

This graphic novel made me think of the saying a picture is worth a thousand words, because a lot of the panels were just images showing how the characters were feeling, yet speaking volumes. I truly felt for the characters when they were down, worried, depressed, and happy anytime they expressed joy. Outside of the ridiculous scheme the slimey character had, most of this book does a great job looking in to the hardships of a family after a death, of not feeling accepted in school or by peers.

I definitely have to recommend this one. Now I need to go hug a ghost!

Take my love for Korean dramas and anime, toss them in to a book and Axie Oh brought me the joy of being able to read Rebel Seoul. I'm not keen on giant mechs, but they didn't bother me much in this book. Oh also doesn't overwhelm the reader with them either, which was nice. Jaewoon and Tera were great, and I loved the rest of the cast. I can't wait to read more about Ama in the next book.

By the time I finished the book, all I could think about was I would love to see this optioned for a K-Drama series. It would be amazing.