OMFGGGG this book!!!!
quick summery: Natsumi is a bubbly older sister who'd do anything for her younger sister, the only one she's ever cared for and ever loved. But what happens when her sweet younger sister, Haru, dies prematurely leaving her and her boyfriend, Toga, behind. And what will come from Natsumi's and Toga's relationship?

akjkjkjhk i think asian books are BEST in character narrative (idk if that made sense but), they portray human emotion and conflict so beautifully and it's masterful how affected i am by all of these characters. Even though this is a manga of barely 150 pages, I CRIED !!!! like no novel has ever made me cry and this freaking book had my heart torn and wrenched out of my chest halfway through!
I blindly started this manga on a whim without KNOWING THAT IT WAS A ONE VOLUME STORY!!!!!
MY HEART YEARNS FOR MORE! give me moreeeeee!!!!! I WANNA DIE (no jkkkkk) WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF? best random read everrrr

Really wasn't into the whole ordeal.

I NOW UNDERSTAND THE HYPE!
let's get one thing straight: i miraculously guessed the plot twist and ending somehow. yes, I, who never sees anything coming made correct hypothesises. That's all. I just wanted to make that clear for my own future self :)
actual review/gush
what the heck. I never knew that a booktok rec could be this good? idk. Welp, 1/4 books is a good one ig.
SO where do i begin... aha!
We have two MC:
-Chiamaka (the most popular girl in her high-school)
-Devon (the most introverted and lowkey dude of the school)
both are of black heritage and are the only black students in the school. They both are elected head prefects during their senior year and when everything seems to be going their way a mysterious and most unsettling threat appears in their path to success.
Aces.
in a swirl of chaotic rumours and accusations our two main characters have to,
1) withstand the undesired attention they get when private information/secrets comes out to the public.
2) find a way to take Aces down before they lose themselves and ruin their chances at an acceptance in an ivy league college
IN SHORT:
-Dark academia vibes
-mystery
-homophobia and racism
-twisted characters
-heart-breaking truths
For me, this book was a solid book but wasn't as remarkable as when i'd turned the last page. Yes, i experienced the satisfactory feel of "what do i do now?" but it wasn't as prominent so as to attribute 5 stars to this book. Maybe it's because i wasn't invested in the characters. Don't get me wrong, i was invested in the plot but not the characters to be precise. So yeah, 4 stars. The complexities of race and hatred is mind-boggling to me, since I've only experienced it in subtle manners. However these two main characters had much more to deal with and i found myself utterly disgusted and grateful for not being in that kind of circumstance. (not that i wish this on anyone at ALL)
anyways i finally finished a book and it was a solid read.
See you next time XOXO,
-ACES

don't talk to me about this book.
I hated every page of it.
It's worse than the sequel to from blood and ash.
I'll just casually forget i ever read this.
(i even went through till the end cause everyone was raving about it)
note to self: never trust booktok
basically this was an aliexpress/wish version of Nina and Matthias

Very sad but true biographie by Sothik Hok 😣😣😍

this book is small small stories regrouped in one book they are 3 to 7 pages long stories and they are all sinister and dark