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Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki is one of my favorite sci-fi horror stories of all time! I read this for the first time back in 2010 (I believe). 

Parasyte is the story of Shinichi and the parasite that takes over his right hand, Migi! The manga starts off with these aliens, in the form of these worm like creatures within a spore looking pod about the size of golf balls, invading Earth's atmosphere. These aliens came down and took over the  body of humans by burrowing into their skin and taking over their brain and neck. Our main character Shinichi was attacked by an alien the night of the invasion but he woke up during the attack, thus he was able to stop the alien from taking over his brain. The alien had no choice to only inhabit Shinichi's right hand. 

Shinichi ends up giving the alien in his right hand the name of Migi, a few months after having live with and alongside it. There are other aliens in the area that keep sensing Migi and Shinichi's presence, and for one reason or another they end up having to fight several times in volume one.

Volume one was so entertaining, I'm so very happy that I decided to read Parasyte Full Color Collection. I have a phobia of aliens so this manga has always scared the crud out of me, this was the perfect read for the Halloween season! 

I thoroughly enjoyed myself while reading this, I'm rating this 5 out of 5 stars!


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Monstress Volume 1 by Marjorie M. Liu is an amazing introduction to a new comic book world. The world building was wonderful, intriguing, and just down right entertaining. The art has been done by Sana Takeda and it's so beautiful, the art style is very "steampunk" and it just brings so much life to the story. 

Monstress is the story of Makia, a 17 year old who has grown up around war and she has lost so much. She has a psychic link with an entity inside of her, one that she struggles to control. She sets out on a mission and she ends up traveling/escaping with some friends after she finishes said mission. 

This was really entertaining and I had so many questions after the first volume, I'm so excited to dig into the later volumes to see if my questions will be answered. I really enjoyed this comic so I'm giving it a 5 out of 5 stars! 

My Love Story Volume 5 was a little messy and I didn't like that at all. My Love Story usually has two or more storylines within one volume. The first story was about one of Takeo's classmates having a crush on him, the second story was about a Christmas party that Takeo and his friends threw, and the third story was about Takeo and Yamato's first kiss. I liked the last two stories, I didn't like the first story. 

Any storyline surrounding women who are NOT Yamato or Takeo's mom are of no interest to me. So far, the only thing the author has done involving other women is making these other women have crushes on Takeo so it adds "drama" to his relationship with Yamato. I'm not here for it. It's boring. 

I did like the two Christmas stories, those were very cute. I couldn't stop smiling while reading the second half of this manga. 

Overall, I enjoyed most of the manga so I'm giving it 4 stars out of 5
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All You Need is Kill, Volume 2 is a manga by Ryosuke Takeuchi and it is the continuing story of a world at war with an alien force and Keiji Kiriya, a Japanese soldier who is stuck in a time loop, with Rita Vrataski, who is the fellow soldier helping him out of said time loop. This had an interesting conclusion, one that I didn't really like. 

As I explained in my review for All You Need Is Kill, Volume 1, Keiji is trying to get out of the time loop that he's stuck in. Every morning Keiji wakes up 24 hours before the battle that's supposed to take place in Japan, he lives the day out, goes to fight in the battle the next day and when he dies, he awakes again in his bed the morning before the battle. At the end of Volume 1 it seems that Rita might be able to help Keiji. Before we get to that though, the beginning of Volume 2 starts out with Rita's backstory and it continues on from Rita's perspective. I really enjoyed that part of the manga. 

After covering Rita's backstory, we shift back to Keiji's perspective or point of view. Rita explains almost all she knows about the mimics and the war to Keiji and they concoct a plan to win the war and end the time loop. 

These are the things I didn't like about the manga,

I don't really like the idea that Rita had to die in order for Keiji to break the time loop and win the war, that ending was trash to be honest.

I also STILL hate (as I mentioned in my review for Volume 1) how Rita is known as "The Full Metal Bitch", that really irks me. 

I liked the story overall and I liked the art, this was a good piece of sci-fi (though it was a bit misogynistic.) 

I'm giving this 4 stars out of 5 
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All You Need is Kill, Volume 1 is a manga by Ryosuke Takeuchi about a Japanese soldier,
Keiji Kiriya, who happens to be stuck in a time loop (one that restarts the day over every time he dies) while he is fighting in a war against aliens/monsters. This manga takes place in the somewhat near future and on this particular Earth we are at war with aliens or monsters, it's never fully explained in the first volume what these creatures are or where they're from. 

I really liked the premise of the story and the execution was great. This would be a 5 star read if it weren't for the misogyny within the book. There are three female characters in this manga, one of who's nickname is "Full Metal Bitch", and the men claim that she's called that out of "respect". Yeah, okay. Moving on. I don't have much else to say about the other two female characters. I would like to say that there was one Black character in this manga and he picks a pointless fight with the main character and that's all he does, I didn't really like that. 

All in all, this was interesting and I enjoyed most of it.
I'm giving this 4 stars out of 5 
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A Bump In Boohail is a really cute novella about Cinnimon and Fallon and the first Samhain after Mayva is dispelled, which is he biggest festival of the year. This story had spice and this story also happened to be hilarious! It's preferable to read this after you've read book two, "That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf", as this is considered book two and a half or 2.5

The spice in this was nice, the one scene we got in this was great! I'm giving this 4 chilies out out 5 chilies 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️worth of spice. 

I'm giving this 5 stars out of 5 
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I read this for free on Kindle Unlimited

Solanin by Inio Asano is a slice of life manga that focuses on a group of friends spanning from when they were in their late teens, when they met in college, to their late 20's. I remember first hearing about this manga when it was reprinted in America by the manga company Viz Media, in 2006 (I was 16 years old). I've waited 17 years to read this manga and I'm happy that I finally did. 

This manga had me sobbing, literally silently sobbing at 7am at my computer desk. 

As far as things I didn't like, there was a joke about molesters so I'm honestly going to knock off 1 star because of that, and because this manga is legit 400+ pages. When I opened this and realized how long it was, I was so overwhelmed! Like, "will I be able to finish this 400+ page manga?" The answer is "yes", but I was doubting myself for a little bit there. 

Some parts were a bit slow but overall it was good. I cried so hard, and not many pieces of fiction can make me do that.  

I'm giving this 4 stars out of 5 
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Wow. I really enjoyed this! It was fear and anxiety inducing, like a thriller should be! 

Ace of Spades is the story of Chiamaka and Devon, the only two Black students at an almost all white prestigious high school in America. Someone named Aces stars revealing the two student's secrets and more to the whole school. Aces is out to get Devon and Chiamaka, but who are they? and why?

My only complaint was that the "WHO DID IT?" was spoiled for me thanks to the marketing team and book listing on Amazon! I went to buy this book from Amazon (as it was on sale) and the synopsis on their website spoiled the big reveal for me.

I sometimes hate when the synopsis says, "this novel is X show and Y book/movie put together!", because there's either hardly a comparison or it's spot on and then the story is no longer a surprise. In this case, the examples were the film "Get Out" and the show "Gossip Girl". The comparisons were spot on and because of that, there were few surprises left to figure out on my own.

Overall, I really liked this novel, I'm giving this 4.5 stars out of 5, I'm knocking off .5 stars because I guessed some of the ending on my own. I'm also knocking a star off because Chiamaka was a jerk and unpleasant, and half the book was from her point of view so I couldn't avoid her annoying personality.
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That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf is the second book in the Mead Mishaps series by Kimberly Lemming. It was just as cute as the first book, I really enjoyed it. 

This book starts off with our main character, Brie (who is a cheesemaker), she's at a party with her best friend Cinnamon (the same Cinnamon who was the main character of book 1!) and they're getting drunk and having a nice time. Well, they were trying to have a nice time. There's a man who keeps asking Brie out on a date and he won't take no for an answer. 

After Brie and this asshole argue back and forth for a bit, the man apologizes and tries to offer her a drink. Brie doesn't want to take it, but the pushy man insists! So, Brie grabs the drink and tries to throw it at him, but he dodges the drink and it hits and unsuspected person BEHIND HIM! This wouldn't be such a big deal if it were just a drink, but it turns out that it's a love potion. The person struck with the love potions name is Felix, he turns around and the first person he sees is Brie and he instantly falls in love. 

After that, a hilarious and sweet story happens and it's just so good. I really recommend this series for anyone who likes romance, spice/erotica, and sweet scenes. 

I would give this 5 stars but there was one thing I didn't like so I'm knocking off .5 stars. While Felix and Brie are visiting Cinnamon and Fallon, Felix is telling them that

he and Brie are officially married, and that they were discussing how many kids they might want to have

. Brie is embarrassed that Felix won't stop talking about this so she attempts to hit him, repeatedly. She does not hit him, but the fact that she attempted to really pissed me off. Hitting people isn't acceptable unless you're protecting yourself or your loved ones. I'm honestly tried of seeing the trope of "women hitting their partners" or "women hitting men". It's not okay and writing that little bit in just reinforces this idea that hitting your partner/a person for any old reason is okay.


The spice in this was nice, I'm giving this 4 chilies out out 5 chilies 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️worth of spice. 

Overall this novella was cute, I'm giving this 4.5 stars out of 5
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Mistlefoe is book 1.5 in the Mead Mishaps series by Kimberly Lemming! Lemming has quickly become one of my favorite romance authors because her fantasy romances are cute, funny, and spicy. This is about Ruby, a blacksmith, who's father has become cursed for stealing minerals from a local fox demon. The curse on Ruby's father makes it so every weapon her family makes (they are blacksmiths) ends up being a sentient weapon with a rude and insulting personality. Ruby decides that she's going to go and confront the fox demon and ask for forgiveness. 

This was really short, I believe it was 60 pages and the audiobook was two hours long (it took one hours to listen to because I listened to it on 1.5x times speed.)

The spice in this was nice, I'm giving this 4 chilies out out 5 chilies 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️worth of spice. 

Overall this novella was cute, I'm giving this 5 stars out of 5
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