Blog Tour Review / 10 Reasons You Should Read: What I Like About You (Marisa Kanter)

Welcome to my stop on the What I Like About You Blog Tour! Below you will find my review of this fun and flirty YA Contemporary Romance, which includes 10 reasons you should get your hands on a copy immediately - enjoy! 😊

Title: What I Like About You
Series: standalone
Author: Marisa Kanter
Publisher: Simon & Schuster BYR
Release Date: April 7, 2020
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance
Content Rating: Teen (kissing and making out, some language, grief, anxiety attacks)
Format Read: ARC
Find On: Goodreads
Purchase: B&N | BookDepo | Indiebound | Azon
Summary:

Can a love triangle have only two people in it? Online, it can…but in the real world, it's more complicated. In this debut novel that’s perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Morgan Matson, Marisa Kanter hilariously and poignantly explores what happens when internet friends turn into IRL crushes.

Is it still a love triangle if there are only two people in it?

There are a million things that Halle Levitt likes about her online best friend, Nash.

He’s an incredibly talented graphic novelist. He loves books almost as much as she does. And she never has to deal with the awkwardness of seeing him in real life. They can talk about anything…

Except who she really is.

Because online, Halle isn’t Halle—she’s Kels, the enigmatically cool creator of One True Pastry, a YA book blog that pairs epic custom cupcakes with covers and reviews. Kels has everything Halle doesn’t: friends, a growing platform, tons of confidence, and Nash.

That is, until Halle arrives to spend senior year in Gramps’s small town and finds herself face-to-face with real, human, not-behind-a-screen Nash. Nash, who is somehow everywhere she goes—in her classes, at the bakery, even at synagogue.

Nash who has no idea she’s actually Kels.

If Halle tells him who she is, it will ruin the non-awkward magic of their digital friendship. Not telling him though, means it can never be anything more. Because while she starts to fall for Nash as Halle…he’s in love with Kels.

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Review copy provided by publisher for honest review. Thank you, Simon & Schuster!

When I first heard of this YA contemporary romance about a teen blogger who becomes entangled in a two-person love triangle, I knew it would be just my kind of read - and I was not disappointed! What I Like About You is a funtastic story made of books and cupcakes and a sweet if awkward romance that you can't help but ship despite All the Bad Decisions. It does occasionally get serious about grief, identity, and consequences, but for the most part it's a lighthearted read with a focus on love - of people, places, and baked and bookish things. If you need further convincing to acquire a copy ASAP, here are...

10 Reasons You Should Read What I Like About You:

1. The two-person love triangle. Halle is in love with Nash. Nash is in love with Kels. But Kels is Halle?? Halle considers her online alter-ego Kels a separate person and is initially determined not to steal Nash away...from herself. But one can only resist love for so long.

2. Awesome sibling relationship. Thanks to their nomad-esque childhood as the offspring of documentary-making parents, Halle's smart and awesome 15 year-old brother Ollie is her best friend IRL. They share pretty much everything with each other, take an active interest in each other's favorite things, keep each other's secrets, call each other on their crap, and support each other mentally. Sibling love for the win!

3. YA book blogger MC. Main character Halle/Kels is a teen book blogger on the rise, and although I am tiny in comparison (in comparison to most bloggers, really), I related to her bookish situations and struggles and enjoyed all the familiar terms and blog talk.

4. Friendship goals. Halle has and makes some seriously amazing friends both online and IRL. I wish I'd had just one of her friends at that age, let alone two crews of them. (For a great quote on friendship from the book, check out my Teaser Tuesday post!)

5. All the Teen Feels. This story covers a lot of the sweet and stressful highlights of teenage life: First loves. First real jobs. HS senior year college drama (practice tests, applications, response emails). School/work/life/online balance. IRL friends vs. online friends. Dead phones with MIA chargers. And the blogger's worst nightmare: a home without Wi-Fi. 😱

6. Authentic teen voices. While I am now far from being considered a "young" adult, I felt the teen voices in this book were fresh and realistic - especially since I didn't always fully understand the lingo, emojis, or acronyms lol.

7. Lots of representation. Halle and her family, as well as Nash and some of Le Crew and their families, are all refreshingly Jewish! Through the book Halle and Ollie attend Shabbat services and participate in holiday traditions with their grandfather and new friends, while halfway across the world their parents are off documenting a year-long kibbutz. Anxiety issues are also featured as Halle suffers from occasional panic attacks (luckily her sweet brother is usually there to help her through them, have I mentioned how awesome their sibling relationship is?), and therapy is promoted for both anxiety and grief. There is also some queer rep among family and friends. And those are just the reps that jumped out at me.

8. Authors behaving badly. Let's be honest, like observing a literary train wreck we in the book community cannot help but watch when an author misbehaves. And boy, does one in this story.

9. BookCon. If you haven't had the pleasure to attend (like me), this book offers a brief but exciting peek into the Javits Center madness - no ticket required!

10. Two words: BOOKISH. CUPCAKES. Enough said. 🧁

Conclusion: If you enjoy reading about imperfect yet sweet romances, YA books, endearing awkwardness, positive sibling relationships, realistic teen characters, enviable friendships, and cover-themed cupcakes, then you do not want to miss the deliciously fun and flirty What I Like About You!

Scribble Rating: 

4.5 of 5 Scribbles

AUTHOR BIO

Marisa Kanter has worked in publicity for major publishers and covered YA books for MTV. Currently, she works in sales, on the distribution side of the publishing industry. She can often be found searching for the best iced chai in NYC, or reading on the 3 train. What I Like About You is her first novel.

Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads

TOUR SCHEDULE:

Week 1

3/30: Novel Novice - Giveaway
3/31: Book Bratz - Review
4/1: The Novel Knight - Author Guest Post
4/2: Book Princess Reviews - Review
4/3: eleven thirteen pm - Author Q&A

Week 2

4/6: Vicky Again - Creative Post 
4/7: Pub Day (Marisa) - Creative Post
4/8: Kayla Reads and Reviews - Author Q&A

4/9: The Heart of a Book Blogger - Author Q&A
4/10: Mary Had a Little Book Blog - Giveaway

Week 3
4/13: Jen Ryland Reviews - Review
4/14: Love in Panels - Giveaway
4/15: Forever and Everly - Review
4/16: I'm All Booked Up - Review
4/17: Awkwordly Emma - Author Q&A

Week 4
4/20: Rants & Raves of a Bibliophile - Giveaway
4/21: Read By Tiffany - Author Q&A
4/22: A Court of Coffee and Books - Review
4/23: From the Library of Alexis - Review
4/24: Bookishly Jules - Giveaway

Week 5

4/27: Lost in a Book - Review
4/28: Pages and Pugs - Review
4/29: Skye's Scribblings - Review
4/30: Kait Plus Books - Giveaway
5/1: We Live and Breathe Books - Review

Teaser Tuesday: WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU (Marisa Kanter)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme now hosted by The Purple Booker, wherein you open your current read to a random page and share two teaser sentences from it.


I've decided to start posting teasers again!! To kick things off I'm spotlighting a book I actually re-read last week (apologies to the meme rules), so today's pick is What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter, a fun and flirty YA contemporary romance about books, blogging, and baking. For more info be sure to check out my blog tour review tomorrow, which will include 10 reasons you should read this book ASAP (if the quote below doesn't convince you ;).

To further break the meme rules, instead of the requisite two sentences I present a section on friendship that was just too good not to share. Enjoy! :)

"Friendship--real friendship--isn't easy. It's destroying Barbie dream houses and screaming in movie theater parking lots and screwing up, sometimes badly. It's a mess of lines drawn in the sand and questioning loyalties and answering difficult DMs. It's making comparisons and exposing insecurities. 

But it's also bowling by our own rules. Laughing until our stomachs cramp and tears stream down our cheeks. It's knowing that I have people, real people, from all over the country in my pocket, always a text or tweet or lunch table away when I need them. It's knowing the world might be a trash fire, but it's less trash when there are people to help navigate the darkness. 

Friendship is messy. Hard. Infuriating. Awesome. Fragile. Durable. Impossible. Worth it. 

Always worth it." (Pages 383-384)

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So what are you reading this week?

Review: Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (Beth Fantaskey)

Title: Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
Series: Jessica, Book 1
Author: Beth Fantaskey
Publisher: HMH BYR
US Release Date: February 1, 2009
Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance
Content Rating: Older Teen (strong sensuality, sexual innuendo, language, violence, bullying, attempted murder)
Format Read: Paperback
Find On: Goodreads
Purchase: B&N | BookDepo | Indiebound | Azon
Summary:

The undead can really screw up your senior year . . .

Marrying a vampire definitely doesn’t fit into Jessica Packwood’s senior year “get-a-life” plan. But then a bizarre (and incredibly hot) new exchange student named Lucius Vladescu shows up, claiming that Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth—and he’s her long-lost fiancé. Armed with newfound confidence and a copy of Growing Up Undead: A Teen Vampire’s Guide to Dating, Health, and Emotions, Jessica makes a dramatic transition from average American teenager to glam European vampire princess. But when a devious cheerleader sets her sights on Lucius, Jess finds herself fighting to win back her wayward prince, stop a global vampire war — and save Lucius’s soul from eternal destruction.

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Series: This is the first in a two-book series, both released and available. There is also a 1.5 short story.

In the mid-to-late 2000s, I (like most of the reading world) became rather obsessed with teen vampire novels. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. Vampire Kisses. Twilight. I devoured anything in the Young Adult section with a vampire in it, and Beth Fantaskey's Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side was a particular favorite. A copy has been in my collection for many years, and when I recently came across it while reorganizing my shelves I decided to give it another read.

To my surprise and dislike, it was not what I remembered - although I must admit I apparently remembered little to nothing about the book. It began all right as Lucius appeared and tried to woo Jessica, although his arrogance and snobbery grated a bit while her naivety and pigheadedness quickly grew tiresome. But the literal second she started to feel something for him, he pushed her away and treated her horrendously - and despite his mistreatment and flagrant physical relationship with an evil fellow student, Jessica continued to fall harder for him without a sliver of good reason. Aside for his gentlemanly manners and handsome features, Lucius displayed almost no redeemable qualities for Jessica to be attracted to, so for most of the book I was rather disgusted with her pining and continual forgiveness of his appalling behavior. Lucius's childhood abuse at the hands of his family could have been a strong connection for them - soothing the wounded beast and all that - but it was a card rarely used and badly played and really went nowhere. To top it all off the end was really rushed, and although Jessica did show a degree of strength and courage it seemed fueled about 5% by duty and 95% by vampiric lust. With more length it might've been a decent conclusion, but instead it just happened and the book ended abruptly.

And then there was the unique vampire twist: males automatically become a vampire on their own when they come of age, but females require a male's bite to fully turn. While Lucius did treat Jessica with a great deal of respect (although she was a princess so it's only good manners), and Jessica was accepted as the head of her family without a mention of gender, the ruling Elders we met were all male, and I got the feeling that females were considered primarily as easy sources of food and mating. Since this book featured a female main character that grew into a strong leader, having the rules so gender-imbalanced was an unfortunate element I found off-putting.

So did I like anything about it? ...Not much. The beginning was okay despite Lucius's attitude and Jessica's stubbornness, and they had some decent scenes and banter when he wasn't being horrid. I admittedly had a hard time putting the book down and read it in just a few days, but that might have been because it was a bit like watching a house burn and being unable to look away - the house being my happy memories of loving the book so much before only to now be horrified as that love burned away a little more with every page. Jessica did show some strength in the end, but I wish we had spent more time admiring it before she gave in to her hormones.

Conclusion: Although a previous favorite of mine back in the vampire craze days, this is one of those books I have clearly grown out of. Only recommend for older teens and up (due to strong sensuality and sexual innuendo, as well as language) who enjoy vampires in unhealthy romantic relationships.

Scribble Rating: 

2.5 of 5 Scribbles

Other Reviews That Might Interest: 

Obsidian by Jennifer A. Armentrout
Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White
The Collector by Victoria Scott
Dark Metropolis by Jaclyn Dolamore
Mystic City by Theo Lawrence

The #FridayReads Review (4/24/20)

Welcome to The #FridayReads Review, a regular Friday segment where I share what I've been reading the past week, and what I'm planning to read next! Want to join the Friday fun? Post your own #FridayReads Review and leave the link in the Comments below, or just Comment with what you've been reading!

>> CURRENTLY READING <<

What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter (HBK)

Almost done with my hardcover re-read of this fun and flirty YA contemporary romance! Be on the lookout for my blog tour review post April 29th, which will offer ten reasons to get your hands on it ASAP.

One Fine Day vol. 2 by Sirial (PBK)

This three-volume series is a slice-of-life contemporary fantasy that follows the everyday adventures of an unconventional (most of them are animals) and magical (animals that sometimes look like human children) found family. It is the sweetest, fluffiest, most adorable manga I've ever had the pleasure of reading, and just what I needed this week.

>> JUST FINISHED <<

Horimiya vol. 13 by Hero X Daisuke Hagiwara (PBK)

4.5 Stars. I needed a comfort read, so I re-read all the released volumes of this sweet and highly amusing series. If you enjoy slice-of-life teen romances with lots of humor and just the right amount of reality then you cannot go wrong with Horimiya.

>> [POSSIBLY] READING NEXT <<

(subject to change with my ever-shifting reading whims)

Takane & Hana vol. 13 by Yuki Shiwasu (PBK)

One of my libraries just opened for curbside service so I can finally pick up this next volume! Now if I can only remember what happened in the last volume...

So what are you reading this week?

Release Spotlight: Race the Sands (Sarah Beth Durst)

Today I spotlight the latest from award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst: RACE THE SANDS! I only discovered this standalone fantasy in the last month (how this thrilling read slipped under my radar I have no idea) but have since looked forward to devouring this paperback original with great anticipation. If you haven't yet checked out this fantastical story, do so below and purchase your copy today!

Title: Race the Sands

Author: Sarah Beth Durst
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Release Date: April 21, 2020

In this standalone fantasy, a pair of strong and determined women risk their lives battling injustice, corruption, and deadly enemies in their quest to become monster racing champions.

Life, death, and rebirth—in Becar, everyone knows that who you are in this life will determine what you are in your next life. The augurs can read your fate in your aura: hawk, heron, tortoise, jackal, human. Armed with that knowledge, you can change your destiny with the choices you make, both in this life and your next. But for the darkest individuals, there is no redemption: you come back as a kehok, a monster, and you will always be a kehok for the rest of time.

Unless you can win the Races.

As a professional trainer, Tamra was an elite kehok rider. Then a tragic accident on the track shattered her confidence, damaged her career, and left her nearly broke. Now Tamra needs the prize money to prevent the local temple from taking her daughter away from her, and that means she must once again find a winning kehok . . . and a rider willing to trust her.

Raia is desperate to get away from her domineering family and cruel fiancé. As a kehok rider, she could earn enough to buy her freedom. But she can’t become good enough to compete without a first-rate trainer.

Impressed by the inexperienced young woman’s determination, Tamra hires Raia and pairs her with a strange new kehok with the potential to win—if he can be tamed.

But in this sport, if you forget you’re riding on the back of a monster, you die. Tamra and Raia will work harder than they ever thought possible to win the deadly Becaran Races—and in the process, discover what makes this particular kehok so special. 

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PURCHASE:
B&N | Indiebound | Book Depository | Amazon

Review: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much (Allison Hoover Bartlett)

Title: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
Series: standalone
Author: Allison Hoover Bartlett
Publisher: Riverhead Books (Penguin)
US Release Date: September 17, 2009
Genre: Adult True Crime
Content Rating: Older Teen (unrepentant criminal activity)
Format Read: Paperback
Find On: Goodreads
Purchase: Indiebound | B&N | BookDepo | Azon
Summary:

In the tradition of The Orchid Thief, a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book collecting: the true story of an infamous book thief, his victims, and the man determined to catch him.

Rare-book theft is even more widespread than fine-art theft. Most thieves, of course, steal for profit. John Charles Gilkey steals purely for the love of books. In an attempt to understand him better, journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett plunged herself into the world of book lust and discovered just how dangerous it can be.

John Gilkey is an obsessed, unrepentant book thief who has stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of rare books from book fairs, stores, and libraries around the country. Ken Sanders is the self-appointed "bibliodick" (book dealer with a penchant for detective work) driven to catch him. Bartlett befriended both outlandish characters and found herself caught in the middle of efforts to recover hidden treasure. With a mixture of suspense, insight, and humor, she has woven this entertaining cat-and-mouse chase into a narrative that not only reveals exactly how Gilkey pulled off his dirtiest crimes, where he stashed the loot, and how Sanders ultimately caught him but also explores the romance of books, the lure to collect them, and the temptation to steal them. Immersing the reader in a rich, wide world of literary obsession, Bartlett looks at the history of book passion, collection, and theft through the ages, to examine the craving that makes some people willing to stop at nothing to possess the books they love.

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According to the back cover, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much is a True Crime / Biography about John Gilkey, book thief. But while it did go into too much minute detail about Gilkey's life and his many, many unrepentant exploits, to me it was mainly an exploration of the world of book collecting - its dealers, wares, and the thieves they endure.

Gilkey was a morally warped (his word) individual with an unsettling view of the way things should be. To him, it wasn't fair that there were nice things he wanted but couldn't have, so he had no compunctions in acquiring them through illegal means: by theft of the actual items themselves, or purchase using bad checks or stolen credit card numbers. He didn't feel like he was really hurting anyone, or if he did that they deserved what they got for keeping what he wanted from him. It was obvious that he loved to brag about his criminal accomplishments and rationalizations, and the author unfortunately seemed content to write out every little detail as if recording it for his personal posterity.

But Gilkey wasn't just what this book was about. In a not quite linear and oftentimes slightly confusing structure, Bartlett's book jumped around between the thief, the bibliodick who "caught" him, the author's researched knowledge and personal recollections, and the experiences of other bibliophiles she met along the way. This was an obvious move to generate enough content to fill an entire book that originally started life as an article, but after a while the book felt less like the story of the thief and his detective and more the author's vehicle to ramble about book collecting. While I agree Bartlett had more than a single article's worth of content with Gilkey's story, as a book that constantly meandered off-topic it was somewhat disappointing.

Still, despite its problems I surprisingly made it through this work of non-fiction in just a few days and was intrigued by many of the tales within. Overall, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much was an interesting look into the world of book dealers and collectors of the past few decades from a different perspective than the typical bibliophile. And it certainly whet my appetite to delve deeper into the obsession of antiquarian books.

Scribble Rating: 

3 of 5 Scribbles

Other Reviews That Might Interest: 

The Automat by Hardart & Diehl
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs

The #FridayReads Review (4/17/20)

Welcome to The #FridayReads Review, a regular Friday segment where I share what I've been reading the past week, and what I'm planning to read next! Want to join the Friday fun? Post your own #FridayReads Review and leave the link in the Comments below, or just Comment with what you've been reading!

>> CURRENTLY READING <<

What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter (HBK)

Re-reading the hardcover of this fun and flirty YA contemporary romance to finalize my blog tour review. Be on the lookout for my post April 29th!

>> ON HOLD <<

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon (PBK)

I really want to re-read this for review but just wasn't feeling it at the moment. I've set it aside for a few other books and will hopefully return to it soon.

>> JUST FINISHED <<

Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston (ARC)

4 Stars. A thrilling teen sci-fi of violence and romance that moved way too fast for me to truly connect with the characters or feel much of an emotional impact but definitely entertained. I look forward to finishing the duology with Soul of Stars when the paperback releases later this year. Review to come.

>> [POSSIBLY] READING NEXT <<

(subject to change with my ever-shifting reading whims)

Angel and Bavar by Amy Wilson (ARC)

I loved this book so much but was unable to write a coherent review. Desperate to sing it's praises, a re-read for review is naturally in order!

So what are you reading this week?

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Twelve Books I Enjoyed but Don't Talk Enough About

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme formerly hosted by The Broke and the Bookish,
now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl!

Top Twelve Books I Enjoyed 
but Don't Talk Enough About

1. Murder, Magic, & What We Wore (Kelly Jones) (review)
2. Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist (review)
3. Daughter of the Pirate King (Tricia Levenseller) (review)
4. The Accidental Highwayman (Ben Tripp) (review)
5. Arclight (Josin A. McQuein) (review)
6. Undertow (Michael Buckley) (review)
7. Avalon (Mindee Arnett) (review)
8. Rebel Mechanics (Shanna Swendson) (review)
9. The Leveller (Julia Durango) (review)
10. Indelible (Dawn Metcalf) (review)
11. Hold Me Like a Breath (Tiffany Schmidt) (review)
12. Relax, I'm a Ninja (Natalie Whipple) (review)

What favorite books do you rarely talk about?

Manga Review: Kobato Series (CLAMP)

Series Title: Kobato
Author: CLAMP
Volumes Reviewed: 6 (complete)
Publisher: Yen Press
US Release Date: May 2010 - June 2012
Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Romance
Content Rating: Older Teen (violence, comical-ish abuse, bullying, adult situations)
Format Read: Paperback
Find On: Goodreads
Purchase:  Indiebound | B&N | BookDepo | Azon
Summary (of Volume 1):

Meet Kobato Hanato, a sweet and rather simple young girl on a quest to have her single, dearest wish granted. But first, she must learn the ways of the world from Ioryogi-san, a gruff blue dog whose bark is just as bad as his bite! Under his "tutelage" (read: constant verbal abuse), Kobato puts her efforts into passing various trials of common sense so that she may obtain the key to getting her wish-a magic bottle which must be filled with the suffering of wounded hearts that Kobato herself has healed. But with Kobato's common sense sorely lacking, she keeps flunking Ioryogi-san's trials left and right! It looks like the road that lies ahead of Kobato will be a long one indeed!

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Series Notes: There are six volumes in the series, and all are released and available. This series takes place in the CLAMP Universe.

Kobato is a strange contemporary fantasy romance about the mysterious but energetic and naive Kobato, her abusive stuffed animal Ioryogi, and Kobato's quest to fill a bottle with "wounded hearts" so she can go where she wants to be.

Yes, the plot is that weird and vague.

While Volume 1 is mainly chapter stories of Kobato learning a little common sense and earning the bottle, the rest of the 6-volume series encompasses her time volunteering at Yomogi Kindergarten, which is struggling under the threats of a loan shark. There she grows to care for her fellow workers and strives to help them with their situation - in an effort to heal their wounded hearts, of course. As her time runs out we learn the fantastical story of how she and Ioryogi wound up on their quest, and the short series ends with a few tears, a lot of love, and ultimately a happy ending thanks to a few well-placed wishes. The artwork is an unsettling study in opposites as Kobato is adorable and playful in cute outfits and soft lines while Ioryogi, a plain stuffed animal dog when still, is grotesque and vicious when animated, warping the otherwise fluffy feel of the manga. The rest of the cast are rather plain but varied with interesting quirks and characteristics, all moving through simplistic stock settings that have the look of two-dimensional stage backdrops. But despite its artistic and dramatic oddities, Kobato is ultimately a sweet love story about several couples conquering adversity to find their place in the world together.

CLAMP Universe: For fans of the CLAMP Universe, there are a lot of familiar places to revisit and familiar faces to catch up with as many locations and characters from other CLAMP series make cameos to assist Kobato and cast with advice, work, and umbrellas. Fans of the four-book Wish series will especially be interested as this story also deals a lot with the Heavenly World, and Wish's main character Kohaku plays a minor role.

Conclusion: If you enjoy weird but sweet romances that transcend time, worlds, and physical forms featuring abusive stuffed animals and air-headed but big-hearted girls, maybe give this one a try. And if you're a CLAMP fan, it really can't be missed for the cameos.

For Fans Of: the CLAMP Universe

Scribble Rating: 

3 of 5 Scribbles

Other Reviews That Might Interest: 

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Series by CLAMP
That Wolf-Boy is Mine! Series by Yoko Nogiri
Meteor Prince Series by Meca Tanaka
MeruPuri Series by Matsuri Hino