Category: Review

  • Review: Love Galaxy

    Premise: A poor trash collector in the outskirts of the galaxy yells at some people making her job harder, who turn out to be the the galactic Expani Empire’s prince and princess. The princess pays her to come onto the reality show to marry off the prince and princess to win the prince’s heart. She…

  • Review: Solo Leveling (Anime)

    Premise: Dungeons opened up on contemporary Earth, and people (now called Hunters) awakened to powers to combat the monsters inside the dungeons or, if left unattended, bursting out of the dungeons. Hunters are ranked according to abilities, which awaken and are set for life. Sung Jin-woo is a bottom-tier Hunter until he encounters a god-like…

  • Review: Black Tie and Tails by Wen Spencer

    Premise: Sequel to Black Wolves of Boston, a cozy thriller where a vampire adopts a werewolf puppy. This time with less cozy and, I suppose, more character growth. The new werewolf puppy Joshua makes friends at his new school, gets harassed by panicked were-penguins, and joins a team of demi-angels, mediums, Goths, and a vampire…

  • Review: The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power Premiere

    Premise: Second daughter of the famed Sanchez family, Carolina has grown up steeped in intense emotional abuse from her perfect older sister Flora, who blames Carolina for their mother’s death after childbirth. Flora has convinced so many nobles of Carolina’s uselessness that when the kingdom needs a woman to assuage the ire of an enemy…

  • Review: The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects Premiere

    Premise: A retiring knight is granted the title of lord and “empty” land to go with it. But surprise! The empty land has indigenous people who, after prior persecution, are enemies of the knight’s kingdom. Bold choice for the author to broach such a touchy subject as colonization. I’m definitely viewing it through the lens…