After being deserted by her celebrity parents, Yura Onozuka decides to best her mother at her own game: acting. After bombing several auditions, she’s landed the lead role in a commercial with a TV series tie-in and, after struggling through the first table read, manages to go back in and nail it thanks to the efforts of her friends Q-ta and Haruka Minamitani, a pair of … [Read more...] about Honey Hunt 3 by Miki Aihara: B+
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Honey Hunt 1-2 by Miki Aihara: B+
It's not easy being the daughter of famous parents, as Yura Onozuka well knows. Her mother's a sought-after actress and her father a renowned composer, and people are always expecting Yura to have that special celebrity air. She walks a tightrope at school, trying to appear neither aloof nor smug, and the only person who really sees her for herself is her childhood friend, … [Read more...] about Honey Hunt 1-2 by Miki Aihara: B+
Shinobi Life 3 by Shoko Conami: B+
Beni Fujiawara’s dreams of pursuing a relationship with her ninja bodyguard from the past, Kagetora, are thwarted when her father announces that he has arranged her marriage to Rihito Iwatsuru, a classmate with an agenda of his own who is not adverse to hurting Kagetora when he gets in his way. As volume three begins, Beni has agreed to go out with Iwatsuru in exchange for him … [Read more...] about Shinobi Life 3 by Shoko Conami: B+
Shinobi Life 2 by Shoko Conami: B
From the back cover: Beni convinces Kagetora to go back with her to the future—as a student! Everything is going fine until they meet a strange and mysterious classmate, Iwatsuru. As Kagetora and Beni's interest in one another blossoms, Beni's father reminds Kagetora that he is only a mere bodyguard and nothing more! What's worse, he reveals that he has already arranged for … [Read more...] about Shinobi Life 2 by Shoko Conami: B
The Lizard Prince 1 by Asuka Izumi: B-
From the back cover: Canary is the princess of the kingdom of Linaria. Her father, the king, has promised her hand in marriage to Heath, the handsome prince of the kingdom of Gazania. Canary isn't crazy about this, because Heath has a bad reputation. The Prince has his own reservations, and gets his brother Sienna to pose as him on their first date, convinced he'll drive her … [Read more...] about The Lizard Prince 1 by Asuka Izumi: B-