From the back cover: Schools may lock up for the night, but class is in session for an entirely different set of students. In the nightschool, vampires, werewolves, and weirns (a particular breed of witches) learn the fundamentals of everything from calculus to spell casting. Alex is a young weirn whose education has always been handled through homeschooling, but circumstances … [Read more...] about Nightschool: The Weirn Books 1 by Svetlana Chmakova: B+
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Comic 7 by Ha SiHyun: B
The series that began with a heroine determined to learn more about the art of creating manhwa has now completed its transformation into a high school romance drama. Rather than reference Alice Song’s career goals in any way, this volume is full of sports festivals and love confessions. On the heels of a particularly nasty fight, Alice and Patrick, the boy she loves, are … [Read more...] about Comic 7 by Ha SiHyun: B
Comic 1-6 by Ha SiHyun: B
When a friend of amateur manhwa-ga Alice Song enters Alice's story in a contest, she ends up taking third prize. Upon meeting with the publisher, she runs into an old student teacher (now working as an editor) who takes her to meet one of her favorite creators, Saturn Kang. Saturn turns out to be a rather arrogant high school boy who wants none of Alice's help, even though he's … [Read more...] about Comic 1-6 by Ha SiHyun: B
13th Boy 1-2 by SangEun Lee: B
There's really no way to describe 13th Boy other than “odd,” but it's odd in the best possible way. It's the story of Hee-So Eun, a fifteen-year-old girl who is already on her twelfth boyfriend, Won-Jun Kang, to whom she confessed on a national TV program. Alas, their relationship only lasts a month before Won-Jun unexpectedly breaks up with her. Hee-So refuses to give up, … [Read more...] about 13th Boy 1-2 by SangEun Lee: B
Sarasah 1 by Ryu Ryang: C
Ji-Hae Namgung has harbored an obsessive crush on her classmate, Seung-Hyu, for over a year and a half. Because her “love” hasn’t faded in all this time, she believes it’s more substantial than most and won’t give up her attempts to win Seung-Hyu’s heart, despite the fact that he has repeatedly and emphatically rejected her. As she chases after him after his latest refusal, she … [Read more...] about Sarasah 1 by Ryu Ryang: C