My Butler, Not Lover
i’m already in fucking HYSTERICS. this is so funny, omfg.
edit: honestly, this is great writing. excellent plot line and overall development, truly!!! it’s so intoxicating and engaging that i just kept binging nonstop all night, lol. now i have nothing else to do. FML.
I'm Engaged to an Obsessive Male Lead
hmm, well… i’m not too sure how i should be reviewing this one. the first 50-ish chapters had me completely hooked! i found it quite refreshing and overall enjoyable a vast majority of the time. (quite likable characters, these ones!!!) however, the author kinda lost me a bit after that. like, what was even going on after that point?? and once the story was finally over, there were still so many unanswered questions and plot holes that were necessary in order to get a sense of closure. man, i really don’t know anymore…
i genuinely liked the male lead and daddy archduke throughout the story, though. as well as blunt bestie dorel!!! undiagnosed ADHD squad assemble, lololol. <33 our female lead had some interesting moments as well, but some of the decisions she made during the latter half of the story made me seriously question her sanity at times. :| it was such a mess. i was also somewhat disappointed to realize that our supposed yandere male lead never went into yandere mode with our gal veillyn. ;_; i was really looking forward to that aspect of the story, too... jellard has such yandere potential!!!
oh, well. i suppose that’s a good thing, after all—knowing how jellard never ever felt THAT kind of insecurity with himself, nor their relationship. i love how it was mostly based on trust and respect from the very start! the fact that he never felt the need to ‘disregard’ her emotional or physical well-being in order to sate his own desperate need for control and domination says a whole lot about how secure he felt with her. honestly, it appeared to me as if he never even had such depraved thoughts about her in the first place! the jellard from the original novel ceased to exist when they met, it’d seem. all that goes to prove just how every single person you meet will know a version of you that no one else ever will. i honestly love that! nothing is written in stone. circumstances, behavior and intent can affect so much of a person’s fate.
Dictatorship
oh, i absolutely LOVE this. i really didn’t think i would, but man, here we are nonetheless!!! overall, very unique characters and dynamics between said characters. i genuinely appreciate them as a couple, too—which is indeed very strange, given how we started out. this is all very new to me, lol! can’t say i’m disappointed with the story’s development, though. we’ve got two broken pieces who still found a way to fit together perfectly and make it work in the long-run. love to see it!
and hey, let’s not forget about the GORGEOUS art style while we’re at it, too! man, nothing about this feels ordinary to me. the plot, the art, the characters, the ride of emotions… 10/10, i’d say. maybe i’m the weird one for thinking that, but that’s my opinion nevertheless. two negatives do make a positive, after all! it’s basic math, hehehe. ;)
side note: i know this isn’t your typical 10/10 story for most people, but i review based on my personal experiences and feelings while reading. given the fact that i straight up binged this in one sitting and never got bored, i’d say that’s reason enough to give it 5 stars. i’m kinda disappointed there aren’t any more bonus chapters. ;(
My One and Only