Ha-ri's best friend is sick of going on all these blind dates her father arranges for her, so one night, she sends Ha-ri in her stead. Little did Ha-rHa-ri's best friend is sick of going on all these blind dates her father arranges for her, so one night, she sends Ha-ri in her stead. Little did Ha-ri know that when she agreed to stand in for her best friend, that she would end up on a date with a total hottie who just also happens to be the CEO of the company she works for.
Taemu is also tired of all the blind dates and vows to marry the woman who shows up on the next one, no matter what. Things get a little complicated when that woman turns out to be Ha-ri.
Chaos and drama and fake dating shenanigans ensue, adorable and steamy romance developing along the way.
I really adored this, things started out a bit bumpy, and I wasn't initially very into how Taemu kept trying to pressure Ha-ri into marriage, but I think after a while the manga really found its stride.
Heartfelt and addicting! <3
Merged review:
Ha-ri's best friend is sick of going on all these blind dates her father arranges for her, so one night, she sends Ha-ri in her stead. Little did Ha-ri know that when she agreed to stand in for her best friend, that she would end up on a date with a total hottie who just also happens to be the CEO of the company she works for.
Taemu is also tired of all the blind dates and vows to marry the woman who shows up on the next one, no matter what. Things get a little complicated when that woman turns out to be Ha-ri.
Chaos and drama and fake dating shenanigans ensue, adorable and steamy romance developing along the way.
I really adored this, things started out a bit bumpy, and I wasn't initially very into how Taemu kept trying to pressure Ha-ri into marriage, but I think after a while the manga really found its stride.
Heartfelt and addicting! <3
Merged review:
Ha-ri's best friend is sick of going on all these blind dates her father arranges for her, so one night, she sends Ha-ri in her stead. Little did Ha-ri know that when she agreed to stand in for her best friend, that she would end up on a date with a total hottie who just also happens to be the CEO of the company she works for.
Taemu is also tired of all the blind dates and vows to marry the woman who shows up on the next one, no matter what. Things get a little complicated when that woman turns out to be Ha-ri.
Chaos and drama and fake dating shenanigans ensue, adorable and steamy romance developing along the way.
I really adored this, things started out a bit bumpy, and I wasn't initially very into how Taemu kept trying to pressure Ha-ri into marriage, but I think after a while the manga really found its stride.
Here is a compilation of my reviews for the series (:
Volume #1
3 stars
Rereading this has given me some mixed feelings.
Scott Pilgrim has historHere is a compilation of my reviews for the series (:
Volume #1
3 stars
Rereading this has given me some mixed feelings.
Scott Pilgrim has historically been one of, if not my absolute favorite comic book series of all time. I read it at least once or twice a year, and I've always considered myself a die-hard fan, so it's definitely sort of disappointing that re-reading it has left me picking up some questionable vibes.
If you're not familiar with the premise, Scott Pilgrim is a 20-something broke-ass Canadian. He plays bass in a horrible band and lives with his gay roommate, Wallace (who is my absolute favorite). Scott meets this girl named Ramona and becomes totally obsessed with her, but the catch is that he has to battle her 7 evil ex-boyfriends in order to date her.
I'm not even gonna lie, Scott is a d*ck and a little bit of a creeper.
See, Scott, who is 23 years old, starts off this book dated Knives Chau, who is a 17 year old Chinese girl, attending the town's local catholic school. (Knives is the worlds biggest sweetie and my favorite, after Wallace). But like CMON that is gross, a 17 year old and a 23 year old? And Scott doesn't even like Knives all that much, he openly admits he's just using her to get over his old ex.
Knives is literally done so dirty in this book that it's not even funny, y'all did my girl wrong from the very start and never let up. Scott meets Ramona at a party and after basically stalking her and then orders a CD from amazon because apparently she's the only delivery person in the area and then he begs her to go out with him until she agrees. And the whole time I was literally just like, WHAT ABOUT KNIVES!! WHAT ABOUT MY SWEET ASIAN CHILD, KNIVES??? HOW U GONNA DO HER SO WRONG LIKE THIS????
And that was basically me for the whole rest of the book, specially the 2 or 3 times Scott and Ramona make out and/or almost have sex.
See, I could sort of cut Scott a little bit of slack or at least understand slightly better if the thing with Ramona wasn't so much of a pre-meditated thing, like if they ended up kissing at a party in the spur of the moment or something like that, but Scott literally stalks her and thinks about her and all the ways to try and get her attention and asks her out like 3 separate times and has SEVERAL chances to come clean to Knives, or at least break up with her, and he doesn't. So boo.
That being said, this is still one of the most absolutely hilarious comics I've ever read, I think the art is great, and the side characters are literal icons. I just think on my latest read that I'm kind of not really feeling Scott all that much. I know I normally don't write reviews for shorter graphic novel series, but I think I'm going to try and attempt it because the series only has 6 books and is something that I re-visit often. Happy Reading!! <3
Volume #2
4 stars
Scott is slightly less of a douche bag in this one and Knives is creepy and evil now? What???
Knives, I thought we were cool, I wrote a whole rant review defending your innocence in the first volume ...more
Sweetbitter will always hold a special place in my heart, as it is the first adult novel I ever read. I very distinctly remember one day wa3.5 stars
Sweetbitter will always hold a special place in my heart, as it is the first adult novel I ever read. I very distinctly remember one day walking into the library and deciding that I was going to pick something from the adult section (at random, based on which covers appealed to me, naturally), and this one popped out at me immediately. It's still one of my very favorite covers, to this day.
I couldn't really recall a whole lot about the book, I remembered that the main character was a waitress and that there was a lot about wine. I remembered one very specific romance scene. I remembered enjoying it and proudly proclaiming it to be my favorite book if anybody asked. But since it's been a good 4 or 5 years since I've read it, I figured it'd be interesting to see how well it held up.
Tess moves to New York, and immediately lands a job at the City's most posh and famous restaurant. Throughout her time there, she sheds her innocence through intense wine expertise, casual sex, and lots and lots of cocaine. She latches onto a sophisticated senior server named Simone who is just a liiiittle too close to the love interest for Tess's taste.
Jake (said love interest), is... Well, let's just say that the second time around, I definitely didn't like him as much. I feel like this book is definitely romanticizing what I'm gonna call "Major Ass-Holery" or "MAH" for short. Jake is mean, and pretensions to boot. He throws Tess around, is rough with her physically and the Tess is like, "wEOew, this is so eDgy" and it's like- not really? It's just sad and weird? Aside from the fact that Jake is an asshole, I also could not tell you what he looks like. We know he has lots of tattoos and is mysterious looking. That's it, that's all we know.
I guess I didn't really like the main character all that much either, she was kind of plain and gave off serious "I'm not like other girls" vibes. She also romanticized what was clearly an abusive relationship, so I'm gonna have to dock points for that too.
The main things I liked about this book were the ambiance, I felt like I was there tasting the food, drinking the wine, walking the busy streets of Manhattan. The imagery was top notch, so maybe that's what stuck with me all these years.
Anyways- overall feelings: Meh. Cool setting, but Major Assholery- I've warned you. ...more
No, I did not apply for several publishing jobs directly after reading this book
You ever feel like you read something that peers just a little too d No, I did not apply for several publishing jobs directly after reading this book
You ever feel like you read something that peers just a little too deeply into your soul?
We all know the Hallmark trope. A big corporate business shark comes to a small town to tear down a local business. Said business shark falls in love with said town and usually the owner or family of the small business. Gets swept up off their feet, and decides to leave their big fancy corporate job and their uptight shallow business girlfriend for the daughter of the small business owner. The end, happily ever after. The only twist is that our main character is the uptight shallow business girlfriend who gets dumped, and has been 3 times in a row, seemingly never getting her Happily Ever After.
Nora is a literary agent. People call her, "The shark," because she's ruthless. Ambitious. Bloodthirsty. She loves her nieces to death, but doesn't want kids. Her job comes before anything and everything, except maybe her sister. She doesn't really do serious relationships or "feelings" - that is until a certain handsome and equally bloodthirsty literary agent named Charlie comes around.
Nora and her sister run off to a small town featured in a book Nora published recently, to get away before Nora's sister gives birth to her 3rd child. And who might they run into though on said vacation?
A woman in a swimming accident is rescued by a worker at a sharehouse resort and ends up working there (drama, awkwardness, Omg this was so cuuutte!!!
A woman in a swimming accident is rescued by a worker at a sharehouse resort and ends up working there (drama, awkwardness, and cuteness ensue).
This was such a fun short read! I thought all the characters were very adorable and the drama kept me hooked. My only complaint is that I felt like the series ended sort of abruptly and the epilogue didn't really give me what I needed, so I wish it ended differently. But otherwise, perfect if you're looking for a short slice of life manga with some steam <3...more
I'll definitely be sending CoHo my therapy bill, because I think after reading Verity, I legitimately have PTSD.
After being in a tragic car4.5 stars
I'll definitely be sending CoHo my therapy bill, because I think after reading Verity, I legitimately have PTSD.
After being in a tragic car accident, Verity is unable to finish her bestselling novel series, and Lowen is asked to come on and "co-author" the rest of the series because Verity spoke so highly of her writing. Lowen comes to stay at Verity's house to go through her office and use her notes to work on the book, staying with Verity's husband and her son, Crew. The family is ridden with tragedy, both their daughters died extremely young at the hands of gruesome accidents. But when Lowen stumbles across Verity's disturbingly psychopathic unpublished auto-biography, she has to wonder- were they really accidents? Is Verity even sick?
As with most CoHo books, I ended up having some practical questions, but overall I was captivated by the writing and found this extremely hard to put down. I just wanted to know what was going to happen next so bad- did she kill that baby??!?? DID SHE????
On a scale of 1 to 10, the f8cked-Up-Ed-Ness was probably like a 15.