Romance, But Not Romantic
This is actually one of my favs and it warms my heart for how good it is. It's actually one of the “perfect” stories with a 3:5 ratio, aka the best ratio. 3 of it is smut and that 5 is plot. It's a very good ratio and the wait is worth it. Very funny and the main issue is some stalker who gets it handed to them, properly and promptly. Doesn't drag and I would reread until I remember every line, actually I might do that. Very good and I wish I could read it for the first time again, and again.
Brutal: Satsujin Kansatsukan no Kokuhaku
December
I'm biased towards this one and if I were to TRULY rate it…6/10. The ending is so freaking frustrating, when I mean this could have been an 8 and above at its worse had the ending not been rushed in the middle of the story, there's still so many unanswered questions and so many things that we haven't seen. It seems the author planned for a lot but the story just ended abruptly, I even left it on reading for a while because of how abrupt the ending was. It's sad since this could have been really good. I was reading this during the great yaoi drought of 2022-2023, there was barely anything, especially anything that was decent. This was good and had palpable tension between the characters that kept my coming back for more until it ended. Super sad and I wish it had finished properly. Guess it fell to the 2022-2023 drought after all…











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