Review – Reincarnated as a Familiar
D.S. Craig’s debut Original English Light Novel, Reincarnated as a Familiar, wastes no time getting to the set-up. The main character, in life a young elementary school teacher, finds herself born again in another world as an Astral Cat, a…
Review – The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King’s Lap: Volume 1
In the first two pages of The White Cat’s Revenge (Japanese title: 復讐を誓った白猫は竜王の膝の上で惰眠をむさぼる ) is a paragraph that should alarm readers to just what they can expect when reading this book: Ruri Morikawa was a girl with an expat mother…
Review – Interspecies Reviewers, the Anime
Few Japanese cartoons can claim to have the outright notoriety stateside that Interspecies Reviewers (Japanese – Ishuzoku Rebyuāzu, 異種族レビュアーズ) has gathered in its short 12 episode run. Originally airing as part of a simulcast effort by Funimation, it was pulled…
Review – Swordsman of the Rift, Volumes 1 and 2
Bryan “The Invincible” Jenson is a former marine who finds himself stuck in a game world that’s all too real. He quickly finds himself teamed up with a daughter of the Queen of Hell an an Angel fallen from her…
Review – I Refuse to Be Your Enemy! Volume 1
If Langrisser or Fire Emblem were to receive a shoujo isekai treatment, Enemy! would be the result. The story follows the tale of Kiara, a teenager in a fantasy world with a rough noble upbringing who finds herself essentially purchased…
Review – Level Up: Serials by Alexa Sommers
It’s hard to fully judge author Alexa Sommers‘s Level Up franchise in their entirety, as only three of the planned five books (and potential spin-offs) have been released. That said, they’ve proven to be a very interesting take on the…
Review – Feline Good
Lana Kole is a romance author who does a lot of her marketing through the TikTok app, which was an unusual approach in my opinion. I’ve read so many romance books in the last year it isn’t even funny, but…
Review – Sleeping With Hitler’s Wife
“Hello,” he said, in fluent German. This sentence was found within the first couple of pages of Gary L. M. Martin’s latest work, Sleeping With Hitler’s Wife, and set my expectations of the novel floor low. I did not expect…
Review – Secret of Epping Forest
I made a mistake. I went on a book spending spree, buying books Amazon recommended to me with no consideration for if they were good or not, if they were even the type of book I’d care for or not.…
Review – WIEDERGEBURT: Legend of the Reincarnated Warrior: Volume 1
As a general rule, I enjoy Wuxia novels as a premise but not in practice. They tend to be poorly translated, never-ending, and redundant. Often, the world building is forsaken and the focus is on how the hero cultivates their…
