I enjoyed it overall! It was a bit slow in some places and then a bit rushed in others, and as some of you might've seen in the forum, i really really struggled with Kiela at first, but she genuinely grew on me as the book went on. The last couple chapters once the Big Conflict began actually made lose focus and I had a bit of a hard time getting through to the end, but it's possibly because I had taken a break of almost a whole day from reading. I might've just gotten taken out of the flow!

With all that said, I really did enjoy it, and it's a great cozy book. I don't think Big Conflict is Durst's thing, and the slice of life part of the book is exactly what I enjoyed!

A bittersweet, but hopeful journey of two people navigating the pains and hurts that come with their respective sexualities, together. The lavender marriage of my dreams.

Being arospec myself, it was almost hard to watch Yuriko go through what she did in this volume. It's a little too bullseye and while I've personally worked through my own issues now, I don't like revisiting old hurts. Also, the fact that I, too, have a gay man best friend? It's too on the nose! I'm kidding, he loves BL just as much and would never lavender marriage me.

That said, I love Yuriko and Gaku's platonic relationship. We see them navigate this new, important part of their lives and grow their love and support for each other. It warms my heart to be reminded that love comes in different forms, shows up in different actions, and matter in different ways.

Someone is breaking all the camp-rules, and no one is interfering

A quick, powerful read. This is a collection of memories written in 3rd person, reading like micro stories. They grapple mostly with medical trauma and societal shame, but there is joy & hope, too. Gosh I wish it was longer, tho!

I feel so happy and warm, bubbly and fuzzy, seen and excited. A very, very uncomplicated, zero-stakes, unrealistic story, but utterly cute, pretty, healing and queer. Playful fluff for the soul. Can’t help but think of @mirto ‘s list manga and graphic novels to cure your soul.

P.s. Hadley kind of reminded me of svt hoshi? Does anyone know what i mean?!

Overall rating: maybe a 3.75? I’ll come back to this