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still reading way too many BL novels...
Dec. 16th, 2007 07:32 pmRyu wo kau by Fuyuno Jinko and illustrated by Nara Chiharu features a side character in a book I had summarized before, Mitsuyaku wa suit wo nuide. I had some hopes that it wouldn't suck because I found Mitsuyaku pretty amusing, but...I was terribly disappointed. It is a completely conventional story and has the most insipid uke. Tien was rather lukewarm, as well. I suppose if Hong Kong mafia is your thing (or you really like Nara Chiharu's art) it might be worth it, but otherwise? Skip!
Code name wa hanayome by Shuhdoh Rena and illustrated by Mizukane Ryou is pure romantic fantasy fluff of the most innocuous kind. Uke is a government SP (bodyguard) assigned to protect the prince of a small European country who is marrying a girl from a very good Japanese family. The problem is that the girl disappears on the wedding day, and calling off the wedding is not possible. So the SP closest to the girl's body type and features is chosen to substitute for her, and of course it's not one of the female SPs that's chosen. Oh no, it's our dear uke. He's not exactly happy with his assignment but he's a professional and he will do his job. The wedding goes off without a hitch, but instead of being covertly dropped off he is taken to the ship the prince and his wife were supposed to get on for the prince's country. Uke is to continue pretending until they find the girl (and be an additional layer of protection for the prince) so that a switch can be made at some port along the way. On the ship the prince does a slow-motion version of sweeping uke off his feet, with an ending worthy of such effort. The uke is fairly smart, he's professional and a nice guy. The prince is...a prince. He's charming, he's sweet, he's secretly lonely, he's noble, he's gorgeous. I liked them both and wished them all the happiness in the world at the end.
The sad thing is that I read so many more books than I ever begin to mention. Many of them aren't worth even looking it up in amazon to link to it (at least IMO).
Code name wa hanayome by Shuhdoh Rena and illustrated by Mizukane Ryou is pure romantic fantasy fluff of the most innocuous kind. Uke is a government SP (bodyguard) assigned to protect the prince of a small European country who is marrying a girl from a very good Japanese family. The problem is that the girl disappears on the wedding day, and calling off the wedding is not possible. So the SP closest to the girl's body type and features is chosen to substitute for her, and of course it's not one of the female SPs that's chosen. Oh no, it's our dear uke. He's not exactly happy with his assignment but he's a professional and he will do his job. The wedding goes off without a hitch, but instead of being covertly dropped off he is taken to the ship the prince and his wife were supposed to get on for the prince's country. Uke is to continue pretending until they find the girl (and be an additional layer of protection for the prince) so that a switch can be made at some port along the way. On the ship the prince does a slow-motion version of sweeping uke off his feet, with an ending worthy of such effort. The uke is fairly smart, he's professional and a nice guy. The prince is...a prince. He's charming, he's sweet, he's secretly lonely, he's noble, he's gorgeous. I liked them both and wished them all the happiness in the world at the end.
The sad thing is that I read so many more books than I ever begin to mention. Many of them aren't worth even looking it up in amazon to link to it (at least IMO).
