- #1
The world of this novel is beautifully crafted and the characters remind me of people I know. It feels incredibly real. Normally, when you read fantasy novels and comics you spend a lot of your time suspending your disbelief and overlooking how shallow the characters and world is, but this novel is incredibly immersive. Even the fantasy elements are beautifully depicted.One of the best things about it is there's nothing that feels like an exposition dump, you're just thrown into the world and learn as the story progresses without being left wondering what's happening. You slowly learn about the world as the MC interacts with it in a way that isn't overwhelming or boring.The romance is also very slow and leaves you wanting more. It's very obvious both the ML and MC are in love but they both deny their feelings and insist they're straight. Normally I find this very frustrating, but it's pretty cute in this novel because their interactions feel so real and not forced.I really want this to be turned into a manhwa but I want one of the shounen artists to draw it so the action and fantasy elements are drawn as beautifully as they're written. This would be a perfect young adult action fantasy novel that's more popular than most if it wasn't yaoi, but I'm very happy it's yaoi!
