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“All of a sudden, I became half-human!” — Human/Cat Boy Romance Manga

A Lovestruck Cat Wants to be Petted by Nira Kaneyuki

February 12, 2025 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I really enjoyed A Lovestruck Cat Wants to be Petted. It did exactly what it says in the title and hit the right sweet spot of minimal conflict and a cute developing relationship between the two main characters. Kotetsu is a cat who has been turned into a human through some unknown force and still has cat ears and tail that he has to hide. He can also talk to cats and has a cat friend that knew him before his transformation. He goes to […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance Tagged With: gay romance, half man half cat, magican realism, manga, Nira Kaneyuki

GentleRain's CBR17 Review No:22 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance · Tags: gay romance, half man half cat, magican realism, manga, Nira Kaneyuki ·
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“I don’t know what to do. I’d normally never go for a guy like him.”

White Liar by Tomo Serizawa

February 9, 2025 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Kei Shiraishi is a hair stylist (and also maybe a makeup artist? But they never really show that in the book — the back cover describes him as a “beautician,” but I never saw him doing anything but hair) who gets picked to cut the hair of a famous up and coming actor. Taiga Jinnouchi is super handsome and an amazing actor, but he gets deep into his characters and it’s stressful on his system. After Kei cuts Taiga’s hair, they have dinner together and […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance Tagged With: gay romance, manga, Tomo Serizawa

GentleRain's CBR17 Review No:20 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance · Tags: gay romance, manga, Tomo Serizawa ·
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“We are no longer human. We live in the darkness.”

Bite Marks and Fluorite by Seno Yanase

February 5, 2025 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

This seemed like it would be right up my alley — BL! Vampires! The somewhat dystopian future of 2096! — but something about it was not working for me although I think I will still keep it for my collection for now. Haru works at a clothing boutique and one night on his bike ride home, he tries to help a man who’s about to be attacked. The man has to turn him into a vampire to save him. Before you become a full-fledged vampire, […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance Tagged With: dystopia, gay romance, Seno Yanase, vampires

GentleRain's CBR17 Review No:15 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance · Tags: dystopia, gay romance, Seno Yanase, vampires ·
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A low-angst, cozy romance set in the Swedish countryside

Second Winter by Sophia Soames

December 11, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Teddy runs his family’s tree farm in a small village in Sweden. He still lives in the house where he grew up and manages the family business, even after losing his father over the previous year. He is getting by but he is unhappy. He worries that life is passing him but he has no energy or hope that anything will change for him. He’s only been in love once, and that boy broke his heart. Ned is the American son of Swedish parents. When […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: fish out of water, gay romance, high school reunion, queer romance, rural farming community, rural Sweden, small town romance, Sophia Soames

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:91 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: fish out of water, gay romance, high school reunion, queer romance, rural farming community, rural Sweden, small town romance, Sophia Soames ·
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I laughed too hard when I tagged this as an “age gap romance.”

By the Pint by Jemma Croft

November 5, 2024 by carmelpie 1 Comment

The decennial Bloodsuckers in Business conference was held, unsurprisingly, once per decade at Dreadmourne Castle. A fortress built approximately half a bajillion years ago, and so gothic and cliched, it was borderline offensive to my brethren. ― Jemma Croft, By the Pint “Didn’t quite go as you expected?” I needled. I didn’t need to read his thoughts to understand what he was trying to achieve. “Thought you’d go all,”—I held my hands up like paws and hissed—“scary vampire dude on me. Show me what kind […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: age gap romance, anger issues, cbr16bingo, former athlete, found family, gay romance, Jemma Croft, queer romance, Quilts & Quilting, roommates, telepaths, vampires

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:86 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: age gap romance, anger issues, cbr16bingo, former athlete, found family, gay romance, Jemma Croft, queer romance, Quilts & Quilting, roommates, telepaths, vampires ·
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No one is born knowing how friends work. You figure it out as you go along.

Icarus by K. Ancrum

November 3, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

This house was loud and bright and full, and Icarus shivered into it like it was the first time he was being allowed in out of the cold. ― K. Ancrum, Icarus CBR 16 Bingo: Celestial Icarus is a seventeen-year-old boy in his senior year of high school. As soon as he graduates, or even as soon as he turns eighteen, he plans to leave home. His father, Angus, is an art thief. However, he and Icarus only steal from Mr. Black. Icarus does not […]

Filed Under: Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: art theft, cbr16bingo, child abuse, first loves, forbidden love, gay romance, greek mythology, K. Ancrum, LGBTQIA romance, queer romance, secret romance, Teenagers, thieves

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:84 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: art theft, cbr16bingo, child abuse, first loves, forbidden love, gay romance, greek mythology, K. Ancrum, LGBTQIA romance, queer romance, secret romance, Teenagers, thieves ·
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