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A boy and girl embracing each other in the street

Meet-Cute + Forbidden Romance + K-pop = Adorable

XOXO by Axie Oh

February 28, 2024 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

I picked this up for the 2024 Popsugar Reading Challenge, which has a prompt for a book about K-pop. Other than knowing that BTS is a huge band, I have no real grasp of the global phenomenon that is K-pop, and so had no idea where to start. Well, XOXO was the perfect entry for me, and it was so damn sweet I’m gonna need to call my dentist. Jenny is a cello prodigy, who is working hard toward her goal of admission into a […]

Filed Under: Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Axie Oh, kpop, Romance

RouletteGirl's CBR16 Review No:5 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Axie Oh, kpop, Romance ·
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Biggest K-Pop Stan in the Japanese Underground

The Yakuza's Bias, Volume 1 by Teki Yatsuda

February 21, 2024 by Pooja 2 Comments

When the yakuza boss’s daughter drags top lieutenant Ken to a K-Pop concert, he finds himself utterly captivated by the group, especially the main rapper Jun. I only dabble in reading manga, but one genre I have found myself enjoying is light-hearted gag mangas – with one major caveat. The joke’s got to have legs enough for a series, or it will run thin quickly. Luckily, this is not the case with The Yakuza’s Bias. Ken might be a serious, tough-talking yakuza member, but he finds […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: ARC, comedy, crime, Graphic Novel, humor, Japan, kpop, manga, NetGalley, Teki Yatsuda, yakuza

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:27 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: ARC, comedy, crime, Graphic Novel, humor, Japan, kpop, manga, NetGalley, Teki Yatsuda, yakuza ·
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