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The Guilty, Volume 01: Verdict (2008)

by Katsura Izumi(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

156970614X (ISBN13: 9781569706145)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Digital Manga Publishing

series

The Guilty

review 1: This book has a very appropriate title - The Guilty - because, while not actually being that good, it makes you obsessed with the story and makes it really hard for you to put the book aside. In the process of reading you can squirm at the stupidness or stubbornness of the main character and think that there are so many better books out there that can't wait till the moment when you finally grab them! But this particular story just can't let you go making you desperate to finish the whole series just to know what will become of those two stubborn and dumbheaded fools, or, to put it mildly, of the two main characters. This book became one of my "guilty pleasures" in an instant and I have nothing against it :)The thing that makes this book really juicy is the sex scenes. Shi... morefting from non-con to dub-con and back again, they always bring something new with them! The most interesting thing is that the author tells that it's her first experience writing sex scenes. And, I must admit, she succeeded brilliantly in making them diverse, steamy and fascinating!Really, the story is nothing special, but it has that kind of power that I value very much.
review 2: Toya is an editor for a publishing company and gets to be the editor for his idol, mystery writer Hodaka. His company is in financial trouble so they want him to pressure Hodaka to write another book sooner. Hodaka refuses until he comes up with a proposal, if Toya can beat him at pool, he’ll write a chapter, if he loses he gets his body. (Has anyone told new editor JenB is this how it works?) Of course, engaged “straight” Toya is clueless until Hodaka … ummm, has his way with him. He continues in this vein claiming it’s for work so doesn’t count although eventually he starts to go to Hodaka for sex voluntarily. He’s treated like crap and after nearly having a breakdown withdraws as the editor. Eventually he determines the reason Hodaka treats him like crap is because he’s socially retarded so he confesses his love and Hodaka confesses his … like? There is a book 2 and 3. Did I like it? It was alright but Hodaka was a giant dick, but then Toya was your typical clueless straight guy. What did you think “use your body” meant? To do laundry? And the whole Japanese mindset of “must perform at work no matter what” gets a bit annoying. I would have told my boss what Hodaka was pulling and sued him or sexual harassment. LOL But I suppose then I would have missed out on twu wuv. It shall begin it’s world tour with vol. 2 and 3 to follow. less

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