Genre: Romance

Review – Tied to You, vol 2

Posted March 21, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review – Tied to You, vol 2

Tied to You

by WHAT, Chelliace

Genres: Fantasy, Manga, Romance
Pages: 320
Series: Tied to You #2
Rating: four-stars
Synopsis:

Allā€™s Fair in Love and War

His heart torn from the bittersweet pain of unrequited love, Wooseo turns to Jigeon for solaceā€¦and the two of them kiss?! What starts as a natural physical affinity between Ring Partners quickly becomes a comfortable routine of intimacy, and Wooseo soon realizes he might be seeing Jigeon less and less as a ā€œstand-inā€ for his best friend. But all is not well in paradiseā€¦Jiseok has caught on to his brotherā€™s suspicious string pulling, dredging up complicated feelings and possessiveness. And heā€™s not the only one seeing greenā€” a scorned lover from Jigeonā€™s past has resurfaced, and heā€™s dead set on severing his exā€™s new Ring connection!

Partway through volume two of WHAT/Chelliace’s Tied to You, I decided that Jigeon’s behaviour is meant to be creepy and pushing out beyond the pale, which helped me decide how this was landing with me. It’s easier to be all-in on it when you’re sure it’s meant to be messy and not just romantic (though I think there is an amount of romanticisation of Jigeon’s behaviour).

The whole situation gets more complicated, with Jiseok seeming to be jealous of Jigeon and Wooseo’s growing closeness, and a friend of Jigeon’s joining in to help him pull strings. Wooseo’s unrequited love and his confusion are really well portrayed here — you can feel his pain, and the strength of the bond between him and Jiseok.

It’s an interesting exploration of obsession, of someone who wants someone else so badly they’ll manipulate them this way and that, even with the reassurance of a fated bond.

And of course there’s some drama with Jigeon’s ex, and the tantalising possibility that the rings can be removed…

I’ve already read volumes three and four as I write this, I got really into the series from this point. And the art remains really consistently beautiful.

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)

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Review – Stay for a Spell

Posted March 17, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 6 Comments

Review – Stay for a Spell

Stay for a Spell

by Amy Coombe

Genres: Fantasy, Romance
Pages: 384
Rating: four-stars
Synopsis:

A joyful, cosy fantasy romance for anyone who's ever wished they could live in a bookshop.

One curse, seven princes, and a bookshop that youā€™ll never want to leaveā€¦

Princess Tanadelle of the Widdenmar longs to build a life of her own making. During a royal visit to the cosy town of Little Pepperidge, Tandyā€™s dream comes true when she finds herself cursed to remain in a run-down bookshop until she finds her heartā€™s desire.

More than a little thrilled, she hires a new assistant, teenage goth Sasha, and settles into life among the stacks. Despite the infuriatingly handsome pirate, Bash, who keeps showing up at the shop with his good looks and his own curse to figure out, Tandyā€™s new life might just make her happy.

There are just seven, minor, problems. With her royal duties unfulfilled, the frantic King and Queen send the seven princes of the realms to bestow upon Tandy a kiss, each one hoping to break the curse.

After all, what more could a princess want, than a prince?

I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

I saw other people talking about being interested in Amy Coombe’s Stay for a Spell, and I couldn’t resist: a princess ends up trapped in a rickety old bookshop, cursed to remain until she achieves her heart’s desire? You had me at “bookshop”, even if books set in and around bookshops often forget about theĀ reading part and just treat books as purely magical in and of themselves. Admittedly, there is a bit of that here — Tandy’s love of reading draws her to the bookshop, and leads her to sell particular books, but sometimes the reading part still gets lost amid theĀ selling of books and the handling of books as physical objects.

The premise is very wish fulfillment-y, and I feel like there’s a fair bit of the world that isn’t fully thought out and is a fairly generic fantasy world, but I had a lot of fun all the same. The obvious way to break the curse on a princess would be a kiss from a prince, is what her parents figure, so they send along the various princes of the realms…Ā  But things don’t work in theĀ obvious way here all the time.

For a start, it’s not quite as heteronormative as it might sound: one of the princes who shows up, Calla, is female (and Tandy’s sister is also a prince) — the rank is “prince”, regardless of the gender of the person occupying it. There are two prominent queer kisses in the book, albeit neither of them is romantic: one of the male princes kisses the also-cursed pirate, Bash, while Calla kisses Tandy (and it’s arguably one of the best kisses in the story).

The princes are neither all wonderful people nor all slugs: they all stick around and all offer their help to Tandy, even when their kisses fail to cure her, and even when they’re a bit personally unbearable at times. I really liked that Driz turns out to be a pretty cool guy. Kinda ended up wishing they’d all get together, with Bash too; life would be interesting, to say the least.

The way things play out felt a bit… conventional, I suppose? Compared to the stuff I hadn’t expected, like Bash’s kiss from Driz, and Calla’s kiss with Tandy. It feels very wish fulfillment-y, since Tandy gets to just stop being a working princess and lay aside her duties to stay in the shop with Bash. Still, there are things that still defy expectation (Bash’s curse isn’t broken), and I did ultimately like how Tandy and Bash (inevitably) got together, and thought there was pretty good chemistry there.

You do discover at the end that there’s a bit of an insta-love trope, which I’d sort of suspected and sort of hoped was subverted in some way… but Tandy herself mostly experience instant attraction, along with some annoyance, so it’s not too irritating.

Overall, I’ve said a lot about this compared to normal because it genuinely surprised me at times, and was a delight. I wonder if there’ll be any other romances in this world? Maybe kissing Bash awakened something in Driz…?

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)

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Review – The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish, vol 4

Posted March 11, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review – The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish, vol 4

The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish

by Xue Shan Fei Hu

Genres: Fantasy, Light Novels, Romance
Pages: 443
Series: The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish #4
Rating: four-stars
Synopsis:

STILL WATERS RUN DEEP

With their union blessed by the emperor and four baby heirs in tow, Prince Jing is well on his way to clinching the position of crown prince. But Li Yu canā€™t pat himself on the back for a job well done just yet! Prince Jingā€™s crafty brother still lurks in the shadows plotting against him.

As Li Yu dives deeper into the sixth princeā€™s schemes, he uncovers a dastardly conspiracy that ripples from Prince Jingā€™s childhood, forming a tsunami poised to plunge the imperial palace (and its allies) into total chaos! Li Yu will have to use all the fishy tricks at his disposal if he wants to keep his new family safe!

The fourth volume ofĀ The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish brings the whole thing to an end and wraps it up neatly with a bow, but dang, there’s a lot that happens in this volume still. After all, Prince Jing isn’t the crown prince yet, Li Yu still wants to have another baby, and there are those mysterious secrets that the fish-scamming system keeps showing him.

In general, I loved it. The babies are adorable, Li Yu and Mu Tianchi’s bond has become really strong (if sometimes in need of a tad more communication), and the political plot all works out and some of the secrets start to make sense.

I did want to address one thing, though: in this volume, the disabled tyrant is cured, in fact. Mu Tianchi’s mutism isn’t genetic, but has been caused by a low-dose poison he was given at birth. Once the poison is discovered and cured, he begins to be able to speak. You could argue that this is plot-necessary because otherwise he couldn’t become the emperor (at least not without becoming a tyrant), and also that Chinese culture isn’t in quite the same place about stuff like disability — but it’s still worth knowing, and worth knowing as well that there’s a brief mention of Li Yu telling the children that Mu Tianchi isn’t “different”, he’s “just sick”, implying it would be bad if he was disabled.

In the series as a whole, Li Yu never looks down on Mu Tianchi for being mute, and Mu Tianchi is always very capable — it’s just that it’s unacceptable for the emperor’s heir to be unable to speak. That said, that scene where Li Yu tries to explain away disability so as not to make the children think their dad is “different” suggests the author might treat permanent disability quite differently. So tread with care: there are some not-great attitudes toward disability swimming around the edges of the story and occasionally casting some shadows.

There are a few things that don’t entirely add up, plot-wise — e.g. the babies’ paternity was already confirmed on birth: Mu Tianchi offered his own blood for it rather than disturb Li Yu for his, I remember that scene clearly. Was that never communicated to the emperor? Not that he ever seems to genuinely doubt the children’s paternity anyway, but that whole bit is never mentioned as a reason why.

…But mostly I just loved it, really. It’s very sweet.

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)

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Review – Tied to You, vol 1

Posted March 9, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review – Tied to You, vol 1

Tied to You

by WHAT, Chelliace

Genres: Fantasy, Manga, Romance
Pages: 334
Series: Tied to You #1
Rating: four-stars
Synopsis:

Wooseo Shin was never one to believe in fate...until a ring of red thread appears around his finger, that is! This ring marks a person's meeting of their soulmate, and with it, neither can fall asleep if the other is absent. This development is not a welcome one for Wooseo, who decides to keep it from his close friend and crush Jiseok Kang at all costs. Because as fate would have it, the person with Wooseo's matching set is Jigeon Kang ā€” Jiseok's older brother! When Jigeon proposes that they start sharing a bed, if only to combat their joint insomnia, Wooseo reluctantly accepts... but as the two spend more and more time together, feelings start to get messy. Will Wooseo be able to survive his new life tangled up in between these two brothers?!

The main character of WHAT’sĀ Tied to You (adapted from a story by Chelliace) is Wooseo, who is in love with his best friend Jiseok. In this world, after the age of twenty, if you touch your fated partner, you fall sick for 24 hours, and then a red ring forms — like the red thread of fate — for both you and your partner. After that point, you can’t sleep apart, and when you sleep side by side and touching, you get the best sleep you’ve ever had in your life.

Wooseo’s partner isn’t Jiseok, though… it’s Jiseok’s older brother, Jigeon, who had been close to the pair but pulled back for some reason a while ago. Wooseo’s afraid that Jigeon hates him, but it turns out more complex than that (of course). At first, they treat it as a transaction: I’ll pay you to come and sleep beside me so we can both get some sleep. Then Jigeon pushes for more, getting Wooseo to move in with him — all while the two of them hide the whole thing from Jiseok, who seems to be getting jealous, despite repeatedly saying he’s totally straight and not interested in Wooseo.

It’s all a bit of a tangled mess, and it’s not entirely clear how to take some of Jigeon’s behaviour; is he being creepy? Is it Jiseok being weird? Are the two of them just gonna ride rough-shod over Wooseo and what he needs…?

The art and colours are lovely (though some character designs are very similar, partly on purpose), and I’m curious enough about the plot/relationship to read more — especially since it’s a manhwa, so it doesn’t take that long to read a volume. I’m not quite sure how it’ll land with me, but I guess we’ll find out!

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)

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Review – How to Fake It In Society

Posted March 5, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 6 Comments

Review – How to Fake It In Society

How to Fake it In Society

by KJ Charles

Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance
Pages: 320
Rating: four-stars
Synopsis:

It is 1821 and Nicolas-Marc, Comte de Valois de La Motte is making a splash in London Society. The son of Jeanne de Valois de La Motte, infamous for stealing a priceless diamond necklace meant for Marie Antoinette, Nico hopes to restore his wronged mother's reputation, if only he can raise the funds. But he must operate with great secrecy, because the Bourbon dynasty murdered his mother, and he fears for his life.

At least, that's what he tells Titus Pilcrow. Titus was a simple shopkeeper, making and selling artists' paints, when he found himself suddenly married to an immensely wealthy woman who wanted to disinherit her nephew on her deathbed. As word spreads of his fortune, Titus finds himself a target of every scammer and beggar in Londonā€¦including one Nicolas-Marc, Comte de Valois de La Motte.

Nico is on his last legs, out of money, and on the run from some terrifying gangsters. When Titus offers Nico a space in his household, it's the perfect chance for him to exploit London's newest golden purseā€”until he falls in love with the man he needs to cheat. Still, Nico is sure they can have a happy ending together. If he can just find his way out of his own web of liesā€¦

I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

My only problem with KJ Charles’ How to Fake It In Society was that I spent the entire thing bracing for the third-act breakup. I knew it was coming, Nico knew it was coming, Eve knew it was coming, everyone knew it was coming — and why — except for Titus, and it was excruciating. It’s like watching a car crash when it’s reached the point of inevitability and it’s going in slow-mo: you can’t do anything to stop it, so you can only watch it with horror.

Nico and Titus are a lovely match, with Nico putting his effrontery and ability to manage people at Titus’ disposal, and steering him toward a path where he can be happy. Nico’s good points are also his flaws, in a way that’s delightful to watch happen to someone else — it just all makes so much sense, and even his awareness of the likelihood of the third-act breakup is part of why things spin out of control for him.

Titus is a sweetheart; I feel that in some ways, his personality has been kicked out of him by his abusive childhood and abusive adult relationship, but we see glimmers of it all the same in his steadfast sticking to what’s right over what’s easy.

The ending involves some ridiculous dramatics, which I mean in the best way possible.

Overall, a lot of fun, I just wish that romance in general didn’t rely so heavily on the breakup and dramatic get-together, because knowing that’s coming — even though I know it’ll be made good — really saps my fun. I get that it’s part of how you add the conflict in, and Charles usually does so in a way that makes sense for the characters and scenario, something that feels natural rather than contrived… but I’m still not a fan of the structure.

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)

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Review – Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter

Posted March 3, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 8 Comments

Review – Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

by Heather Fawcett

Genres: Fantasy, Romance
Pages: 368
Rating: four-stars
Synopsis:

Agnes Aubert is very fond of making lists. These lists kept her afloat when she lost her husband two years ago. And now, as the founder of a cat rescue charity, her meticulous organization skills feel like the only thing standing between her beloved cats - His Majesty, Banshee and sweet elderly Thoreau, to name a few - and utter disaster.

But when Agnes is forced to move the charity, she soon discovers that her new shop is being used as a front; right under her feet is the lair of the decidedly disorganised - not to mention self-absorbed and infuriatingly handsome - Havelock Renard.

Havelock is everything Agnes doesn't want in her life: chaos, mischief, and a little too much adventure. But as she gets to know him, she discovers he's more than the dark magician of legend, and that she may be ready for a little intrigue, perhaps even romance. After all, second chances aren't just for rescue cats. . .

I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

I was keen to get hold of Heather Fawcett’s Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter more or less from the word go, based on the title and the fact that I really enjoyed the Emily Wilde books. And indeed, I had a lot of fun: Agnes is an older female character who lost her husband and now focuses just about constantly on the fortunes of her cat shelter, an endeavour which isn’t meeting with a lot of success in her city. She’s struggling to find a new landlord after the destruction of the last shelter, but gets drawn to a particular shop that other businesses seem to avoid.

Naturally that’s the start of the real trouble, since it turns out to be a front for an illicit magic business. Magic is particularly looked down on since a dreadful wizard recently tried to end the world — or at least, that’s what everyone assumed happened. You won’t be surprised to hear that we learn otherwise in the course of the story, though I won’t spoil the details.

There’s also a little touch of romance, and it’s partly that which made me feel like this was veeery reminiscent of Diana Wynne Jones’ Howl’s Moving Castle (a mixture of the book and the Studio Ghibli film, actually). I don’t mean plagiarism, just that it has certain vibes in common, to be clear. It’s not as humorous, and it’s a bit more clearly aimed at an adult audience (the romance is very light, but the characters aren’t teenagers and don’t have teenage concerns)… but something about the way the characters interact, and the story behind the magic, gives off those vibes.

I didn’t like it as much as the Emily Wilde books, I think, but I feel fondly about it and had a good time reading. And for those who read one of my other reviews lately where I pointed out that the cats got treated as objects for human convenience, I can reassure you that these cats were definitely their own creatures entirely. I felt a little sad about His Majesty here, but at the same time, he’s very much a cat… And that’s all I’ll say about that.

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)

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Review – The Beauty’s Blade

Posted February 28, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review – The Beauty’s Blade

The Beauty's Blade

by Feng Ren Zuo Shu

Genres: Fantasy, Light Novels, Romance
Pages: 394
Rating: three-stars
Synopsis:

Two powerful swordswomen face off in this enemies-to-lovers historical tale.

Ruthless and mercurial, Fu Wanqing is hardly the type of woman anyone expected to be heir to the jianghuā€™s preeminent righteous cultivation sect. Yet sheā€™s famous for more than just her attitude: her raw power and beauty are renowned, rivaled only by those of demonic sect leader Yu Shengyan.

As such, Fu Wanqing is determined to face her in battle; after all, she must prove herself not just worthy of her station, but superior beyond the rest!

Unfortunately, the ice-cold Yu Shengyan couldnā€™t be less interested in her challenge. Yet when Fu Wanqing offers the rare medicine Yu Shengyan needs to cure one of her comrades, she relents. The catch? Yu Shengyan must agree to stay by Fu Wanqingā€™s side for three months. Fu Wanqing is certain that by the end of their deal, sheā€™ll get her duelā€”but will her fascination with Yu Shengyan come to encompass more than just her sword?

I really wanted to be absolutely in love with Feng Ren Zuo Shi’s The Beauty’s Blade, the first baihe I’ve read. I love the cover, the inside art’s nice too, and I love that it flips various things on their heads (the fiery, impetuous, red-robed light-aligned cultivator, and the cool and virtuous head priestess of the demonic guild), and the whole presentation of the book is really pretty.

In the end, I did enjoy the book, but not as much as I hoped to. The story is a bit all over the place, with (at least to an English audience) lots of similar-looking names and unfamiliar terms. Some of the context I knew or could quickly work out from reading danmei, but terms like “jianghu” and “wulin” were new. There is a glossary in the back, at least, but still, it can be a lot to juggle. It did all come together for me in the end, given some time, but I can understand readers finding it a bit much — especially if they don’t have the context of reading other cultivation novels.

The two main characters are a lot of fun, though: Fan Wanqing and Yu Shengyan have a lot more in common than it appears at first, and their growing obsession with each other is quite fun. Unhealthy! But fun nonetheless. Fu Wanqing is less of a meathead than she appears at first, and Yu Shengyan has a lot more passion than it appears at first, and they both end up murderously possessive of one another.

I think at times certain parts of this felt rushed, or were maybe just underexplained for this audience (which it wasn’t written for, so that’s fair, but could maybe have been fixed with a bit of localisation), but overall I had fun. And though Fu Wanqing at the end indicates she’s no longer interested in the jianghu… I think they had fun wandering around messing things up together, and I expect they’ll continue, really.

Rating: 3/5 (“liked it”)

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Review – The Chromatic Fantasy

Posted February 25, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 2 Comments

Review – The Chromatic Fantasy

The Chromatic Fantasy

by H.A.

Genres: Fantasy, Romance
Pages: 300
Rating: four-stars
Synopsis:

A Faustian bargain kicks off in this gorgeously drawn graphic novel reminiscent of stained glass and illuminated manuscripts, telling the story of queer transmasc romance, daring adventure, and (literally) fighting your demons. Jules is a trans man trapped in his life as a nun. The devil that the convent guards against offers him a deal to escape: an illicit tryst and lifelong possession. Jules takes the deal, and begins his new life as a criminal who's impervious to harm. He soon meets Casper, another trans man and a poetic thief, and together they steal, lie, and cheat their way through bewildering adventures, and develop feelings for each other along the way. But as Jules and Casper's relationship deepens, so does the devil's jealous grasp...

H.A.’sĀ The Chromatic Fantasy is a pretty mad book, with beautiful colours and fun character designs, which seems mostly designed to satisfy the artist’s desire to show transmasculine characters having fun, falling in love, having sex in a variety of fun ways, and getting into trouble. It’s a weird mix of medieval-esque and modern elements, all jumbled together very energetically.

There’s minimal dysphoria in the story, to be clear, but it’s worth knowing that the characters are portrayed naked and as not having had surgery. There’s a reference or two to the possibility of surgery, but very minor.

It’s hard to explain exactly what happens in this book, it’s pretty nuts, but I enjoyed the artist’s enthusiasm.

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)

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Review – Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (light novel), vol 5

Posted February 20, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review – Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (light novel), vol 5

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

by MĆ² Xiāng TĆ³ng XiĆ¹

Genres: Fantasy, Light Novels, Romance
Pages: 489
Series: Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (LN) #5
Rating: four-stars
Synopsis:

THE END OF AN EPIC TALEā€“AND WHAT COMES AFTER

Foes, allies, and one reassembled fierce corpse converge on the Guanyin Temple for a climactic showdown. With decades-long schemes finally unveiled, and dark secrets unearthed, the events of this rain-battered night will decide not just the fate of the entire cultivation worldā€“but also that of a love story two lifetimes in the making.

Also included are eight short stories that focus on the future and the past. From magical incense burners to tense banquets, to lotus-pod hunting and nighttime expeditions with the juniors, these stories span from dawn to dusk and so much more!

It took me a while to get into MXTX’sĀ Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, but by book five I was definitely all in with the main pairing, and feeling a lot of affection for various characters — even Jiang Cheng, who is a brash idiot, but has a lot of love in his heart nonetheless. This book finishes off the main story and then has a bunch of extras.

So, first the main story. It felt like… there was a lot of build-up for not a lot of payoff, plot-wise? It gave time for Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian’s pining to really build itself up, and I can see that it brings all the threads together, but the ending is aĀ lot of talking and it kind of feels like it peters out, despite the confrontations, hostage situations, etc. The fact that it wasn’t all aimed squarely at Wei Wuxian made his and Lan Wangji’s involvement feel a touch… coincidental rather than necessary? It would’ve worked out differently without them, of course — it’s not like they’re superfluous — but… it felt like it was building up to something huge, and what happened felt largely like an explosion of intense interpersonal nonsense between powerful people and… I dunno, I’d been expecting more somehow?

In any case, the relationship between Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji finally reaches where it needed to go, and that part is lovely.

The extras mostly expand on that, showing us Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji’s married life. There are some details that I side-eye heavily (Bichen, for one thing, and self-lubrication, for another, along with Wei Wuxian’s tendency to go “no no no” when he means yes) but the emotional notes are lovely.

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)

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Review – Star and Hedgehog

Posted February 14, 2026 by Nicky in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review – Star and Hedgehog

Star and Hedgehog

by Nayuta Nago

Genres: Manga, Romance
Pages: 164
Rating: two-stars
Synopsis:

Ikumi Chiba is home for the summer from Tokyo, where he goes to university. Upon returning, Ikumi meets one of the gardeners who works in his family's yard, Harukiyo. Although Harukiyo looks tough and confident at first glance, Ikumi discovers that he is actually quite quiet and shy... Or maybe he is talkative and friendly, and he just doesn't like Ikumi!? They say 20% of the people in the world won't like you... Has Ikumi met his match?! Or maybe there's another reason why Harukiyo acts that way?!

Nayuta Nago’sĀ Star and Hedgehog was a bit of a random choice for me, something I found a bit randomly while exploring the manga in Comics Plus. The art was fairly generic-manga, but not bad, and it all felt a bit rushed and not really fleshed out. Harukiyo is kind of cold and grumpy initially, but it quickly turns out it’s because he has a massive crush, and he and Izumi leap into a relationship… then have a few months apart just talking on the phone… and then leap toward having sex.

In other words, it doesn’t feel like it flows very well, and it feels a bit insta-love-y, because they don’t really connect about anything except finding one another attractive and maaaaybe a bit Harukiyo’s interest in plants (they meet when his family are working in Izumi’s family’s garden).

Harukiyo’s brother’s relationship with him is kinda cute, though.

Anyway, not a massive winner for me, but not awful.

Rating: 2/5 (“it was okay”)

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