I LOVE MY LITTLE MUSHROOM AND HIS BOYFRIEND SO MUCH YOU DONT UNDERSTAND
this book was such a wild ride the plot was so great the characters and plot5/5
I LOVE MY LITTLE MUSHROOM AND HIS BOYFRIEND SO MUCH YOU DONT UNDERSTAND
this book was such a wild ride the plot was so great the characters and plot twists even better I laughed I cried I giggled and kicked my feet I loved this story SO SO MUCH
edit; okay now that its not several hours past my bedtime because I stayed up way too late finishing this, I wanted to add a legitimate review.
Firstly, this world is absolutely fantastic. Every time I thought I knew what was going to come next, I was proven wrong with yet another twist. I also absolutely LOVED seeing this world through An Zhe's perspective because, obviously, he had far less emotional attachment to what was going on (which was something that was addressed a few times throughout this story and I thought it was such an interesting convo). As a person who is quite passionate about climate change/the Earth, it was both horrifying and fascinating reading this take on what our world could become. My only gripe was that this became VERY scientific sci-fi in the last 200 pages or so and a lot of it went right over my head lol
Secondly, the romance. GOSH i loved the romance - I'm a huge fan of slow burn, and I'm also a huge fan of enemies to lovers, but somehow this story just hit so differently. I feel like in a lot of enemies to lovers I feel a bit disappointed because in reality I'm like "ya'll aren't ENEMIES, you just don't like each other" but this trope of instinctual/inherent enemies (like vampire/vampire hunter would be another example) is just SO much more interesting. Because they dont hate EACH OTHER, they hate WHAT THEY ARE, which makes them natural born enemies. I think that's just such a more powerful story as they slowly get to know each other and fall in love. I also loved how the slow burn MADE SENSE, sometimes it gets annoying when the two mcs so obviously like each other but something (cough communication cough) keeps them apart, it just feels annoying and useless. But, in this, the slow burn was the literal end of humanity keeping the two of them apart LOL
Thirdly, these characters were all just SO FANTASTIC. At first, I was a little bit sad that we kept meeting people who ultimately got left behind/died, but then I became impressed with just how well Shishi managed to make such realistic, complex, and deep characters every single time. Obviously Lu Feng and An Zhe were fantastic - I really appreciate it in a romance when both the characters can stand alone as interesting people outside of their relationship with each other
Fourthly, I LOVED the ending. I'm a HUGE fan of open endings/ambiguous endings so I honestly would have been happy with where the "the end" was. But, the epilogues were just so good! I loved seeing the two of them together after the fact. And I absolutely was not expecting the on page (view spoiler)[breeding (hide spoiler)] kink like damn lu feng okay.
Overall I just really really REALLY loved this one and highly recommend it <3...more
this story is somehow so so endearing about this little mushroom who just wants to get his baby back while al5/5stars
I'm absolutely OBSESSED WITH THIS
this story is somehow so so endearing about this little mushroom who just wants to get his baby back while also being so intense and insane with stakes that just get higher and higher (but also feel very natural and make a lot of sense)
I absolutely love our characters and the romance so far, but story is also just SO GOOD like world is so well developed and the actual plot is so good and the romance is so good but the story can stand on its own without the romance. That's the type of romance I like where yes the romance is amazing love it A+ but the story can stand alone without the romance yk?
This world especially is so incredibly unique and interesting and I think I could read about our lil mushroom boy and his story without Lu Feng at all (even though I also love him and love their dynamic!), seeing this world and humanity through An Zhe is just so fascinating and I'm loving it
I'll be diving into book 2 immediately - I need to know what happens next!!!...more
This has such an interesting start but wow so little happened in this massive volume - there are so few panels per page, it felt like such a t4/5stars
This has such an interesting start but wow so little happened in this massive volume - there are so few panels per page, it felt like such a tiny fraction of the story was in this volume. Considering it was $30 I would have assumed there'd be more to it but... i'm curious to see what happens next but idk if i'm $30/volume curious...more
MAN the first volume of this was so strong, but this one blew me away. This book truly has everything - I'm MARRIED THRICE TO SALTED FISH PT 2 5/5stars
MAN the first volume of this was so strong, but this one blew me away. This book truly has everything - I'm obsessed with the two main characters, especially Qingyu with his pretty face and horrible intentions. The progression of the romance in this literally had me kicking my feet and screaming every time anything happened - I just LOVE a good slow burn.
SO much happened in this volume to progress the plot as well (view spoiler)[ I absolutely thought that Jiang was going to transmigrate into Xiao Cheng but then HE ACTUALLY DIED? literally in 1 paragraph him and the emperor were both dead i was like BI KA BI PLEASE THAT WAS SO SUDDEN!!! (hide spoiler)] also the development of the world is SO INTERESTING (view spoiler)[ I really loved hearing about the original book that they are in and how it has changed because of qingyu/jiang's interference. I also loved all the talk about the protagonists and how they have become the protagonists because of all the changes it was just so meta and interesting (hide spoiler)]
But also ya girl was CRYING like when Qingyu woke up on Ju Wancheng's death anniversary? SOBBING
I have SO MANY THEORIES for the finally "part" of this and then I've already heard the extras are amazing so I'm sure I will love it. I will be reading it IMMEDIATELY!...more
I liked this but I didn't LOVE it. It was very fun and ridiculous like the first, but I think the author tried to add in some angst where it3.5/5stars
I liked this but I didn't LOVE it. It was very fun and ridiculous like the first, but I think the author tried to add in some angst where it didn't necessarily fit. I also think things just happened VERY fast - like a problem would be introduced and within 10-20 pages it would be figured out.
I also think this was the first danmei i've read where it's VERY obvious it was serialized and that the author was writing it as she went along and was writing it based on fan's reactions. Because Li Yu literally goes back on his own thoughts like three times in this volume and it just felt very messy and unclear WHY he thought one way and then completely changed his thinking 2 pages later yk?
Also I've heard all the rumors about this danmei being mpreg but... from where we are at the end of this volume i'm so confused as to how this is going to happen LOL
also is this really going to be 4 volumes?? i thought it was going to be 3 but now I see 4 listed and I'm like bro how the HELL are we going to stretch this into 2 more books???...more
This series is good, not GREAT. I like it but i don't LOVE it.
The story is interesting enough but I'm just not a huge fan of reading about c3.5/5stars
This series is good, not GREAT. I like it but i don't LOVE it.
The story is interesting enough but I'm just not a huge fan of reading about celebrities it's a bit boring for me. But I do like these characters. If I stumble across the other volumes for cheap, I'll read them, but I won't be going out of my way to continue this series...more
I really like how we are following an established relationship, I feel like that's not something we get very often in romance stories! I lik3.5/5stars
I really like how we are following an established relationship, I feel like that's not something we get very often in romance stories! I like the main two characters, esp with how they're dif in the bedroom than you'd expect based on their personalities lol...more
this was a really fun little oneshot! its a trope I really like aka "the mc is an omega but pretends to be an alpha". the art is really pretty4/5stars
this was a really fun little oneshot! its a trope I really like aka "the mc is an omega but pretends to be an alpha". the art is really pretty, it was fun, it was funny, but also serious (but not TOO serious). a good one shot to check out if you like modern omegaverse stuff!...more
this was WILD. I love horror romance its kinda my preferred genre to read and write and this was absolutely insane like had me whispering "wha4/5stars
this was WILD. I love horror romance its kinda my preferred genre to read and write and this was absolutely insane like had me whispering "what the fuck" out loud to myself at 1am while I was reading it. The art is GORGEOUS, but there are some pretty serious triggers in this one so def look that up before trying it. The only part that brought it down a bit for me was that there was SO MUCH happening it was really hard to keep up with, which I guess makes sense since our mc also had no idea what was going on/was finding it hard to keep up with everything happening lol...more
everyone is absolutely LOVING this series rn so i dont think i'm going to be in the majority here but i just did not mesh with this book. here2/5stars
everyone is absolutely LOVING this series rn so i dont think i'm going to be in the majority here but i just did not mesh with this book. here's a few things i found wrong with it
- the pacing. oh my god why was every scene 2 pages long? Why did we jump SO MUCH in between scenes? there were no transitions. Also whenever something big actually happened, it was 2 panels long and then done we have moved on entirely the next page. I just couldn't get into any part of this cause it was changing a panel later. I've never experienced this with any other manga i've ever read so idk how to even explain it T-T
- the mcs relationship was boring im sorry like all they talk about is the bl manga exchange they have going on i get that thats the premise but also good lord we are three volumes in PLEASE have SOME sort of relationship/character growth?
- honestly the entire story is kinda boring i was expecting way more from such a fun premise
so yeah just not a series for me so I'll be ending my reading of it here....more
I decided I wanted to do my reviews for Married Thrice to Salted Fish for each arc to keep my thoughts in liMARRIED THRICE TO SALTED FISH PT 1 4/5stars
I decided I wanted to do my reviews for Married Thrice to Salted Fish for each arc to keep my thoughts in line SO I'M USING THIS TO REVIEW THE FIRST "ARC" AKA THE BEGINNING TO.... if you've read it you know
i absolutely LOVE this story - the characters are so believable and so real, I love their relationship (the slow burn is SO REAL) and how they banter and tease each other. i really really love qingyu as a character and how he really breaks the mold of what the pretty, feminine, "wife" character is in most danmei. He is so badass and I love how he's kind of a terrible person but its okay cause his husband encourages him to be a bad person LOL
the politics within the palace are so entertaining and ridiculous but not TOO convoluted or hard to follow. it's been the perfect combination of everything.
I'm giving it a 4 though just because I wish we got more of their relationship and less stuff about what was going on in the house... but its a very high 4 esp for the ending scene like GOSH I cried so hard esp at (view spoiler)[Qingyu putting on his wedding dress and Wancheng not being able to see anymore like literally punch me in the face it would hurt less (hide spoiler)]
I can't wait to continue on in this though!!...more
This was so classic T. Kingfisher which means I obviously loved it. She's so good at unsettling houses, interesting characters, and crazy fami4/5stars
This was so classic T. Kingfisher which means I obviously loved it. She's so good at unsettling houses, interesting characters, and crazy family dynamics. But also, what's up with horror novels and roses??? i stg i've read several horror books recently that have to do with roses...more
Yes I read this ENTIRE SERIES today - I LOVED it!! so cute but fun and goofy and silly but serious and intense and STEAMY VERY STEAMY (i love 5/5stars
Yes I read this ENTIRE SERIES today - I LOVED it!! so cute but fun and goofy and silly but serious and intense and STEAMY VERY STEAMY (i love how creative this author was with our smut scenes sometimes BL can be so boring with the vanilla queer sex over and over)