Their bonds prove to be

stronger than the harsh edge
of their personalities.

This book has become part of the party in Gorydetails latest June 2014 '[US] shrinking yaoi manga bookbox'! ;)

http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/20/508024

These are always my favorite bookrings. It's too bad there aren't more people to participate in it. Still, it's always fun!

So off this book goes, to find new readers! :D

I pulled this out of the bookbox and read it quickly, only to find I already had a copy of this on my shelves! heehee

Here's what I thought:
I liked this one a lot. Kei, an interior decorator, and Okumura, a rich businessman, dance the dance of attraction and uncertainty for a long time. Even after they finally get together, they're not so sure how to be together. I really enjoyed the sexy discussion about ties that kicked the whole thing off, and was pleased to see it come up again later on as well.

The short bonus stories were also quite nice, especially as one of them involve these characters as well. Watching the guys get together for the first time in "Near the Rainbow, And You" was sweet.

This book came home in the yaoi bookbox today; many thanks! All the more so as it's been on my wishlist for a while now. Hooray! (I enjoyed Volume Two, and now I can go back and see what led up to it.)

Later: Very enjoyable read, with artwork that I like a lot, and with characters who - for all the emotional game-playing - are more equal than in many yaoi stories. I also like the nods to the actual jobs of the characters, showing more layers to their personalities and lives than simply "when will they get together".

The bonus story "Near the Rainbow and You" looked as if it was going to get into "older man taking advantage of youth" territory, but the author deftly flipped that, and threw in some lost-boy issues as well. And the short-short "Early Summer" was a nice look at the two main characters in a setting where they aren't wearing suits {wry grin}.

I'm adding this book to k00kaburra's manga bookbox, which will go in the mail on Monday. Hope someone enjoys it!

*** Released as part of the 2015 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***

*** Released as part of the 2015 June Brides release challenge, for "love". ***

Taken from the bookbox

I'm not normally much of a yaoi fan, but I actually liked this one enough to read a second time! I found the characters more engaging than I expected and actually found their push/pull relationship entertaining rather than frustrating. There are a bunch of tropes being turned on their heads here, and as a whole the characters seem more mature and reasonable than most romantic dramas. It is a nice change to have characters actually tell each other what is bothering them instead of stewing and causing misery.

The art is solid, if not particularly interesting to look at, and works well while conveying the moods of each tale.

This book is setting out as one of the starter books for the Manga and Graphic Novel Relay Game

I think I'll keep this one because it's been forever since I have read any yaoi. =)

I'm sending this tomorrow or next week to the winner of the manga & graphic novel sweeps.

Book is back in Florida after a long tour!

Thank you so much slipperbunny for this nice book!! I do enjoy some Yaoi, and everybody's review sounds positive. Really appreciate you sending this book, doubly so when I notice the postage. Almost €10 for surface mail for a book? That's pretty pricey, even though I found out that during my BC con trip that in Oslo even waiters make over US$20 an hour and that €10 doesn't buy me a glass of beer.

While the artwork is very good, and the plot actually quite solid - the characters do have a life besides their relationship, I somehow didn't like he story much. Maybe I am straight forward and all the game-playing annoys me.

Saving this for the manga book box.

This came back in my manga & graphic novel book box.

I loved the artwork. But something about the story just bugged me...

Released during ACEN. Left on a table in the entertainment hall.