Alisa C. (wintermask) reviewed on 11/6/2012 + 22 more book reviews

The artwork in this volume played a huge part in my rating. Although I expect ukes to look younger, smaller, maybe even "prettier" than semes, I really don't like my boys to be girls. I actually don't mind fancy feminine hairstyles for long-haired characters in a fantasy setting, but the eyes and lips were also very feminine and in some cases the artwork even suggested breasts in the clothing. I'm also not a big fan of boys in dresses (in yaoi, I mean. Everyone likes a good drag show, right? ;-) ). The semes were conventionally male, but they were a pretty homogenous crew.
I did like the storybook or fairy tale feel of the first four stories. It was an original type of one-shot and often very pretty stories. The acrobat one seemed a bit weird, sort of like a punchline rather than a story.
My final complaints is that the dustjacket blurb is completely misleading as to the content of the stories. It indicates that the subject matter is D/s when nothing could be further from the truth. Most stories are shonen-ai rather than yaoi and none of them have anything to do with "desire that knows no other path but servitude" or any of the other similar statements made in the blurb.
The actual format of the book, quality of printing & material, nice heavy slip jacket, color quality on slip jacket, are all up to DMP's usual high standart. No complaints there.

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