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I don’t know how this book managed to surpass my expectations but it did by leaps and bounds. A perfect world, magic system, writing style, structure, and cast of characters. I was convinced I’d be saying it was too long, but if anything it could have been longer - I would spend forever in this incredible world with these life like characters. Loved this.

Review to come!

I forgot how much I loved these. Everything is there - the world building, the characters, the plot, the art. Literally they are so good. So glad I picked this up after the break, will continue reading (especially after that ending!)

A very action packed volume! It felt more cohesive than previous volumes which I liked, mostly because we’re now in the main climax without much possibility for jumping around. I always love getting to see Aizawa (my favourite), but I also loved that the latter half seemed to be mostly from our villains point of view. This was really fun and interesting, but also allowed us to see Koichi in a different light which was great! Can’t wait for the next volume.

A lot of what I liked about TLWTASAP was in here: the world building, the different species, the conversations about personhood, the casual and accepted queerness (great genderfluid rep!). However I liked the structure and plot of this less. The quick switching between POVs meant I didn’t get a chance to sit with each character, so I didn’t really get attached to them. This wasn’t a fault of the character development, in fact I thought the characterisations were done well, it was more that I wanted more time with each. It also made the reading of the book feel a bit clunky or stilted. I liked the end more than the rest of the book, which felt like very long set up, so I would have enjoyed it coming into play earlier or lasting a bit longer. Essentially, there was stuff I liked about this, and stuff I didn’t. I’d recommend if you are really eager to follow Pepper and Sidra after TLWTASAP, or if you want more AI content. Otherwise, I would be satisfied with just the first book.

This was a fun volume, split into two interesting halves. I enjoyed watching All Might in his prime in the beginning, but the chase scene with Koichi vs pros was SO much fun. Watching him is so great, and I always love cameos from some of my favourite characters!

This book felt like someone aged me up ten years, gave me the power of time travel, and then wrote down every thought I had. This made it feel both incredibly relatable, raw, and realistic, but also at times like I was reading through a list of thoughts I could have had by myself and therefore not always the most enjoyable experience. I think this is partially because whilst it did have time travel elements, they were largely unexplained and just an addition to the main character’s life, leaving it still feeling like a contemporary which is very much not my thing (although obviously a me problem). The writing style was very casual, which made you feel connected to the main character and made it an easy read, but it wasn’t my favourite style, and also I think skewed the pacing sometimes. I would have liked to see a bit more of Cassie dealing with her diagnosis, as she spends the majority of this book unaware of her autism and only realised it near the end. I think coming to terms with it, especially after not having even considered it before, is a really important experience that was left out here. Still, I think this book has amazing autism representation, and you can really tell the author put her heart and soul into it. Cassie was an incredibly relatable and meaningful character to me, and watching her story arc and coming to terms with herself was very powerful. The story arc itself was great too, I loved how the relationships changed and developed

especially the sister relationship. I also love that things didn’t work out with Will - sometimes, as much as you try, you just aren’t compatible with someone, and that’s ok.

. I think I would definitely recommend this to anyone who likes contemporary a bit more than me.

The majority of this volume is backstory and flashback, with a heavy emphasis on cameos from the original series. I did think it was a lot of fun, and I LOVED seeing a young Mirko, I think she’s such a great character, but it did feel a little out of place. Cameos from the main villains of the original series make it feel like backstory for my hero itself, rather than vigilantes, and I missed Koichi here. Still, I’m excited to see how the rest of this flashback plays out and also what is going on in the current timeline!

This was such a unique and interesting commentary on evil and abuse. The conversations and themes in here are so important and done so well, and they way they are framed through the utopian setting and fantasy elements make the whole story so compelling and powerful. I loved the representation in here and the completely accepting world - Jam coming out to her parents as trans so young and them immediately accepting her had me sobbing in the best way. I also loved the disability rep and casual use of sign. The family dynamics, both blood and found, were amazing, and I could have done with even more of it. Pet was such an interesting character and I loved the conversations where he and Jam’s morals slightly diverged, they were so interesting. This book was compelling, powerful, and utterly necessary, and I would definitely recommend. 

I really liked this volume for the most part. I think the characters are really interesting and I love exploring their motivations and passions. I especially liked the ending, it feels like Yatora is really coming into his own!
I do have complex feelings about the queer rep. Yuka feels like a trans girl to me, but is labelled a drag queen in here and the other characters use he/him pronouns for them. I like a lot of what they say, but I hate how the other characters respond to it a lot of the time. I’m interesting to see how it develops and whether it becomes good rep or not (hopefully the former!)