Moonlit Promises
Souya Himawari
Publisher: DMP
ISBN:10: 1569706026
Release Date: Out now!
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes
Life for Roh wasn’t always fun, when he had to survive on the streets under his own rules. Finding food and keeping out of trouble, he managed even if he practically starved doing it, but what he didn’t anticipate was an old man taking him off those mean streets, and bringing him into his home. |There he made him his grandson rather than a poor orphan who had no opportunity for a decent life. Disaster comes to Roh though once the kind man who took him in dies unexpectedly, and he has to help out another person he has become tied to during his stay there.
This novel is a series of stories, the first, Swan Song is about a young man who is passed around as a pet for rich men to play with, and one day he gets his wings and proves he is a brilliant enough pet for his true master. It is full of sensuality, kink and nakedness fans of yaoi will adore. Moonlit Promises, the title of the novel is the second in the series here where Roh and Seishin grow up together at the old man’s house and become the best of friends. After the old man dies, Roh takes a job as a barman at a local club, to curb their money woes, and does his best to provide for the younger Seishin. In Magic of the Ring Part One and Two shows the escapades of archaeologists in deepest, sunniest Egypt who are tracking down something ancient and interesting.
Souya's work is impressive and gives the reader the benefit of her expertise with tone and shade, her art is also active in places, and has a subtle humour about it that fans of yaoi manga enjoy more than any thing else. Author of Right Here, Right Now, Souya is set to be a real fan favourite among the yaoi manga circuit with her distinctive style and intriguing stories. It is a real change to see stories in a manga novel rather than the usual lengthy and ongoing story that many are used to seeing. Many short stories can get the reader seeing what kind of writer the manga-ka is, and how the characters in turn respond to certain situations.
Verdict: Souya’s latest offering proves that stories can be just as much fun as novels – Each story is a delight to read, and serves as a showcase for future readers who will grow to enjoy her work.
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