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This book was recommended to me by Amazon based off the books I have bought in the past. Normally, the recommendations are way off, causing me to give them all a solid pass. This book, however, I am glad I decided to take the chance on!

I've read that it feels like a Japanese manga in feel and overall topic. Having read that there is much truth in it. I could just picture seeing the action laid out panel to panel, the descriptions the author gives vivid without getting too bogged down.

I really appreciated the author's approach to the supernatural/fantasy genre. The main character is flawed, her family history a constant source of turmoil. In many of the books I have read the main character usually has their act together right from the start, and doesn't have the demons most of us have to deal with in real life. This approach allows the reader to identify and connect with the main character early, and through that her struggles become more real for the reader, more meaningful. The action is well-paced, and the writing is well done for a first novel, being humorous when it needs to be, and tense when appropriate.

My only complaint about the book was that I became so engrossed in it by the time I realized it it was over :) There were very few grammar/spelling mistakes, which is a refreshing change nowadays. I have certainly added this author to my watch list.


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I was intrigued by the whole idea of this book. The author was very creative and imaginative. And I found myself deeply involved with the story and the characters in the story. Great book. Wish there were more.
Loved the interactions between the leading ladies, the action and romance really blended together well. The snow scene where feelings were first realized was my favorite. Give this story a read and a purchase, there isn't much in the way of great girl/girl adventures out there and this is one of my faves.
Bound Together is a great story with strong characters, a good action plot, and enough humor and cuteness to fill your heart up for at least a week. There are some predictable spots, but sufficient surprises and clever dialogue to make up for the "Yep! Saw that coming" moments. The relationship between Karin and Misaki is devastatingly sweet and the way Misaki's character comes to life as the story unfolds is wonderful to behold.
I could gush on and on about this book in my head, but unfortunately, my writing skills can't keep up. So I'm just going to sum up what I liked most.
The author puts quite a bit of herself within the novel, and it works out so well. The main character's (Karin's) family is fleshed out and actually plays a large role in not only the plot, but also in her personality and growth. The other protagonist is shown to have grown throughout the course of the novel, changes which are seen as a direct result of events and little nudges. The world is different from our own, but just slightly enough to know that it's still set within our world. It's well-paced and each chapter of the book is broken into appropriately sectioned arcs. Within each arc is a masterful synergy of 26 letters, over and over, that just leaves you reading and hungry for more. There's just so much I love about the story, and I just camt put it into words.

But honesty, I just want to get back to the characters. The antagonists of the novel are so representative of the unfortunate mix of tradition and current values. They're highly patriarchal, condescending, and traditional in all sense of the words. It serves as a reminder that the entire world isn't as open to gender equality, or understanding, as America is striving to be. Although the antagonists are traditionalists, we see that Karin's mother, Yoshiko, is the other side of the coin. She shows that tradition is important to her, but not enough to not be able to overcome them for the sake of her daughters. Yoshiko also shows that women over 50 can still be super nerds and play a lot of games, and that's just something I found interesting, considering that the gamer demographic is mostly children to young adults. So-Yi, Karin's sister, is paragon of both an Asian's struggle with anything LGBT to their traditionally strict families and of a transgender woman who has her life all together. She's a bright hope for LGBT Asians and transgender people for all that she is, though her involvement in the novel is minimal to all but Karin's development throughout her years. Misaki is amazing, showing that years of abuse can be overcome, albeit she's a much stronger person than a regular person. Finally, Karin. There's so much I love about her. She defies quite a lot of expectations for a 29 year-old woman. Doesn't have her life put together, unhappy, single, and a virgin. Adult life is weird, but most media show that by 29, people should have their lives put together. Not Karin, and it helps to think that I don't have to have my life all set up like a nice puzzle within a set time limit.

What really got me was how the author just wrote a badass story with a great cast, and wrangled in not one, but two LGBT couples. The main characters no less. I love seeing an amazing adventure that just so happens to have LGBT protagonists that also fall in love over the course of the novel. It just feels normal, you know?
The meta-tags putting this in the LGBT fantasy section are almost irrelevant -- it's an excellent fantasy read, period. Very complex characters, their interactions feel real - the protagonist in particular is one of the better EveryPerson heroes I've come across. The hero isn't mythic, they have faults, flaws. Things aren't going well at work. They have the sort of baggage a real person you might meet would have -- but flung into a fantastic situation bubbling out of an urban near future setting.

There are elements borrowed from Asian manga and literature but they're woven in to the Western setting nicely. It's a bonus for anime/manga fans and doesn't interfere or detract for other readers. It did not feel jarring to have a being who resembles a mythic kitsune but re-imagined as the sentient avatar of a ... spoiler.

One of the things I liked best just from a storytelling persepective? I could not discern what "sex/gender/etc" the protagonist was for a fair number of pages. Their thoughts were written as a person, a professional, curmudgeon ... the details of culture and plumbing were simply irrelevant until pertinent to the story. That skill in deferring that attribute fascinated me. Worth the investment.

As is the case with almost any book today whether from a big publisher or an indie author -- one has to mention the quality of the spelling, grammar, formatting. It's good - did not spot any problems. Buy, read, enjoy.
This book was recommended to me by based off the books I have bought in the past. Normally, the recommendations are way off, causing me to give them all a solid pass. This book, however, I am glad I decided to take the chance on!

I've read that it feels like a Japanese manga in feel and overall topic. Having read that there is much truth in it. I could just picture seeing the action laid out panel to panel, the descriptions the author gives vivid without getting too bogged down.

I really appreciated the author's approach to the supernatural/fantasy genre. The main character is flawed, her family history a constant source of turmoil. In many of the books I have read the main character usually has their act together right from the start, and doesn't have the demons most of us have to deal with in real life. This approach allows the reader to identify and connect with the main character early, and through that her struggles become more real for the reader, more meaningful. The action is well-paced, and the writing is well done for a first novel, being humorous when it needs to be, and tense when appropriate.

My only complaint about the book was that I became so engrossed in it by the time I realized it it was over ) There were very few grammar/spelling mistakes, which is a refreshing change nowadays. I have certainly added this author to my watch list.