RavensDagger

The end of book one ended mid-scene, which is one of the reasons I just slide directly into reading this book here. Which picks up the scene the prior book ended with.

So - the 16 year old earthling continues on her adventures on a different world, a world other than Earth, and a world where people can "level up" "classes" and "skills" and stuff. Broccoli, the main character, continues with the friend she picked up, adds a few more along the way, and remeets other some of the characters she briefly meet in book one.

For reasons that escape me, I ended up liking this book more than I did the previous book.

Another addictive read I needed to continue gulp down over a short period of time.

I'm not sure if it's because the main character is 16, or they are just naive and clueless, but there's an underlying lesbian story/plot/vibe going on in this story that Broccoli is completely ignorant about. Which would normally be fine, of course, to overlook such a vibe/etc., except that Broccoli is one of the people involve which would make it be a lesbian relationship. There are broad hints by others, but I am not actually 100% sure the others really are pointing out the subplot-line. Though I know Broccoli herself is 100% unaware of the situation. It's vaguely uncomfortable to read, as I feel like we are building up to a massive misunderstanding/blow-up. On the other hand, Broccoli goes out of her way to tell any and everyone that her ultimate dream involves living in a small fenced house in a calm peaceful location with two kids and a handsome husband. Sooo . . . it'd be harder for . . . anyone confused . . . to . . right, I don't know what's happening, or why there's this vague undercurrent going on. Reminds me of that Sophie Fouriner series wherein Sophie just doesn't realize she's an asexual, or that there's a woman that fancies her . . . and stuff.

Where was I? What was I attempting to write? Bah, I'll move on.

Rating: 4.45

March 14 2021… (meer)

I started this book simply because I didn't want the book I'd read immediately before it to end. And this one seemed similar. And stuff. A human ends up on a different world, in a non-human shape, doing stuff that "levels them up" and is gaming like and stuff, yet in a world where the people in it are "real" in their element, even with that gaming leveling stuff going on.

That, at least, was what I thought I was going to get based on the book description, reviews, and book cover. And it was, in a way, like that. Except that the cover lies. Though I didn't immediately realize since the main character becomes the title of the book - a Cinnamon Bun. That's right, they became bread with icing on them (heh, no). No, what I mean is that a "pop-up" occurs, that tells them that they have a new class - the Cinnamon Bun class. This occurred immediately after arriving in the new world, and they hadn't looked at a mirror or anything, yet.

So, the cover of the book, the name of the book, etc., made me think they'll become a bun. You know, a bunny.



But no. They go from being a human to being . . . . a human. darn.

Right, so, you know how I mentioned that prior book? The one I loved and didn't want to end? It starred someone who was 19 years old in the book. I don't think I mentioned that before, in the book or anywhere else. Mostly because that age never really played a part in the book. Didn't matter that they were, technically, still a teenager. I mention all of this because the main character in this book is 16.

And they really seem to be sixteen here, as in a teenager. They were a mix of naive and . . . less than naive. But let's move beyond that. Also beyond comparing this book and the prior.

So - a young woman of 16 is in the middle of a boring class, I believe it was a Math class. A somewhat loud noise occurs, but apparently, only Broccoli Bunch hears the noise (and yes the main 16 year old female human character is named . . . Broccoli Bunch; and yes her parents were/are druggy hippies - at least Broccoli calls them that). Then some kind of "thing" appears, a box?, and it asks if Broccoli wants an adventure. And, so, naturally, Broccoli choices yes. Whereupon she is taken from Earth and moved to a fantasy world.

Whereupon events unfolded during which Broccoli was very bubbly and skiply and stuff, and deeply desirous of finding friends with any and everything - including skeletons, ghosts, and other random things found in her path.

Right, so, the book wasn't what I was hoping for, wasn't what I was expecting, etc. etc. and I yet I kept getting pulled into the story. Somewhere along the way, not sure where, I ended up rather enjoying the book. To the point that, when the book ended, I just continued on with reading book 2 in the series.

Rating: 4.40

March 13 2021… (meer)