Traci Chee

"Come on. There is so much more out there than this.

"For a girl?"

"For anyone brave enough to look."

I didn't mesh with the writing style here. I found it dry and dull. Perhaps, it's because this is more plot-driven, but I had no connection to the cast. Too many details of Miuko's clumsiness and random other things that no one truly cared about.

There were some good points of commentary about gender roles and expectations of women in Miuko's time period as well as an introduction to a time loop. But the writing still couldn't capture my interest.

The characters were bland to me despite Miuko's whole character arc of allowing herself to be more than a simple servant girl-- even if it meant accepting the supernatural. Geiki was kind of just there to play the sidekick role, and I didn't believe in their friendship. Demon dude was sort of interesting, but no one in this story made me want to turn the next page.

For those reasons, I had a lackluster reading experience. Somehow, I think this story would work better in a different medium such as animation. Overall, too slow-paced and dry for me.

[this rating is not due to quality of writing but rather personal enjoyment]… (mere)