Introductions

No real plot, just as the title said - introduction to the characters.
But, I got a say it was a page turner and very addictive. Probably will try couple more books to see if I find a connection to the characters because this is the type of a series where the plot spans through all the books.

The cover was very misleading. It shows a confident looking girl in a fancy school uniform. Sang is really an incredibly shy girl without many socializing skills due to her mom being very controlling and agoraphobic. This book is about her first encounters with all the boys (too many to keep track of x.x). Sang later finds out that the boys have some secrets regarding their school.
I really liked this book. It was nothing like what I thought it would be (mainly because of the cover). Some people may call Sang a Mary Sue but I've been missing this kind of simplicity for a while now. It feels somewhat refreshing. I definitely recommend it because it's easy to imagine in your mind as you read along.

I have no truly good reason for reading this book. Sure, I've experienced reverse harem anime - and my share of otome VN's - but never a reverse harem in this medium. However, it was free and while trying to find something to catch my attention, I came across it.

Did I enjoy it? Yup.

Was it a good book? Nope.

;)

I am, however, quite a bit older than the target audience - I did enjoy it though. You see, after a couple of truly horrible ‘love interests' I was looking for a book that would have some romance, but the guy/s would be nice and bear no resemblance to a Neanderthal slug.

Knowing what I do about reverse harem - and how the guys are usually all sweethearts, even if I don't always like them all - I decided that the guys would probably be pleasant to be around, at least.

When you befriended one, you befriended them all.

And they were. All the guys are nice - though sometimes it feels like their personalities aren't quite settled. Almost as though they don't even hit the stereotypes that most of these type of guys have instead of personality. But they were sweet and good looking and that's exactly what I was wanting.

Sang, the ‘lucky' MC that has half-a-dozen boys fawning over her, is actually pretty typical for this genre.

“I hope it doesn't mean Mr. McCoy dislikes my skirt because he doesn't look good in skirts.”

She's inexperienced with people in general and boys in particular. She has a absolutely horrible home life with an abusive mother. (And I tell you, one of those scenes was especially cringe-worthy.) She's kind of klutzy and air headed - but, I'm telling you - I didn't hate her for it.

Maybe I was just in the right mood for this book, but I wanted to hug her and protect her from that evil mother of hers.

There really isn't much of a plot here, just introducing everyone. Seriously, we spent a whole, rather long, chapter shopping at the mall! For pity's sake, they cook breakfast together. How cute is that!

If I were going to compare this book to food, it would be caramel popcorn: it tastes great in small batches but you'll never get full on it and if you eat too much you'll feel sick.

I wouldn't mind reading more of this series, but with a projected twenty books so far, and not even half that published, I don't think I have the patience.

(Originally posted on my blog: http://pagesofstarlight.blogspot.com/)

This was definitely a could-have-read-in-one-sitting sort of book. It was perfectly written, though maybe a little short. I loved how the author didn't linger on the more serious issues in the book, but gave them enough depth to understand the main character's home situation.

This book fell into one of my biggest pleasures and that's reverse harems! I dare anyone to name one that I haven't heard about already. (Seriously, though I could always use new recs, doesn't matter which genre they're set in.)

I picked up Introductions on Kindle for two reasons: 1) it was free and 2) I loved Thief and really wanted to try out more C.L. Stone. Highly recommend if you love reverse harems too!