A warm welcome to Alina Popescu She is stoppping by our blog today to talk about her new release , she talks to us about manga and there is a giveaway to enter!
Welcome Alina 🙂
Title: Strength to Let Go
Series: Tales of the Werewolf Tribes, Book One
Author: Alina Popescu
Genre: gay romance, paranormal, werewolves, paranormal romance, supernatural
Publisher: Wayward Ink Publishing
Synopsis
After being abandoned by his mates, Shiki Kirishima, beta of the Dragons of the Fang werewolf tribe, returns to his home in Tokyo.
Crippled by grief, Shiki decides to end it all by going into the territory of the Siberian Killers tribe and challenging them to a battle to the death.
His death.
Ganzorig, beta of the Siberian Killers, however, sees the potentially disastrous consequences of having Shiki die in battle.
Instead, he saves him.
Having suffered loss himself, Ganz takes it upon himself to help Shiki deal with his pain.
Blake, Shiki’s best friend since childhood, is as determined to show him there is life after a wolf’s ultimate loss.
Could there also be something more for them after friendship?
Manga and Anime Addicted Much? Why, Yes!
If you’ve spent any amount of time talking with me, you’ve figured out I am a geek. Or nerd. Whatever you want to call me. I think I prefer geekette just because it sounds awesome. Anyway, if we’ve spend a lot of time chatting and I haven’t mentioned anime or manga, I’m having an off day. Of my two tattoos, one is a cherry blossom, the other is an anime character turned into an angel… Yeah, I have issues.
Strength to Let Go was my chance to let my passion for Japanese stuff run wild. Shiki loves anime and manga, he is from Tokyo, he had a cherry blossom wedding, and his inspiration for outfits comes from Japanese rock idols. But if you think that’s where the anime inspired bits end, you’re wrong.
There are maid cafes in the book, which feature prominently in a lot of anime, and host clubs are mentioned as well. Some really amazing yaoi/shounen ai (think gay romance here, more or less heavy on the sex) manga are built around hosts and either their colleagues or their clients.
Shiki is addicted to mochi, which really is a big think around New Year’s in Japan, but also a part of an interesting episode that leads to some hot action between two guys. They just happen to be working as editors for a manga magazine…
Shiki’s surname, Kirishima, other than sounding nice, is the surname of a manga and anime character. Zen Kirishima is part of one of my favorite gay manga/anime universes. Two managa series and some spinoffs come from that universe. The series, Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi and Junjou Romantica, have been made into anime shows, and a spinoff was made into an animated movie. I can honestly say no one seems to be straight in that particular contemporary universe… Well, apart from the women going all crazy over the man on man action and, I think, a butler… Every male ever introduced is either gay or at least bi-curious. Oh, now that I think of it, I think the dog was straight too. Or maybe not, it had fabulous fur…
Wonder where the passion comes from? Well, anime series were a big thing in Romania while I was growing up. I had book boyfriends and anime boyfriends, lucky me! So it’s not really my fault, is it? What’s that? You want recommendations for hot guy on guy action in Japanese comics and animations? I am always happy to help!
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Prizes: $10 WIP Gift Card, 3 signed Bookmarks, and 1 ecopy of Strength to Let Go
Writer, traveler, and coffee addict, Alina Popescu has been in love with books all her life. She started writing when she was ten and she has always been drawn to sci-fi, fantasy, and the supernatural realm. Born and raised in Romania, she finds her inspiration in books of all genres, in movies, and the occasional manga comic book. She is a proud geek who needs her fast Internet and gadgets more than she needs air.
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