REVIEW: Touch My Brother and You Die, Vol. 3 (book) by Morpho

Touch My Brother and You Die is a Korean fantasy comedy series. I bought my copy of this volume new.

Review:

Rosalite is sent to the Largole Empire to negotiate some stuff and ends up taking full advantage of the fourth imperial prince's instant adoration of Aster (Rosalite's bodyguard/lady's maid?). After a successful experience, Rosalite heads back home (with a new member of her household in tow, who she plans to use as a living printer/copier), only to find herself neck deep in what are essentially personnel problems: Jack Brown runs away due to issues with his sister, Glen is stressed and frustrated to the point where he actually plans to make some demands, and Rosalite's father is mad because she's willingly calling Sage Oswald "papa."

The publisher's description for this implies that there will be more tension and racing against the clock than there actually is. Glen's mother is barely in this, and Rosalite has hardly a thought to spare for the supposed apocalypse on the horizon.

Hey, I finally reviewed one of these volumes soon after finishing it! Not that it made much of a difference. I can remember particular events better, but the overarching story, whatever it is at this point, is still super foggy in my mind. 

The brief period from Jack Brown's POV was nice and all, except that his POV didn't feel all that different from Rosalite's, beyond him having a few thoughts about Rosalite's actions and those around her that didn't match up with Rosalite's own feelings.

I really need to stop reading this series. I have so many better things to read. 

REVIEW: Touch My Brother and You Die, Vol. 2 (book) by Morpho

Touch My Brother and You Die is a fantasy comedy series. I bought my copy of this volume new.

Review:

As usual, I should have reviewed this closer to the time when I finished it. All I can recall, at this point, is that Rosalite leaned on Glen's capable self even more (stressing him out and causing him to, rightfully, doubt that she has any interest in him as a man or even a person), and then she spent a great deal of time obsessing over Prince Marius (the third imperial prince of Largole, a neighboring kingdom) and his sexy muscles.

It probably didn't help that I'd read the first volume over a year prior, but for some reason I couldn't follow anything that was going on in this. I kept wishing that the author would let up on the "hilariously enraged/frustrated" tone enough to give a recap of a few events, and maybe more info on who some of the characters were and why they were at all important to Rosalite's overall goals. Speaking of which, what even are Rosalite's goals? I know she wants to do whatever necessary to keep from dying and being reborn yet again, and that that involves keeping her brother from attracting the romantic attentions of a bunch of the book's male characters, but that doesn't explain many of her actions.

I finished this thinking "I should probably stop here." And then, for some reason, I got volume 3. I guess I was hoping it would improve and/or start making more sense?

REVIEW: Touch My Brother and You Die, Vol. 1 (book) by Morpho

Touch My Brother and You Die is a fantasy light novel, or whatever the Korean version happens to be called. I bought my copy new.

Review:

I finished this back in October 2023 and should have reviewed it closer to that time. Here's what I can recall: the heroine, Rosalite, suddenly comes to the realization that she's a minor character in a BL novel starring her brother, Asterion (Rion). His story is a tragic one and ends with him being killed or committing suicide, which automatically resets Rosalite's life to age 16. She's tired of this and just wants to live her life and study magic in peace, except Rion keeps dying. She learns that, in order to break the cycle, she must fulfill Rion's wish, whatever that is.