Clear Skies: A Charming Love Story (Yaoi Novel) (Paperback)

~ Akira Sugano (Author), Etsumi Ninomiya (Author)

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Product Description

Taiga works at a publishing company, and thanks to his sister's sudden marriage, author and Taiga's best high school friend Shu has become his brother-in-law. But then his sister suddenly disappears! Left behind, Taiga ends up taking care of his little brothers and living against his will with Shu. However, their lively and raucous lives accidentally draw them closer together!

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing (August 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569705720
• ISBN-13: 978-1569705728
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #861,943 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Light and enjoyable bogged down by poor translation, November 16, 2008

By	readsalot (USA) - See all my reviews

"Clear Skies" really, really reimnded me of the Harlequin Romance novels I used to gobble up in my teens. It really is a sweet, heartwarming story of a couple of orphans who pretty much bulldoze their way into a family. I grew to love every single character in this novel. I think my favorite was the sister who never actually shows up in the book but is only talked about! I also loved the glimps into Japanese family life provided by this novel (although that may be like saying that watching "All in the Family" is like getting a glimps of American family life - Yikes!)

There are a couple of negatives to this book. The first is that I found the translation terrible. It was very confusing at places and very disjointed. I feel like there was a very good book in there somewhere but either it was poorly written or poorly translated. The second negative is not really a negative but a warning. This book is not really yaoi but shonen-ai. There are only a couple of kisses and the main focus seems to be more on the family than the couple. More like an episode of "Eight is Enough" than what you find in your typical yaio novel.

But I enjoyed the heck out of this book and I recommend it. I just wish you could check this out of the library like I used to do with series romance novels!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Clear Skies: A Charming Love Story, December 8, 2008

By	Fiona Hayes (St.Petersburg, Fl) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Okay read very slow to take off and very scattered going from one plot to the nexted that you lose some of the story lines. Okay read