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Catalog of Wonders (LN) #3
Catalog of Wonders, Vol. 3: Just-What-I-Need Vending Machines, Voice Changer Dials, and Other Stories
Nozome and Nieno’s catalog is chock full of handy, fantastical a Just-What-I-Need Vending Machine, Body Clock Pills, and a Voice Changer Dial, among many others. However, the despair these products can bring is very real, too. Why is this mysterious duo collecting despair? What do this strange girl and her shadowy partner have in store for their customers...?
192 pages, Paperback
First published August 26, 2025
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November 11, 2025
The newest volume in this terrific fun series! New products! New samples! A dose of karma!
Vending machine story: Star rating, 4.5 stars Oh, this was a good start! What if you could dream up vending machines and they would provide whatever you need. Thirsty? Machine! Present for girlfriend? Machine! Bored? Machine got you covered. I loved that at first he was hesitant but then loved the convenience and I was just like, bra, no, don’t do it. And I got invested in seeing how it would end. This was fun! Good product.
Body-clock pills: Star rating, 4.5 stars Ohhh imagine that you can have a special clock in your body? One that you can set so you can just wake up perfectly and just fall asleep if you want? I loved this one it was such an interesting concept though of course as soon as the batteries were involved I knew what would happen and I was eagerly looking forward to seeing how this one would spiral into a bad ending. The MC was a great one though, it was fun to see him grow up a bit more + see him do more now he could set his body’s clock himself.
Voice changer Dials: Star rating, 3 stars The rating is mostly because I found the MC very unlikeable. I get that she had a dream, I get that she wanted to reach it, but I just didn’t like how she hated on her voice and how she didn’t just specialise in it. So everything that happened felt for me like karma. Plus, it was just a tad boring. I had expected more with those dials. Something cooler.
Fatigue Catching Net: Star rating, 3.5 stars While I loved the story as it is and boy I want a Fatigue Catching Net of my own because dang it sounds like an awesome product and our MC was pretty nice (though seriously she needs a rest and away from the toxicity of her life), the story just fell short near the end, I had expected more pages, instead it just ends. Very weird. Normally the stories in this one are a full story despite being short, but this one felt like the author ran out of words/room.
Truthful Diary: Star rating, 3.5 stars This started out pretty nice and I could understand Asumi, given my own youth I would have done the same, but no I was boring and just wrote my day to day stuff both the sads and the happy stuff. I liked that she found that diary and was able to make things come true. However, when things didn’t match with her crush it just started to go down for me. That diary is for you. Not to change HIS future without consent. Eww. The ending though, that one was good, never write about the past, oh no. Also now I want to bake!
Sample Product: Gap Entry Ticket: We are back at Chika! The girl from the intro, the girl that was allowed to read the catalog, though we didn’t know why, but as you read this story and come to the conclusion you find out how it all connects and becomes full circle. This story was very dystopian with Plus-Zero-Minus classes and how people were treated in there. I loved our MC and I loved that we even got to meet another Inhuman (though this one seems to be a bit more manic then Nozome/Nieno). I love that Chika was giving the choice, and I was proud of Chika what she picked and I would love to get an extra story to see how she is paving her own path.
Epilogue! I love these! They are always fun to read as it ties up everything + give us a glimpse in Nozome/Nieno’s feelings/past/secrets.
All in all, I had fun with this one and I cannot wait for the 4th volume! I hope it releases soon~
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Vending machine story: Star rating, 4.5 stars Oh, this was a good start! What if you could dream up vending machines and they would provide whatever you need. Thirsty? Machine! Present for girlfriend? Machine! Bored? Machine got you covered. I loved that at first he was hesitant but then loved the convenience and I was just like, bra, no, don’t do it. And I got invested in seeing how it would end. This was fun! Good product.
Body-clock pills: Star rating, 4.5 stars Ohhh imagine that you can have a special clock in your body? One that you can set so you can just wake up perfectly and just fall asleep if you want? I loved this one it was such an interesting concept though of course as soon as the batteries were involved I knew what would happen and I was eagerly looking forward to seeing how this one would spiral into a bad ending. The MC was a great one though, it was fun to see him grow up a bit more + see him do more now he could set his body’s clock himself.
Voice changer Dials: Star rating, 3 stars The rating is mostly because I found the MC very unlikeable. I get that she had a dream, I get that she wanted to reach it, but I just didn’t like how she hated on her voice and how she didn’t just specialise in it. So everything that happened felt for me like karma. Plus, it was just a tad boring. I had expected more with those dials. Something cooler.
Fatigue Catching Net: Star rating, 3.5 stars While I loved the story as it is and boy I want a Fatigue Catching Net of my own because dang it sounds like an awesome product and our MC was pretty nice (though seriously she needs a rest and away from the toxicity of her life), the story just fell short near the end, I had expected more pages, instead it just ends. Very weird. Normally the stories in this one are a full story despite being short, but this one felt like the author ran out of words/room.
Truthful Diary: Star rating, 3.5 stars This started out pretty nice and I could understand Asumi, given my own youth I would have done the same, but no I was boring and just wrote my day to day stuff both the sads and the happy stuff. I liked that she found that diary and was able to make things come true. However, when things didn’t match with her crush it just started to go down for me. That diary is for you. Not to change HIS future without consent. Eww. The ending though, that one was good, never write about the past, oh no. Also now I want to bake!
Sample Product: Gap Entry Ticket: We are back at Chika! The girl from the intro, the girl that was allowed to read the catalog, though we didn’t know why, but as you read this story and come to the conclusion you find out how it all connects and becomes full circle. This story was very dystopian with Plus-Zero-Minus classes and how people were treated in there. I loved our MC and I loved that we even got to meet another Inhuman (though this one seems to be a bit more manic then Nozome/Nieno). I love that Chika was giving the choice, and I was proud of Chika what she picked and I would love to get an extra story to see how she is paving her own path.
Epilogue! I love these! They are always fun to read as it ties up everything + give us a glimpse in Nozome/Nieno’s feelings/past/secrets.
All in all, I had fun with this one and I cannot wait for the 4th volume! I hope it releases soon~
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
August 30, 2025
I usually love Catalog of Wonders because I think the final plot twist, the Genie ol' trick thing, is cool. In this case, except for the Fatigue story, the plot twist were mid.
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