Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit Dinner, Vol. 3

Murderous Lewellyn's Candlelit Dinner #3

by Sumnagi (Original Author), 0L (Adapter), MUK_BU (Artist)

Shavonne and Lewellyn have gone from neighbors to lovers, but even after the fact that his new boyfriend is a murderer, Shavonne can’t help but shake the feeling that Lewellyn is still hiding something from him. However, his thoughts are occupied by the fact that an exciting new opportunity with Krainer Publishing has opened up to him, one that promises Shavonne the recognition he deserves alongside the funds he desperately needs. But the ghosts of a past long forgotten may be coming back to haunt him…

Genres: Manhwa, Manga, Romance, Historical, Boys Love, LGBT, Comics

344 pages, Paperback

Published November 18, 2025

Reviews

[kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

no i’m not crying they’re literally cutting onions, i swear

[Els. ⭑ · Rating 5 out of 5]

going to the suicide store y'all want anything?

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh wow, der Band war wirklich richtig spannend.
Wir bekommen mehr Hintergrundgeschichte zu Lewellyn, wieso er so vernarrt ist in Shavonne und warum er so ist, wie er ist - und es ist richtig gut gelöst. Es ist grausam und düster und unangenehm, aber Junge, das war richtig richtig gut - ich hätte diesen Plottwist wirklich GAR nicht erwartet.
Weder das Lewellyn diese Hintergrundgeschichte hat, noch .... andere DInge, die jetzt schon ein spoiler wären :D

[Vale Vanegas · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.0⭐️

Estoy impactada. Esto explica muchas cosas.

[Ciel Dahlberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is amazing. I was a little worried about how the plot would progress, but this is simply stunning.

[khai · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow so this is depressing

[JLA · Rating 4 out of 5]

TW torture, murder, poverty, homelessness

The third season was brutal. You're rooting for Llewellyn and Shavonne, but I still felt bad for the villains (probably a personal failing). The last 4 chapters weren't as satisfying as I hoped. It felt like things weren't explained that well. Where does all of Llewellyn's money come from? How did Shavonne survive being shot? How did Farrell survive being shot so much?

[Frank Chillura (OhYouRead) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my favorite volume yet. We got to see so much emotion from Lewellyn, as well as a backstory that explain how they originally met, which Shavonne has no memory of. It is incredibly heartbreaking and beautiful and I understand why he loves him so much.

Now I feel like I have an idea of where the story is going, but I could be completely wrong.

[Yav · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it when author's absolutely crush your heart with nothing but angst / hurt and a tiny sprinkle of comfort, just to give you a panel with all the hope you slowly lost throughout the chapters. Art at its finest.

[Brenda WT · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Amoc Hater]

i cried so much
onions
0:)
T-T

[Peyton Leyendecker · Rating 4 out of 5]

0:)

[fran ! (taylor's version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was so sad

[Remas · Rating 5 out of 5]

God...

[nish · Rating 4 out of 5]

amazing build up and loved the way how main character's mentality was written. But I think some things felt kinda unexplained? still loved it tho

[Kristýna ..... .... · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic

[kayrowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

IF ANYONE EVER TEXTS ME O:) AGAIN ISTG

[Nicoleodeontv · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me siento terriblemente mal por el NOOOOOO

[˳ ℘ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⸝⸝ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Angel ◞ · Rating 5 out of 5]

MY HEART. IM CRYING SO MUCH

[Rachael ༊·˚ · Rating 5 out of 5]

…never thought I would cry over onions and dictionaries and emojis, but seems there is indeed a first time for everything 0:)

[Ryofire · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is for Yen Press/Ize Press' English translation of the graphic novel, since for some reason, that's not included in the editions for this. Specifically it is for that one because there are more typos in this volume than in previous volumes. Considering this is truly not a text heavy graphic novel, the number of typos

Another wonderful volume in this series.

[Naya · Rating 4 out of 5]

ctm estoy triste no me hablen

[K · Rating 3 out of 5]

We've hit heavy backstory territory now, so I'm intrigued but also confused.

In the present, Lewellyn is trying to figure out what's going on with Shavonne's suddenly bright career - unwilling to do anything to ruin his happiness but also suspicious of people's motivations. And Shavonne is meeting a new editor who seems amazing and truly interested in his work, but whom Shavonne is afraid of bringing too close to Lewellyn.

Their relationship has such an interesting dynamic that gets...explained better? But also romantically kind of way worse...? with the whole backstory.

I don't know. I very definitely have to see the full story to see how I feel about it all.

Some years in the past, Lewellyn had been in a notorious prison where most of the captives simply die before ever having a chance to be let out. There's no information about how he wound up there, but considering he truly thinks of himself as a dog rather than a human, and can barely form human speech, it almost seems like he was born in that cell? For some reason, the guards spend all their time beating him - "training" him, they call it, but don't ever outright kill him.

I really don't understand how this prison works at all, but Lewellyn doesn't either, and all of the prison scenes are from his point of view. Shavonne is the first prison guard to ever treat him like an actual human being, or with any sort of kindness at all. Somehow he's given free rein with Lewellyn and ends up teaching him how to read and write, and actually gives him his name. He's also responsible for Lewellyn's onion-eating habits: because it was a cheap way for a broke prison guard to try to heal up Lewellyn's wounds and illnesses.

This all makes for an incredibly fascinating story with an absolutely wildly imbalanced romantic attachment. Lewellyn is obsessed with Shavonne - which we already know in the present - but it's all tied to him essentially imprinting on the prison guard who showed him kindness.

I have so many questions about what happened to Shavonne's memory, how he went from poor prison guard to destitute writer (although he'd dreamed of writing back then too), and how Lewellyn got out of prison and wound up being extremely wealthy.

I feel like a whole lot of things will make a ton more sense once all the mysteries are revealed, so I'm definitely interested in finding out everything. But right now it's kind of...sad, I guess. I feel sad for both of them. Happy that they're finding happiness together now, but when Lewellyn's so stunted and Shavonne is missing half of his life - and seems to have been cruel to Lewellyn when they parted ways in prison - it's kind of hard to see how they could reach a true happy ending.

Still a very intriguing story, though, just from the narrative standpoint.

[Heather’s Reading Bubble · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although not as strong as the last volume this was fantastic. This series is really great and although I still have so many questions my biggest being why is Lewellyn even locked up like that in the first place? The scenes of Lewellyn and Shavonne were very nice, showing that Shavonne was the only one willing to treat Lewellyn with respect. I get now why Lewellyn is so attached and what the deal with the onions is. I very much am looking forward to the next volume. I need to know so many things. It will definitely be on my mind which is a sign that a series/volume is a favorite of mine.