Playing House

...and I Love You #1

by Masato Inoue

I'm in love with you. Like, the kind where I want you to make love to me. 10 years after losing his wife, Haru receives this confession from his step-son Ryo. The two may not be related by blood but have up to this point lived a peaceful life as a family. Haru doesn't want for their relationship to change. He just wants things to stay as they are so nothing is broken. But love doesn't always work like that. "Playing Family," the carefully written story of a step-dad battling his emotions for his step-son, and other sentimental love stories are contained in this bittersweet volume.

Genres: Manga, Boys Love, M M Romance, LGBT

35 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 7, 2012

Reviews

[Lelyana's Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute story. Sadly it was too short.
I think I'll try to read next book in this series!
Loved it!

[Danica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good story. I'm a fan of these though. They're a guilty pleasure. Don't judge 😝😝

[Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I just wasn't into the tropes in this book. I guess that's what happens when you download a book without reading the back, lol.

[Brooke · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bad editing or translation on Amazon and kinda confusing

[Latoya Brower · Rating 4 out of 5]

Think it is worth the money

I enjoyed this first volume and I am looking forward to what comes next. It starts off a bit slow paced in this first volume so I am hoping it is building up to something really good and hopefully juicy. I like Ryo's character and am looking forwarding to seeing if he ends up the seme or the uke. I think it could go either way.

[Becca · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't want to yuck anybody's yum but the premise of this is deeply NOPE for me. The way that it's somehow presented as sweet and plausible that a step-father figure and a step-son figure could get romantically involved just to be able to maintain the status quo-- nopitty nope nope nope.

[Mim Crenshaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Read

This was a good start. I got enough of the backstory to give me a good idea of the feelings between Ryu and Haru emotional baggage and issues that they have individually. I can't wait to read the next one.

[charlotte rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG gr8

😍 👏 👊 👏 👍 👏 💋 👏 👏 👏 Omg Great job keep up the good job 💖 💋

[Penny Cotton · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's cool

It was ok. Not to bad just wish it was longer ya know? Other than that, it was good lol.

[Majestic Dork]

If I disregard their previous relationship, this is cute.

I can't say I'm completely comfortable with the incest feel of the book. If I disregard that and the age gap, then it's a cute but sorrowful book.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sort of melancholy sweet look at complicated love. Best read by ignoring WHY it is complicated, unless that's your thing. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[cc · Rating 2 out of 5]

stepson falls in love with his stepfather & i puke in my mouth.

[Chrys · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most people don’t enjoy one-shots but I love them! And I enjoyed every single story in this series.

[Kris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too Short

This was cute but too short? Like mega short. I’m so not used to that lmao Brings me back to my boot days TT.TT

[Wendy Schuffert · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute

This was absolutely cute. I adored it. I really can't wait to read more of this one. It would be cute to see who the seme and the uke is between Back and Ryo.

[Cortnei · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good quick read. I can't wait to see where this goes

[Avani · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5⭐️

[Felix The Pirate Cat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nette Idee, aber leider viel zu kurz...

[SirenCay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Literally picked a random yaoi manga on kindle and I was not disappointed!