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IV. Strand Series by Waxijin

A young adult romance series that engeniusly manage to use an "ode yet interesting" concept as its world building/setting the "STRAND" ---Yep, u heard it right, the specific area of specialization in education in SHS will play a big role in the whole series or rather in each book as it represent each STRANDS where the protoganist does belonged to.Ah, Highschool infatuation.Puppy Crush
.Young love trope masyadong gamit na gamit at gasgas na yan sa mundo ng watty. Nothing New.Nothing Fresh in short a boorish,OA and cringey, mostly for the adult audiences taste of course.But when done right with wisk of majic from the author's pen--- just like how  she/he managed pour his/her creative writing styles into it,with well played word and jar of heart emotions --THIS SERIES is just like walking the memory lane on how foolish yet beautiful youthful and young love can be.The books is far from perfect with its plot holes,inconsistency , flaws and such but is a standout in self reflection/immersion department, reason why STRAND SERIES ended up in my long list unforgettable romance booklist.The pages are almost alive lulling at the same time reminding readers that somewhere, somehow in the point of our lives we were once like them---foolish, impatient, padalusdalus, maramupok,care free, young and in so love.This series is no doubt a slow burn,unang sumibol sa mga pusong musmus, but nurtured with time and maturity, with mistakes and victories, of failures and sucess of seflessness or selfishness magbubunga ito ng ibat ibang mukha ng pag-ibig(STRAND 1HUMMS:Sailing Above The Clouds, STRAND 2 ABM:Moonlight From Above, STRAND 3 STEM:One Last Raindrop) .Each book is really a force to be reckon with, karaniwan sa mga series there will  always be a fan favorite but not this one for me, as each books offers a distinct charm and appeal far different sa nauna o nahuling mang libro, all thanks the author's writing skills and versatility.By the way I really love how Waxjin is fun of geeky green flag men.Yes u heard it right, if ur a fan of nerdy yet selfless getlemen then ur in the right track.

PS.I read this 2-3 yrs ago not really sure though di ko na maalala basta nasa mid 20's na ako. I never thought I'll enjoy this series so much, I really tought it was for much younger audiencies and I only read general fiction, contemporary and ahm... even erotic.Nah... I was very wrong, Strand 3:One Last Raindrop is my first read and the rest is history, they became my reading "go-to" during that time, when I was stressed or burnout noong bago pa ako sa work .Now it became one of my favorites and one of the underrated books in filipino watty in my opinion that  deserves the spotlight given the chance. And lastly, Ms. /Mr WAXJIN I really hope u resume writing SAN SORIANO SERIES.