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Book Review: Memories of a Rose - A Quotev Story

        *Bounds in, with script. Sees you all and stops* Oh! Heyo~ readers. You just caught me with the latest. ^^ Wanna see? Here. *hands Script* Enjoy.

Memories of a Rose

        This story is about a girl named Isami Fujioka. If you recognize that name, set the anime in your mind. If not…read and watch Ouran High-school Host Club. She happens to be the twin of Haruhi. You learn later in the story that Ranka’s brother, Ben, kidnapped her and basically did everything an abusive guy would. << Not going into detail. Anyway, she’s back with Haruhi, and ended up with her as one of the Dogs- you know what I mean. You find that in middle school, Isami had known the twins. Because of Uncle Ben, she had forgotten them. Not completely, but… she couldn't remember their faces. ^^ She remembers after a few incidents, and ends up dating both of them. Along with the usual story of the Host Club, not a bad read.

Typos and Whatnot

        Really, I only saw a handful of typos. Commas where they don’t belong, a misspelled word here and there. The usual. Grammar was okay, but could be better is some parts. Overall, though, not too bad.

Characters

        The only characters that matter are the Host Club, obviously, and a few others. There’s Isami. Isami looks like Haruhi with longer hair, and paler. She also wears a cap/hat all the time. She’s shy, due to Uncle Ben. She has scars and has a slight trust issue. I don’t think it was mentioned, but it was obvious. She’s also scared of getting ignored, which happens a lot.

        Uncle Ben, on the other hand, is not very nice. You only meet him a few times, and each time he would be yelling or hitting Isami. He looks like your usual abusive male. Chubby, dirty, beard…. << Me no like him.

Other nonsense I Feel Like Telling You

        So~ I asked the author why she decided to put Isami in an abusive house. Most won’t do that, due to it being either hard to understand, because it is, or too sad to write it. Isabella, the author, wanted to tell the world and share with others that abuse is wrong. She said, and I quote, “In all honestly, I hate people who abuse their children or grandchildren, but abuse and kidnappings and murder are actually quite common. It... I figured it would make for an interesting background, and I guess I kind of wanted people to know what's happening to kids all over and what some of the after-effects could be. A message to the people out there that abuse is wrong.” 

Sol