Saeki Sayaka has always been an old soul--serious and reserved, preferring to focus on her studies rather than make friends. Until, that is, a romantic confession from another girl in middle school turns her carefully ordered world upside down. Though none of her classes have prepared her for this, Saeki must now come to terms with her sexuality in this gentle, coming-of-age novel about grappling with first love, growing up, and relating to other...

"Makie's mostly just a regular middle schooler: He likes cooking, he's got a crush on a girl, and his scent is irresistible to man-eating monsters called watari. The girl he likes, Sachi, has put great effort into appearing to be a normal girl. She's got a crush on Makie, too...but she's also a shapeshifting watari living as a human, and she knows that if she wants to keep Makie alive and all to herself, she'll need to fight off her fellow monsters!...