I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love by Minta Suzumaru

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Inexperienced Yoshino is about to turn thirty. He's nearly given up on ever falling in love, let alone having decent sex--until one day he steels himself and goes to a gay bar. There he meets Rou, a charming, silver-haired college student who is everything that Yoshino isn't: mysterious, assertive, and experienced with both men and women. Yoshino finds himself hopelessly attracted to Rou, as their awkward courtship simmers into something more. But is it love?

My Rate: 8 (amzn.to/3w7IWB5)

The first book in this series is really cute. Yoshino is an almost 30 years old virgin who wants to loose his v-card on Christmas eve, a day that is also his birthday. He is lucky enough to enter a bar in Shinjuku that is not shady or dangerous, it's actually a gay version of your neighborhood bar, only that, instead of old men playing cards (or since we are in Japan, Mahjon), you have some chatty queer guys who are no dangerous at all. So yes, Yoshino was like even more when, who picks him up is Rou, a college student with a yankee exterior but who is actually a softie at heart. The ensuing love story is quite and fluffy, and basically a no drama happily ever after.