Freaking Romance Volume 1 by Snailords. WEBTOON Unscrolled, 2023. 9781990778964. 354pp.
Zylith just got kicked out by her parents. Her hunt for an apartment isn’t going well, which is why, when Landlady Howser shows her a cheap place that’s allegedly haunted, she signs the lease. (Also in the place’s favor is the handsome, green-eyed ghost she catches a glimpse of in the apartment’s bathroom mirror.)
What follows is weird and not too creepy. She catches her cat, Mr. Purrfect, being held by the boy ghost while he naps on her couch. When she touches the ghost, he vanishes. But he reappears in her apartment over and over again, doing the things one does at home.
Zylith’s tough best friend, Vera, thinks Zylith is nuts to stay. But Zylith is obviously taken with the ghost. And he’s not exactly what he first seems, as we find out when the story shifts to his point of view later in the book.
This is a totally weird romance. I picked it up because “Snailords” is an epic pen name, but I stayed for the art and the story’s pacing. (Snailords thanks their main artists– Mariami, Akikakies, and Rav — along with others, including editor Paul Jun, in a detailed dedication.)
Volume 2 has already been published. Or you can still read the story on Webtoons at https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/freaking-romance/list?title_no=1467&page=2
