I was pretty excited for this one based on the artwork—which is absolutely gorgeous from start to finish, no doubt—but sadly, the art is kind of where my love for this manga ended. The plot is just okay, the panels are a bit hard to follow at times as things jump around and characters' motives are hard to understand at times (mainly Dan's—he frustrated me to no end), and the relationship definitely has some toxicity issues (Christian's threats of stalking, Dan's "prank" at the end, etc.). The biggest thing that annoyed me is that Christian keeps "waking up" from events, so it was hard for me to know what all actually happened and what didn't.

Bottom line is: the art is gorgeous and the author has definite potential, but this story needed cleaning up. I'd definitely give this author another try in the future, though!

A romantic BL manga centered around a rich boy and his love for his music teacher. I enjoyed reading the "will they or won't they" banter between Christian and Daniel. The artwork was very nice and the romance was absolutely adorable.

I was really excited to pick up "Servant & Lord" by Lo Yu and Lorinell Yu because the synopsis sounded interesting and it was a long time since I read manga.

Sadly this wasn't for me. The fact that Daniel seemed to have fallen in love with Christian when he only was a boy is to me quite disturbing. Perhaps Daniel wasn't much older than Christian but the art makes him seem to be an adult (not a teen) while Christian is a child. Maybe Daniel is under 18 and Christian is older than he looks but it would be interesting to know how old both of them actually are.

The love story itself (when both guys are no longer underage) is not exactly unique but it is cute from time to time. If "Servant & Lord" started out when both Christian and Daniel were adults I might have enjoyed their romance and I might enjoy the sequel more because of it as well.

I am a big fan of flashbacks as I find it to be a really interesting way to get to know the characters in a book better, but in "Servant & Lord" I found them very confusing at times. Perhaps it's easier to understand when it is a flashback when you read the manga in physical form and not as an ebook. But reading it in Aldiko I found it quite hard to understand.

Something I did enjoy was the art! The illustrations were fun to read and I liked the way the characters were drawn. I did find it a tad hard to see the difference between Christian and Vic at times but perhaps that was just me.

Overall "Servant & Lord" was not my cup of tea even though it had it good parts. The story does get better once both guys are off age and therefor I'm sure the sequel will be more up my alley.

Thank you for the ARC Netgalley!

The artwork was great but the story was clunky and didn't flow smoothly. It was hard to follow what was actually going on and trying to figure out what was actually happening spoilt the story.

Not a good read for me. Copy provided by publishers in exchange for an unbiased review.

Unable to read file. Was an ACSM file, not PDF like it was stated & cannot be viewed on my iPad. Ignore rating. Perhaps use an actual PDF next time and not a specific type that I need something different to view. Or state it on the page?

This was my first experience with manga and I'm still not quite sure what to make of it but I'm willing to give another shot. The artwork for Servant & Lord is beautiful, but I found the story a bit hard to follow - it just jumped a bit too much and there was not a lot of explanation as far as what the characters were doing and feeling. I followed that Dan was older than Chris (though we don't know how much older) and that Chris gets the acceptance and attention that he did not get from his father from Dan. However, there are a lot of transitions that occur and it was difficult for me to follow along with all of the abrupt changes. This is another case of all's well that ends well though. 2.5 out of 5 wine glasses.

Disjointed and confusing story-wise. I kept having to reread bits because it felt like panels were missing. Also, I was unable to get over the age difference of the characters in the beginning of the story and the fact that their feelings originally developed when one was a teenager and the other a pre-teen. Just...no. Ick.

I received a digital ARC from the publisher via Netgalley.

I liked the premise of Servant & Lord, which is why I requested it from NetGalley. Sadly the book didn't quite live up to my expectations. There were some language issues (incorrect words etc.). These may well be fixed before publication, but even so, the dialogue didn't flow, and a few times I had to reread to try to understand what was being said. My main problem, though, was with the characters, as I found their relationship perplexing. Their romance certainly wasn't healthy; it bordered on obsessive. I simply couldn't see them together in the long term. If I were reviewing solely on the story, this would get a 2.5. However, the artwork is very nicely done, so for that I will bump this to three stars.

a cute story, slow burning, with a bit of a cliffhanger. my first time reading this type of story on a new laptop, and my eyes are definitely feeling the strain from the small writing. but, the book is easternized, so it was backwards to my regular american tendencies.