A review by katharine_opal
Sheltering Eaves 1 by Rie Aruga

4.0

The one thing that I admire about this, is that it appears to be very accurate to what it is like to be a foster child in Japan. I assume it's somewhat similar to the American foster system, but a bit better. Yoru and Tenjaku are both kids who had to be taken from abusive households and placed into the foster system, and they've been together ever since. Now, they're fast approaching 18 and trying to figure out the future when they can no longer stay in the foster system. I did enjoy the character study that was done with Yoru and her backstory, as well as Tenjaku's. Sadly, it wasn't fully holding my interest. Maybe it's because the plotline jumps a lot in a short amount of time or because nothing really seems to be happening. The art style was great.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!