Books like Battle Royale?

I am in shambles after reading this book. It’s so fucking good I can’t stand it. This is the first book I’ve finished legit since 5th grade—and it’s 600 pages long!

The only few separate books I’ve finished are romance. I’ve always loved romance as a genre the most in tv shows and movies. So when I got into reading about a month ago, I started with romance and slowly started to like reading.

Romance is still my favorite genre, which will sound funny after I say this next sentence:

Reading this book in particular showed me how people are capable of immersing themselves for hours in a good book. I couldn’t put this one down. The characters and fight scenes and tension made me feel like I was fighting for my life next to the characters. The plot twists were amazing.

I just loved absolutely everything about this book. I’m desperate to get this high again, but I don’t know where to even begin. More Japanese literature, maybe. I’m really picky about manga if it’s not romance, but manga simply does not hit the same as reading books.