I received this book from Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review.

The third book in the Pocket Peaches series and this time it is Taro’s time to shine! The first book was all about Peaches, the next was about Mango, and now we have Taro. I cannot wait for the next book featuring Pogi and curious what their adventure will be then!

Back to this book! In this book we follow Taro and see how she loves to be indoors, play games, and relax. She is settling in her new environment with new friends, however we quickly see that she is missing her bestie, Milo, from her previous town. And that is pretty much what this volume is about. Games, homesickness. I could definitely understand Taro, though I haven’t lost a friend/lost contact with a friend due to a move, I have lost contact with friends due to growing apart/having different interests/other reasons and I know the feeling of missing them. Throughout the book I was hoping that Taro would either call her bestie or talk with her new friends about her feelings. Because these new friends notice. They see that Taro is closing herself off, that she is preferring to be by herself more, and I love that they were trying their best to figure things out and also help and be there for Taro. I just love the friendship. This friendship is still fresh but you would think they have been friends for years given everything.

And then there is, as I mentioned, games! Taro is a big gamer and she used to play a lot with her friends back in her old town. I absolutely loved it, I am also a gamer, though I prefer to either play alone or with my hubby, haha. But it was so fun to see her play games (I need that game btw it looks so fun) and I also loved when the friends went to participate in a competition featuring a brawler game which looked very close like Super Smash Bros. It meant they had to practice because Peaches, well Peaches has never gamed before and is pretty bad. I loved seeing the friends have fun and motivate each other to get better!

The ending was just so sweet and gave all the fuzzy feelings. It made me very happy.

The art was, just as with all the other books in the series, so fun. I love the style and how soft and cute everything looks.

I would recommend this book to everyone.