Together with the brilliant Euphyllia, Anisphia has managed to subdue the dragon attacking the kingdom. But as the pair slowly unravels the mystery of the vampires threatening them next, Anisphia’s younger brother, Prince Algard, stands in their way. The turbulent second act of the royal court yuri fantasy!
There were quite a few problems with the first book, but I found I still wanted to find out how the relationship between Anisphia and Euphyllia might develop. It didn’t, the author gave up on that storyline and I just became irritated by all the other issues with the book. The author has a rambling style of writing that goes ‘all around the houses’ before getting to the point and at times many of the characters seem to turn into hysterical adolescents. Unfortunately as the story progresses its ‘Comic Book’ roots became more and more evident, culminating with a truly ridiculous ending. I suppose it’s partly my own fault, as I knew the book was derived from a comic book story before I started the series. If possible I would have given 1.5 stars.
Dobra na pewno było lepiej niż w pierwszej części!!!! Postacie zostały bardziej rozwinięte chociaż nie wiem na ile wierzę w ich BARDZO emocjonalne reakcje na niektóre wydarzenia. Dobry combat na końcu i ogólnie więcej się działo, więc na plus Był też mniej albo wcale tych powtarzających się informacji, które wyglądają jak ,,w poprzednim odcinku….” albo tekstów, które brzmią jak sceny wyjęte z anime DZIĘKUJĘ Mam nadzieję, że w trzecim tomie będzie więcej o polityce plz
If it wasn't for the drama ending up so neatly... Like, nobody gets to be bad, it's all smoothed over. But that's quite unsatisfactory as a drama. Still, overall pretty good.
The light novel still follows what is going on in the anime and it was very easy to visualize what was going on. I found myself going a few pages back to figure out which character was narrating within chapter. This was particularly difficult when I had to put the book down in the middle of a chapter, etc. Thankfully, there are enough context clues to figure it out quickly.
I read some of the reviews of volume 1 about how it was difficult to follow along with the descriptions of magicite, spirit stones, etc. I agree that the descriptions can be confusing, but I found the description of the Impressed Seal to be a bit easier to follow this time around.
Also, I remember watching the anime and HATING how Algard acted during the battle scene with Anis. I still definitely feel the annoyance/disgust for him in the LN. So glad that Euphie slapped him!
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La historia en este es más dinámica, más atrapante y sin tanta información del entorno al situar las bases en el volumen anterior. Con más desarrollo de Euphie y sus emociones, presentando a un nuevo personaje, siendo un igual como el espejo de la prota. Bastante agradable de leer. Sentí la lectura más rápida, el conflicto que presentan y las barreras que implican, sitúan bastante bien el título de la novela
Una revolución, no puedo esperar a como seguirá esta historia y como ambas protas descubrirán sus emociones y sentimientos
Le plot se met en route, avec les révélations sur les raisons qui ont poussé le prince à lâcher Euphie et les origines de Lainie.
C'est un tome pas mal, on y retrouve notamment ce qui imo fait la force de la série, les sentiments de ses personnages et leurs échanges sincères. J'ai toujours un faible pour les histoires character-centered, et ici ce rôle est donné à Euphie qui pendant cet arc se cherche une nouvelle place.
Le récit donne également un peu de place à son cast secondaire, à défaut d'avoir vraiment des péripéties avant la fin.
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El final de este volumen me dejo un mal sabor de boca, simplemente no puedo creer que termino de esa manera. Sin embargo, estoy deseando leer las aventuras qué deparan el futuro a Anis y Euphi. Si el final hubiera sido de mi agrado, la calificación hubiera sido mucho más alta y obviamente la historia que se está dando a conocer es divertida, interesante y vale la pena seguirla.
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Bastante mejor que el primero y con un mejor desarollo de personajes sin duda, la trama muy bien y aunque no estoy de acuerdo con el final si que puedo entender la forma de reaccionar de los personajes involucrados.
Si algo me falta es el yuri, pero si me tomo este libro no como un romance sino como una fantasía me ayuda a no sentir ese vacío.
In her energetic enthusiasm Anis rescued Euphie and the kingdom, but nobody smart brakes off an engagement with the eldest daughter of the second most influential man in the kingdom at a very public setting. Curiosity and a sense of duty pushes Anis to investigate and by doing so disrupts the plots of others forcing them to speed things along before they are ready for it.
With volume 2 the arc that started in 1 ends. It is a solid story, one that focussing on the personalities of those involved and the inherent disruptiveness of the potential change rapid technological (or in this case magical) can pose to a kingdom. The characters are interesting, the world and its magic simple, fairly standard for the genre albeit without a system and a bit more well thought out society. I also liked the twist to monster magic.
The end felt a bit rushed, but that is a minor gripe. Personally I am not a fan of the occasional switch in point of view, but I did not found it difficult to realize when the switch was made even if I did feel that for the most part it added little. The whole long argument in the middle of the fight also left me a bit irritated, although at least those around them were heavily wounded or being healed, but even then the lack of guards arriving on the scene is always so convenient in stories like this.
So, all in all, a great read and a promising start in a new series despite some minor gripes.
the ideological conflict between anisphia and algard drives this whole thing and it's done incredibly well (also the narration does tend to get more flowery and descriptive whenever anis describes women as opposed to men)