So! As I said, I did like the book itself,
especially the first part, when all main characters finally meet (or, more like ヴァン meet the others, I guess). That was satisfying.
I was happy to see the young assistant from volume 2 (who felt super suspicious at the time) being indeed involved. Hints of the bigger political scale, explaining why the power that be let things get that bad, was also interesting. And I love Yuna. HOWEVER! There is so much I would have liked to see that I didn’t, like Yuna taking a more important part than just at the end. We also don’t know what ever happened to ヴァン and the others. Considering the other book set in the other universe is unrelated to them, I guess they just live forever in the forest or something?
Speaking of that, when I saw the title of the last part, I immediately thought “oh god please no”. As I type this, I just realize it was the title of the series all along, I should have realized immediately… 
Anyway, in the end, all those stuff were nice, but it feels like it was either too much, or not enough. Kinda 中途半端 in my opinion, but I would still give it 8/10.
In the time I was reading that book, I read three and a half light novels.
転移先は薬師が少ない世界でした 2: one of the books I panic bought back in December. I’m half done with those now! Overall, it was kinda meh. I did think the first volume was okay-ish, but the writing style was a bit too basic. Well, that trend just continues. The main character meets any dude, it usually goes: “he is beautiful! 眼福!”
Yes? But in what way? Come on, you have to give me something to work with here.
At times, it feels like “a bunch of hot dudes are doing stuff while looking extra hot; the details are left as an exercise to the reader.”
Additionally, those who do not look good are either kids or bad people. Please enjoy your pre-digested pulp. Even the “love tension” between the main character and the main love interest fell a bit flat: she is an orphan at the bottom rung of society while he is a high ranking noble; but it feels really bland after reading 伯爵と妖精 
I guess I’ll still keep that series for sick days when I can barely think.
本好き 29: because of course I would. We finally entered my absolute favorite part of the whole series, so I had a blast. It felt very short, but it was still 400 pages
虫かぶり姫 1: I knew nothing about that series, except that it often makes to the top of the Booklive 女性向け light novel rankings. I randomly bought when it was discounted back in February. It turned out to be not at all what I expected. The premise is that (not a spoiler, since it’s both what’s on the back of the book and what is explained in the first couple of pages) the main character is a mid-ranking house’s 令嬢 who became the fiancee of the crown prince. The choice comes from the fact that her house is not so low that the match is impossible, while not belonging to any of the current political groups, the idea being to keep things in balance and avoiding conflicts. She doesn’t really care much about her position; anyway she wants to do nothing more than read all day. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked she noticed her fiancé being all friendly with another woman.
… at least, that’s the topic of the first part. There are two more, each having the feeling of a short story, with the same characters after a small time skip at a time. It’s fun, but the lack of true overarching plot doesn’t really push me to keep reading. I’ll probably get back to it, though.
Finally, I am currently halfway through ふつつかな悪女ではございますが 1. Same thing as 虫かぶり姫, it’s often high ranking, and it was discounted, so… つい.
At first, I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to read it, since it contains a plot element that I usually can’t stand (the two main characters swap bodies, which usually lead to a bunch of embarrassing situations, which is the part I can’t stand). So far, though, no such thing happened, since, due to plot, both characters are currently isolated right now. I don’t how long it will go on, though.
More spoilers, for background:
the story takes place in the 後宮, and specifically in the place where the 5 future wives (one from each of the 5 main noble families) of the 皇太子 are living. 慧月, one of the five, is constantly ridiculed by literally everyone for her lack of skill and her garbage personality. For some reason, she blames it all on 玲琳, the one who everyone loves “just because she is frail and have a bit of skills” (or so 慧月 thinks). Well, 慧月 has one particular skill, black magic (note from self: girl, that sounds really far from being incapable of doing anything… couldn’t you get more out of it at an earlier stage?). So she stages a failed murder attempt of 玲琳 in public, and swap at the exact moment she fails. The plan was that “慧月” would then get executed, and she would just enjoy a good life from there on. Her miscalculation was that 玲琳 isn’t just frail, she is constantly on the brink of death due to her incredibly weak constitution. In fact 玲琳 is basically doping herself constantly so that she can manage to just look frail. And of course 慧月 doesn’t know how to do that, so she currently bed ridden (and even have to use her magic for an emergency call to 玲琳 to get the proper medication and not die at some point).
Meanwhile, 玲琳 has a mental of steel due to being constantly faced by death, and a hard worker too. She somehow managed to not only avoid the death penalty, but also to get all charges against her dropped. Still, that’s not overturning the attitude of the previous owner of her current body, and she also got a 7 day period of isolation to reflect on things. She is currently making good use of that time (and of her healthy body; who’d thunk it was so much easier to train when you don’t have a crazy fever, surprised pikachu face).
That being said, I am reaching the end of the isolation period, and a public event. The event features the future wives dancing and, while I’m not worried for “慧月”, 玲琳 is supposed to a master, “玲琳” would probably ridicule herself. She is planning to call in sick, but her family is known for their grit, and I don’t think event her servant would let that fly.
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