Member Review

In a world where spellbeasts are trapped in books to protect people, two unlikely friends join the Spellbook Library to achieve their dreams.

Yan and Tohru are a good pairing of disparate personalities that make sense together. They're fun characters with depth and secrets we're just starting to scratch at. And then there's the princess and the world they inhabit to make things even more fascinating.

This volume left me with many more questions than answers, but in a way that made me interested in seeing what comes next instead of just frustrated. We get just enough hints at a larger plot mixed in with the happenings at the moment to make it seem like something big is coming. I liked that.

The art is cute and very dynamic, ranging from hyperdetailed fantasy to silly chibis and everything in between. It works really ell for the story in that it balances the silly with the serious in a very visual way.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for the chance to check out this first volume!