Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Volumes: 7+
Spoilers?: No.
Buy it here:
Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository. Powells. RightStuf.
Volume: 2.
Goodreads Synopsis:
On her sixteenth
birthday, orphan Himari Momochi inherits her ancestral estate that
she’s never seen. Momochi House exists on the barrier between
the human and spiritual realms, and Himari is meant to act as guardian
between the two worlds. But on the day she moves in, she finds three
handsome squatters already living in the house, and one seems to have
already taken over her role!
Review:
This might actually
be my favorite Aya Shouoto book yet. And even I’m surprised to say this.
Himari gets left a
house she didn’t know about on her sixteenth birthday. She’s been on her own
for most of her life, living in an orphanage but with no family. She hears that
the house she inherited is haunted, but she goes on anyway. And when she gets
there, she finds the house trashed with three boys inhabiting it. They try to
warn her away, but she refuses to listen, stubbornly sets in and fights them
about it, even when they try to scare her.
Himari is a great
heroine. She’s strong, charging forward, not letting herself be afraid. And she
wants a family. She tries to be firm with the boys, either to kick them out or
demand rent, but she’s okay with them just being family, if that works out.
Aoi is the human
boy who lives there, as the omamori, or the demon prince who guards the house.
They have a lot of demons inhabiting and invading the house at all times. His
main companions are the two demons who help him and protect him. We don’t know
too much about those two, but I think Aoi is a sweetheart. He’s trying to do
what’s best for Himari, but he also likes her and wants to protect her, and he
has no qualms with touching her and sleeping with her. He’s a sweetie who also
just wants a family, to do good, and I love him already.
Like a lot of
people, I got the feel of Kamisama Kiss
from this series, but it is very different. I suppose there are some similarities,
but the overall feel and the characters are very different.
This might actually
be my favorite of Shouoto’s already, and I am really excited for the next one. I kind of can't believe how fast this series grew on me.
Oh, also! Color
pages! There are two color pages at the beginning of the book, much like in Kiss of the Rose Princess, and they are
very pretty! The art style is also similar to He’s My Only Vampire, but the storyline doesn’t seem as dark, which
is good.
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