Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Yen Press
Release Date: May 2018
Volumes: 8+
Spoilers?: Light.
Buy it here: Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository. RightStuf.
Volume: 2.
Goodreads Synopsis:
A young girl has
resigned herself to being he next sacrificial meal for the Beast
King...but the king is no mere monster! Love is more than skin-deep in
this gorgeous fantasy manga.
Review:
Humans and Beasts are separate in this world, living on the edge of
an agreement. Sariphi is the King of Beasts' next sacrifice, given to
him per the agreement with the humans. Sariphi goes into this having
grown up with the knowledge she was made to be a sacrifice, so
expecting nothing less. She's accepted her fate, so when the King and
his servants are nice to her, she cherishes it. And when she
discovers what the King has actually been doing instead of eating
them, she forms a bond with him.
I really appreciated that there was no hiding what they were
doing—once they form this bond, this closeness, and the King
realizes that Sariphi sees something in him that no one else has, he
wastes no time with making her his Queen and getting rid of the
sacrifice ritual.
There's a lot of opposition to their decision, to this Beast King
taking on a human Queen, when other princesses have been waiting to
be chosen. Humans are upset, but the beasts in particular are angry
about it. Both sides don't understand and hate each other, as Sariphi
experiences and is opening the King to see.
I'm a sucker for stories with a beast-like male and his sweetheart of
a princess. This story is right up my alley, and I love all of the
sweet scenes of affection between the two. The little conflict at the
end of this volume was both sweet and sad, and I'm excited to see how
it wraps up.
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