Rating (Out of 5): ~3; ~3.5
Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)
Release Date: December 2, 2014; February 3, 2015
Volumes: 2 + 1
Spoilers?: No.
Volume 2: Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository. Powells. RightStuf.
Tale 0: Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository. Powells. RightStuf.
Volume: 1.
Goodreads Synopsis:
2:
When a girl at her
school is attacked by what seems to be a vampire, high school student
Hinata Sorazono refuses to believe that vampires even exist. But then
she meets her new neighbor, Junya Tokinaga, the author of an incredibly
popular vampire romance novel. Could it be that
Junya's actually a vampire--and worse yet, the
culprit?!
When a girl at her
school is attacked by what seems to be a vampire, high school student
Hinata Sorazono refuses to believe that vampires even exist. But then
she meets her new neighbor, Junya Tokinaga, the author of an incredibly
popular vampire romance novel! Could it be that
Junya's actually a vampire--and worse yet, the
culprit?!
Honey Blood Tale 0 is where Hinata and Junya's love story originally began. In addition to the one-shot chapters that made Honey Blood's serialization possible, this volume contains two bonus short stories from the author!
Honey Blood Tale 0 is where Hinata and Junya's love story originally began. In addition to the one-shot chapters that made Honey Blood's serialization possible, this volume contains two bonus short stories from the author!
Review:
Volume 2:
I don’t really know
how to feel about this book.
The plot and characters
are interesting and mostly enjoyable, but the way it ends… It kind of ruined it
for me.
We’re introduced to
a new character, we see the possibility of a new plot line, possibly a couple
of them… But then it just ends. The author mentions that she had more planned
for the series, so it got cancelled, which is understandable why it ends that
way. But still. It kind of ruined it for me. I mean, I guess since it was
cancelled, the ending isn’t so bad. It concludes in an all right way. I’m just
unsatisfied with the plots left hanging.
&
Tale 0:
After the last
volume, which ended with still lots of questions, I wasn’t sure what to expect
with this. I knew that it was the first draft of what became the two volume
series, but still.
I was surprised
with how much had actually changed. The first three chapters are the prequel
story, and in them, Hinata is a completely different character. Instead of
being pessimistic about love and off-put regarding the novels, she’s a hopeless
romantic, who immediately falls for Junya. It could have been a very different
story this way, and I’m not sure which route I liked better.
I will say, though,
that this story is much more rushed, with a lot less development to story and
character. Junya is still pretty similar, and I’m still not really in love with
him. The last chapter, where Junya kind of outs himself in public, kind of
bothered me.
But it was actually
the last two one-shots that I enjoyed. The first one, starring a
fashion-friendly guy who falls for the tomboy, was just adorable. It was
charming and well-done, and so cute. The second one, about two childhood
friends who keep hiding their love to each other, was also very cute, but it
had a very unhappy ending that almost ruined it for me. I don’t think the
ending needed to happen, honestly.
Above all, this
wasn’t too bad of a one-shot volume. It doesn’t have to be read with the
original series, and I actually enjoyed it for the most part.
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