Manga Review – Ancient Magus Bride Vol 8 by Kore Yamazaki (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy/Manga
Length: 180 pages
Publisher: Seven Seas
Release Date: February 27, 2018
ISBN-13: 978-1626925977
Stand Alone or Series: 8th book in the Ancient Magus Bride series
Source: Borrowed from Library
Rating: 5/5 stars
“Chise may have stopped the dragon’s rampage, but at a great cost: she has been cursed, and a dragon’s curse is unbreakable! Chise and Elias are visited by Marielle the witch, whose fellow witches claim to know the secret to helping Chise. There’s one catch-–in exchange for their aid, Chise must join the witches’ coven.”
This is the eighth volume in the Ancient Magus Bride series. I enjoyed it a lot and am curious to see where the story goes next. A lot happens in this installment.
Chise has accidentally been cursed by the very baby dragon she helped free. Added on to her other curses, this new one means she doesn’t have long to live. When Chise is approached by a witch she met at the auction, the witch suggests Chise joins their coven in order to help get rid of the curse. Elias is less than pleased by this suggestion until he starts to see what the dragon’s curse is doing to Chise.
Again beautifully illustrated and full of amazing characters. I enjoyed a lot of the story development that happened in this one and am incredibly curious as to how things will play out between Chise, Elias, and Josef.
The coven of witches introduced in this book are magical prostitutes, this doesn’t get incredibly specific or detailed but they do talk about sex some. My 11 year old son is reading these books, so I wasn’t thrilled to see this in there and don’t really understand how it plays into the rest of the story (seemed a bit unnecessary). However, because these are rated teen I have been reading them before him…so we will see how he takes this volume.
Overall an excellent installment in this series. I continue to really enjoy these and am sad that I have almost caught up to the last book. I would recommend to young adult and older readers who enjoy magical fantasy manga.
This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– New Release Reading Challenge
– Goodreads Reading Challenge
– Graphic Novel Reading Challenge
