From the back cover: In this surprising tale of mystery and suspense, a stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick's mannerisms, appearance, and every significant detail of Patrick's early life, up to his thirteenth year when he … [Read more...] about Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey: B+
Brilliant Blue 2 by Saemi Yorita: B+
Brilliant Blue ends as sweetly as it began, offering plenty of humor and warmth along the way. At first, Shouzo continues to fight his attraction for Nanami, resulting in some nice chapters told from Nanami’s perspective in which his confusion over the way Shouzo’s treating him is both adorable and sympathetic. Eventually, Shouzo can’t resist any longer and takes the … [Read more...] about Brilliant Blue 2 by Saemi Yorita: B+
Nabari No Ou 2 by Yuhki Kamatani: C+
Middle-schooler Miharu Rokujou is the unwilling host of a great ninja power known as Shinra Banshou. He’s got allies who want to extract the power and destroy it, and enemies who want to claim the power for themselves. In this volume, his allies decide to adopt the same plan as their enemies and collect the scrolls of each clan’s forbidden arts, believing that the way to … [Read more...] about Nabari No Ou 2 by Yuhki Kamatani: C+
Nabari No Ou 1 by Yuhki Kamatani: B-
From the back cover: Apathetic schoolboy Miharu Rokujou is content to meander through life in the sleepy village of Banten. But his quiet existence is shattered when the Grey Wolves of Iga, a powerful ninja clan, attempt to kidnap him in broad daylight. Only then does Miharu discover that the ultimate power of the hidden ninja realm—a power that can do both great good and great … [Read more...] about Nabari No Ou 1 by Yuhki Kamatani: B-
Gestalt 4 by Yun Kouga: B-
From the back cover: Olivier continues his slow and roundabout trek to G, accompanied by Suzu and Sakata. Along the way they meet an old man who offers to aid Olivier in exchange for tutoring his granddaughter, Roxanne. The girl turns out to be much more than she seems, with hidden powers and a history with Ouri as well. With all the various plots starting to come together, … [Read more...] about Gestalt 4 by Yun Kouga: B-