Hey all, Sam here.
Okay, yeah, so when I saved this post, I guess I had saved it as a draft instead of a finished and scheduled post…and then I was tired so I fell asleep for a little while. It is only now, much later than I normally post and near to the end of Manga Monday, that I have realized that the post never went live. So sorry about that.
Welcome back to another Manga Monday, where I talk about a volume of manga I’ve read somewhat recently. Right now I’m in the middle of talking about the manga I read during Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon back in April of 2023…if that gives you any indication of how my blog scheduling sometimes functions. Most book reviews end up being reviewed much closer to when I’ve read them, but since I read a stack of manga in a short period of time and only review one of them each week, so sometimes it takes a while to get around to them.
That doesn’t mean that I don’t enjoy reading manga, because I absolutely do. There was even a time when I was posting two reviews each Manga Monday, and who knows, it could progress to that again at some point in the future, but for now, this is how it’s going.
Okay, let’s jump into it.
A young woman begins a new life as a dragon master for a handsome earl in this tale of high fantasy romance.
Melissa is a young woman training to be an attendant in the royal castle, working alongside the heroic dragon knights and their magnificent dragon steeds. The dragons love Melissa, and she’s soon selected to join Hubert–former captain of the dragon knights and newly appointed earl–in the borderlands, where wild dragons roam freely in the skies. Might romance blossom between Melissa and this handsome young lord, whose new position brings with it a whole host of dilemmas?
My Thoughts
Rating: 4 stars
I remember reading this quickly. It was a cute and fun start to a fantasy romance. I liked the general setup.
Melissa is adorable, and I loved how much all of the dragons love her, because she is just so sweet, and she cares for them about as much as the dragon knights do. Hubert is also cute, so good and confident around the dragons, but not so much with other social requirements.
So obviously things happen, and it changes a lot for both Melissa and Hubert, leading to Melissa being brought to the borderlands where wild dragons roam. When they arrive in the borderlands, Hubert who is now the Earl, also finds himself having to fend off the woman who was supposed to wed his brother, and she is awful. The dragons can’t stand her, and that is definitely reason enough to not want her around.
To me, it seems clear that Hubert is starting to really see Melissa in a new light, and the dragons already like this attendant/maid, so…hopefully future volumes give us more interactions between Melissa and Hubert, and hopefully they get rid of the bratty wishes she could marry the Earl lady, because she’s just there to gain power and wealth and clout, and I don’t like her.
The art style in this is very cute, and I have a feeling I’m going to enjoy continuing this series because it seems pretty darn fun and fantastical to me.
All right, that is all from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.
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