Nozomu Tamaki

It was enjoyable, and worth reading. It felt a bit less momentous in some ways than the first main Dance in the Vampire Bund series, but it started developing some characters more fully -- characters that became more interesting because of this deeper treatment for them -- so it evened out in the end. I look forward to the second volume of this short corollary series.

First part of this volume is another after action type epilogue like the one that was in volume 6 and serves as a break in the action as well as establishing Yuki's condition after being in a coma from the wounds she sustained in the last volume. The rest of this volume then goes back to non stop action when the rival Vampire Lord Ivanovic attacks the Bund to try and capture Mina and was rather good. However once again Nozomu tries to pull on your heart strings by killing off a character show more that has been in the story from the start of the series but sadly it comes off as ham fisted and very similar to an event from volume 7, so any emotional impact is once again stunted. Overall slightly better than the last two volumes but once again fails on the emotional connection. show less

Akira and the rest of Mina's bodyguards try and find who is responsible for infecting Mina with the Pied Piper nano machines while dodging a relentless assassin. This leads them to one of friend of Akira's friend long though dead and sheds some more light on the tragic event that changed Akira 2 years prior to the story. Although you are supposed to feel some remorse over the events that transpire between Akira and the people from his past I just was not feeling it. This might be due to the show more fact that they are quickly thrown in out of seemingly nowhere so you don't have any time to get emotionally attached to them or to feel for Akira when he must fight them. Overall an alright addition but one that tries but fails to tug at your emotions due to quickly inserted traumatic events. show less

I never thought I'd really like a vampire book, but I'm liking the queen getting some frailty.