Sunday, August 25, 2024

REVIEW: The Heiress and the Chauffeur (manga, vol. 2) by Keiko Ishihara, translated by pinkie-chan

The Heiress and the Chauffeur is a historical romance manga. I bought my copy of this volume new.

Review:

Sayaka's father arranges a marriage meeting for her with Akihiko Tachibana, the coldly business-minded third son of Earl Tachibana. In the process of turning him down, Sayaka accidentally causes him to fall for her. This could turn into a complicated love triangle, but since this is the final volume of the series and it's time it's time for Sayaka to start catching on to her own and others' feelings, things get resolved more quickly than that. Somehow, the author still manages to fit in a few surprises, though.

I really enjoyed how this wrapped up - kudos to Ishihara's editor for suggesting this ending, which was less cliched than the direction I assumed things would go, and kudos to Ishihara for listening.

I also really appreciated the bonus chapter, which helped flesh the ending out a little and give it some life and believability. I liked the dynamics between the older Sayaka and Narutaki. Plus, that short hairstyle was cute.

Extras:

Author sidebars throughout, a bonus chapter set a few years after the events of the final chapter, and a comic-style afterword by the author.

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