I cried the first time I read volume 2. Not from sadness but from utter frustration with Harvey and Kieli and the Corporal. I could smack them all for being so pigheaded. You know that old story about the old woman who chops off her hair to get her husband pipe tobacco for his pipe and the old man who sold his pipe to get the hairclip for his wife's beautiful hair? That's how it felt reading volume 2.

It did however make my love Harvey a little more.

The story wraps itself up nice and neatly with room for the reader to 'expand' upon their adventures (though in reality just read the light novel series, it tells more about their adventures). The action is higher in this volume and I appreciated that we learned more about the past of the world. And the poor Corporal.

We learn a good deal about Harvey before/after the War and its a little heartbreaking honestly. Like his real name and the fact that the evil evil evil church is evil. Er. Well I guess you can't blame the religion for the followers right? A particularly nasty sort follows after Kieli and Harvey after the debacle last volume, tracking them down and making a horrid nuiscance of himself.

I do like the ending, I really do and it made me eager to read the novel series. ( )