Jeord and Alan are feeling more hopeful now that some of their history has been revealed and Katarina has her usual nonreaction to it, but if anything she's more determined to back away from her engagement. If there's one constant, it's that Katarina is unwilling to commit to anything deeper than friendship with the people who surround her, no matter how desperately they are proclaiming they want her as something more. In an effort to avoid the question, she finds herself involved in sorting out Dewey's family issues.

Katarina has to face once again the prospect that being engaged generally means eventually getting married, and people are starting to ask when she and Jeord will tie the knot. I definitely recommend reading through the acknowledgements in this one! Her little personal anecdote may as well have been my favorite part of the volume. Satoru Yamaguchi is so sweet in the acknowledgements. Good stuff overall-and are you seriously saying I have to wait who-knows-how-long for the next volume? I may start going into Katarina withdrawals if I cannot read the next one in a timely manner…įav quote: “More than future wife and husband, Mary and Alan looked like a crime boss and her lowly thug” Finally, Dewey’s growing on me and Maria gets a little time in the spotlight. As a staunch member of #teamjeord, I’m thoroughly pleased with this volume’s contents in that department (although you Keith apologists may find some things to satiate you as well). The main plot is advanced along a little as well, but this volume’s primary focus is in its characters. Romance-wise, nothing ever quite lives up to volume 8, but there were a couple of scenes here and there I bookmarked. I was really surprised by some of the insight we got into our lovely Bakarina, and I can’t wait to see how it plays out in future volumes. I once said I sensed Katarina character development on the horizon and, lo and behold, we got it! Sorta. Hamefura volume 11 kicks off to a roaring start. I expected a lot of fluff and a lot of fun, and for the most part, this installment delivered. Talk of marriage to Prince Geordo has resurfaced, and I have to face the feelings I've been unconsciously avoiding.In reality this is more of a four star volume as far as this series goes, but I’m giving it a 5 stars purely for the sheer amount of joy that fills me up when I go into a new Hamefura volume. While I'm taking measures to prevent new catastrophes, I'm getting the same items of 'Dark Magic Villain Set' as in the game's sequel, one after another - only, the equipment isn't making me a perfect villain!

I've been reincarnated as Catarina, the villainess of an otome game.

My next life as a villainess volume 11