Reviews

The Betrayal Knows My Name, Vol. 5 by Hotaru Odagiri

explorebooks's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ravenwolf_waf's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

misssusan's review

3.0

lia is exactly as delightful as i thought she would be! \o/ i too believe in avoiding unnecessary physical labour. if the world is going to insist on assigning gender roles i am not above taking advantage to make the menfolk about me take care of such annoyances. :D also the way she reacted to luke changing omg. 'no touko, don't stop him! this is a wondrous once in a lifetime opportunity!' xDDD you can def stick around lia, continue being perfect.

less delightful: odagiri placing shuusei and touko in danger in the second half of the volume. D: as soon as the ominous hints started up i started making wild threats. don't you kill off my bbs odagiri! if you do i will personally buy a plane ticket to japan and go to your house and cry. right in front of you! do you know how awkward that will be? people will think you did something horrible to me and they'd be right.

on the flip side though, so long as no one dies, i will applaud this as an excellent excuse for hotsuma/shuusei shippiness. make your choices wisely.

3.5 stars

opalamber's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

sarahc_98's review

4.0

The war heats up... Wonder what the Duras final move will be to open Infernus?

schomj's review

4.0

Cliffhanger ending, the next volume isn't out until September and Yen is changing the publishing cycle? *sob* (Although really, I'd be ok with Odagiri dragging this series out for years, so there's no point being impatient.)

jessie_h's review against another edition

4.0

4.5/5 Stars

navsegeda's review against another edition

4.0

The hot springs arc made everything with it.