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A review by krys_and_books
The King's Beast, Vol. 1 by Rei Tōma
3.0
The King’s Beast set us up for court intrigue and deadly schemes. Apparently set in the same world as Dawn of the Arcana (which I have not read yet) humans and Ajin live side by side. Ajin, humanoid looking with animal features like ears and tail, number less than humans and so are cast to the lowest rungs into slavery.
When Rangetsu was a child her twin brother and her took a medicine to see if they had any special abilities. When her brother was found to have it he was pulled from her and taken to the palace to serve as a beast servant to Prince Touya, and then was killed not long after. Rangetsu hid her identity as a female and worked her way up to prove herself as a great potential beast servant so she can find out what it is that got her brother killed, who did it, and get revenge. When she is assigned to Prince Touya she is now in the perfect position to start finding out what she needs. So long as she survives, because the court is full of intrigue and schemes and Ajin are less than second class citizens and Rangetsu is very much in danger. It’s going to take her and Prince Touya working together to get to the bottom of what happened to her brother Sogetsu.
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While I usually wait a couple volumes before I have a definitive opinion on a series I can say this definitely has me intrigued so far, enough so to keep picking up the next couple volumes and seeing how the story goes.
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Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher I was able to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
When Rangetsu was a child her twin brother and her took a medicine to see if they had any special abilities. When her brother was found to have it he was pulled from her and taken to the palace to serve as a beast servant to Prince Touya, and then was killed not long after. Rangetsu hid her identity as a female and worked her way up to prove herself as a great potential beast servant so she can find out what it is that got her brother killed, who did it, and get revenge. When she is assigned to Prince Touya she is now in the perfect position to start finding out what she needs. So long as she survives, because the court is full of intrigue and schemes and Ajin are less than second class citizens and Rangetsu is very much in danger. It’s going to take her and Prince Touya working together to get to the bottom of what happened to her brother Sogetsu.
***
While I usually wait a couple volumes before I have a definitive opinion on a series I can say this definitely has me intrigued so far, enough so to keep picking up the next couple volumes and seeing how the story goes.
***
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher I was able to read this book in exchange for an honest review.