The Werewolf Count and the Trickster Tailor

So far the only complaint I have is I wish this was manga and not a light novel. I’ll update this once I’ve finished :) Edit: it was an extremely good read. I had a hard time putting it down. I SO DESPERATLY WANTED IT TO BE A BL BUT THATS OKAY 😭😭 it was still worth everything I paid for.

I stumbled upon this book by accident and I decide to give it a chance and I am so glad that I did. It has great characters and a plot that keeps you wanted to read more not to mention the magnificent illustrations. I completely recommend this to anyone looking for a good read. I am whole heartedly looking forward to volume 2.

This story shows its age with some boundary pushing by the ML, but overall the main characters treat gender related awkwardness with kindness and are good people. The translator clearly doesn’t know much about the LGBT+ community in the US though, because they made some very questionable choices in how they use pronouns during the course of the story. I suspect as long as people expect the awkwardness of this translation they’ll probably still enjoy the story but I sure hope no trans folks go into this book cold.

The story is cute. I just dont like the fact that half way through the book the main character stops referring to the trans character as their preferred terms.

MORE! want to hear about a new shop and the dude's sister the tailor still needs to sew a wedding dress for her and possible love affair between rocks father and Johanna. Tie up the loose ends rock mother and her noble family. And a lover for the Duke.

I was terribly surprised to read about unmanga-like qualities dealt with in this light novel. Issues of gender identity and dual identities meshed well within the confines of the romance as well. I can't wait for volume 2!!

This is probably among the best light novels I’ve read and probably among the most ambitious. A lot of earnest and well meaning thought went into how pronouns are used and I doubly appreciate it for that. Cheers!

I sincerely enjoyed this story. I picked it up having not read the description and found this to be a light novel rather than a Manga. The story flows smoothly from one chapter to the next. I was easily able to form visuals and follow the characters as they moved through each scene. The story was different than I would have expected, in a pleasant way that had a nice twist on the werewolf theme. There were parts I felt were unnecessary that added some clunk to otherwise flowing passages. This the reason for four stars.