So, I finally got around to borrowing the other Chibi Vampire novels to enjoy. This time, Karin and Kenta are working at the Julian Family Restaurant when Kira Matsumiya, a rich junior high girl, and her butler Shougo Tachikake, come in so Kira can make take an emergency bathroom break. While there, Kira shows an odd attraction to Karin. Kira then offers her and Kenta a job, to spend the weekend with Kira on her family's private island as a maid and as Kira's playmate. There are two other girls who have been hired as maids-Mayumi Oosaki, a young woman who Karin bit the night before leaving, who is quite a flirt and takes an interest in Kenta Usui, and Shouko Seki, another girl just a few years older than Karin. At the island things seem fine at first,until sweet Kira starts displaying a dark personality from time to time and soon Mayumi ends up missing. Soon Karin begins to wonder if Tachikake or Kira has Mayumi locked up, or had her murdered. This actually has to be my favorite of the novels I've read so far. The mystery angle is played off very well and although there isn't a moment in the story that matches the intensity of the climax of the first novel, the suspense is still pretty gripping. This is also the funniest storyline yet with all of the characters introduced here having some funny quirk about them, most notably Kira's breast obsession. Other than that everything I like about the series is intact here and I can't wait to dig into more.
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