Okay so I liked and I finished it but before I write my thought, I have a few questions... did Taro and Mari fall meet, fall in love and get married in like 5 days? Okay Romeo and Juliet, teenagers and shit, whatever. Another question Akira become became a bad ass warrior assassin in like 5 days? Okay magic and shit, whatever.

Positives:
I loved Asami and secretly wish she had been the empress of all season and our protagonist, not that I don't like Mari or anything
I loved the mythological interludes, very unique
I loved the world this character imagined and loved the seasonal room

Negatives
Asami was not a main character
Taro's dramatic character shift, I do not believe for a second he world have done what he did
I hate the ending the epilogue, the tight little bow and the happy ever narration

I liked the boy but I would probably never read if again