Spice and Wolf, Vol. 10 - light novel Paperback – December 17, 2013

Well, it is a great set of books that I am enjoying reading, for the Kindle, I think that the price is a little steep or I would read them faster.The characters tend to be consistent with insight into how to trade and bargain, how money is 'created' and why it needs intrinsic value. Sad to see Lawrence getting dumber over time. Of course next to Holo, the wise wolf, I suppose that is to be expected

This is a great gift for the anime lover in your life. This was a great series to watch and the light novels are interesting to read and compare to each other. Great price and fast shipping.

Some of you may have noticed that in the previous few installations of Spice and Wolf, the chapters got a little dreary. The words got a little wordy, and the magical feeling may have felt to be diminishing. That is not apparent in Volume 10. This part of the Spice and Wolf story replenished your interest in the series and how the relationship of Kraft Lawrence and Holo of Yoitsu will turn out.The tender feeling between the two is back, the hard thinking of an economic crisis is once again apparent. What seemed to be missing in the previous volumes is focus devoted to Kraft and Holo. This volume definitely brings that back tenfold!

I originally really enjoyed this series. There was a budding relationship that was explained well through the dialog of the characters (instead of an omniscient voice explaining the character's thoughts) and there was also some very good, even tricky, economic lessons.But it seems the author is becoming strained for ideas. Not wanting to kill the golden goose by resolving the conflicts, the series has become banal. It's ending up like so many TV shows which push romantic tension into the realm of absurdity (x-files, bones, friends, etc.). Also, the economic conflicts are becoming dumb. While a principle or scheme may be explained in the prior books, in this book economic conflicts are treated like magic; characters run around grumbling about "hurry, money, advantage" but the mechanisms as to how the transactions work are absent. Also, the ending seemed rushed as if the author had no idea how things should climax - the situation just kind of dues-ex-machina resolves itself.So if you're a fan of the series it might be worth a read. If not, there is no reason to start here. It is time for the author to try another tale.

While this book still has the same problem of not letting you easily know who's talking at what time, this is easily the best volume up to it. All of the plans are relatively easy to follow and even the plot twist are sensible enough to not seem far fetched. With the sole exception of the dialogue, the story is easy to follow and has a great pace.

I assume if you are looking at this item you have already read the previous titles. If that is not the case, then look for the 1st book in the series and purchase that.This is the 10th Spice and Wolf book to be translated into English. The series is highly enjoyable and I have purchased all those currently available and plan to purchase all the future books.

I love spice & wolf so much. i was so happy when it can in the mail i started reading it the the second i got it. can't wait for the next vol to come out.

I like the story of this series.

I'm a big fan of Spice and Wolf, and this volume made no exception.Although Lawrence's biggest concerns continue to shift from money to Holo, economics are still very much present, along with fellow merchants, fruitful (or not) deals, and so on.I don't speak Japanese, but the translation itself seems to be of very good quality, and the author's writing still as good as ever!I wouldn't want to spoil anything, so I'll keep it short, but it is nice to see how both Lawrence and Holo manage to talk about their relatonship while constantly avoiding the subject and still taking care of Col.

Shipped fast, good print quality and an amazing story as always!

As always the book was shipped very fast. It's well printed with some very nice illustrations. About the story well, Holo is awesome!

Cosa posso dire? Da fan della serie, è un must have! Peccato che in Italia non arriverà mai in italiano. L'edizione inglese della YenPress è perfetta.Consiglio l'acquisto a tutti gli amanti della serie.

If you enjoyed the anime but were left wanting more from the non-conclusive ending that it had then I can't recommend the Spice&Wolf light novels enough. Continue the adventures of Holo and Laurence and enjoy the journey!