火狩りの王〈二〉 影ノ火

by 日向理恵子

この世界は、一体何なのか。灯子は重傷を負った照三と首都へ到着し、かなたの家族を探しはじめる。煌四は炉六の狩りに同行し、森で見てはならないものを目にする。謎めいた笑みを浮かべる油百七。煌四の前から、突如姿を消す緋名子。願い文をたずさえ、神宮を目指す明楽。それをはばむ神族ひばりが、愛おしげに口にする〈揺るる火〉とは？灯子と煌四が出会うとき、首都の奥深く隠されていた秘密があらわになる。そして、いよいよ〈蜘蛛〉の侵攻がせまる…！

Kindle Edition

Published May 29, 2019

Reviews

[Meow Meow · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first half of it is quite decent, as it reveals more about the inner workings of the world. But its flaws also start to show up, like the repetitive passages and the feeling of disconnect from the main characters, especially the teenage boy. When his weak and sickly sister suddenly bolted out of the house barefoot, he just stood there and watch her run away and didn’t try to run after her. Even, later, when he let their hunting dog out to look for his sister, he again didn’t run after the dog when it ran out of the house. Even a pet owner’s first instinct would have been following their pet if it runs out of the home. So why wouldn’t he do so for his sickly sister? His action or lack thereof doesn’t even make sense, besides for the convenience of the plot. The rest of the plot just feels forced. When the other main character, a 10-year-old girl recklessly followed a professional fire hunter to the palace even though she knew very well that she would just become a burden. I feel like this is for the convenience of the plot again. It’s such pity that the storytelling is not as good as the world building which I really like.