This was a good resolution to the story started in volume 8. The ending was a little more rushed than I would have liked so that, ironically, I liked the finish of the Town of Strife storyline less than the end of the previous volume halfway through the storyline, but it was still a very good, engrossing tale, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

It's good to see the occasional reminders that Lawrence and Holo have reached a point of understanding such that they no longer angst over the status of their relationship in the same ways they had early on. I just wish Holo would ease up a little, and subject Lawrence to slightly less emotional abuse. ( )