The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft Lawrence is well acquainted. Wandering from town to town with just his horse, cart, and whatever wares have come his way, the peddler has pretty well settled into his routine - that is until the night Lawrence finds a wolf goddess asleep in his cart. Taking the form of a fetching girl with wolf ears and a tail, Holo has weried of tending to harvests in the countryside and strikes up a bargain with the merchant to lend him the cunning of "Holo the Wisewolf" to increase his profits in exchange for taking her along on his travels. What kind of businessman could turn down such an offer? Lawrence soon learns, though, that having an ancient goddess as a traveling companion can be a bit of a mixed blessing. Will this wolf girl turn out to be too wild to tame?
Okay, that's pretty much what's printed on the back of the book.
Spice and Wolf has an anime and a manga, but they are both based off of the book (and both change certain aspects of the story).
I have to say. I really love the characters in this light novel. The main character is a pretty good merchant, and though he's pretty wise for his age, he's constantly being showed up by his travelling companion Holo. The character's personalities are really well written.
((I'd also like to point out that her name is pronounced Horo. I know that when they dubbed it they say "Holo" but...if you read the original japanese text...well, it's an "R" sound... Well... aboud 60% "R" 30% "L" and 10% "D."))
The japanese cover -
http://static.animekiwi.com/images/upload/...koshinryo01.jpgenglish cover -
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B0m%2BoJe%2BL.jpgHere's the opening to the anime, in case some would rather watch the anime than read the book.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZkVmtYgQIc
Spice and Wolf, A wonderful light novel has finally been translated to english
Ranma Spice and Wolf Mar 3 2010, 5:10 AM
Mar 3 2010, 5:10 AM
