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Stepping On Roses, Volume 7 (2012)

by Rinko Ueda(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1421541750 (ISBN13: 9781421541754)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

VIZ Media LLC

series

Stepping On Roses

review 1: Sumi is an impoverished girl who is taking care of a few orphen children her older brother, Eisuke, keeps brining home. He goes out chasing after one get rich quick scheme after another, or con, or bet, leaving her to take care of their ramshackle home and the children. They are both orphens as well.Soichiro is a hard nose business man. Everything is calculated. He needs a wife in order to inherit the family fortune. He sees Sumi struggling and offers to pay her to marry him. The catch? No one can know where she comes from and she can never see her family again. He makes it very clear from the beginning that this is a business proposition and she is never to fall in love with him. Matters are compolicated further when an associate of Soichiro's, Nozomu, falls in love with ... moreher. At first, Sumi seems to return his feelings. He is a kind hearted man who seems to care for her and Soichiro is so cold, but little by little, she starts to see the vulnerable man behind the hard exterior and slowly begins to develop feelings for him. Her feelings for Nozomu nothing more than a fleeting crush.Nozomu cannot accept that Sumi does not care for him and obssesses over her, destroying his own marraige in the process. When every other tactic fails, he manipulates events that cause Soichiro to step down as president of the the Ashida Corporation taking control of the company.Soichiro vows to keep Sumi, who he realizes he has fallen in love with, and to take back his company from Nozomu. If he succeeds, he'll have everything, but if he fails, he will be destitute. Will Sumi's love be strong enough to support him and see him through? Will he win in the end?Volume 8 is due out October 2.
review 2: I think the anticipation is really what made this one worth 4 stars over 3. Overall, not as good as the earlier ones but this series is built on character development and story progression which means the huge upside of not too much drag. I really, REALLY hate that it has an epic sort of cliff-hanger, that it was by FAR to short, and that the next one freakin' comes out in MONTHS!!!! As good as the series is, I'd say put off reading this one until it gets a little closer to the next one's release date, unless you know a good online reader :) less

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