Since I Was Abandoned After Reincarnating, I Will Cook With My Fluffy Friends Volume 2

In volume 2, the season is shifting from spring to summer. It means the strawberry season is ending, and our gardener cat Berry seems sad about it which is super adorable. I hope she gets gourmet food everyday to make up for the lack of strawberries.

After what happened in the previous volume, Laetitia is now forging a bond with Lady Natalie as well as getting to know the other queen candidates. The focus in this book is the east villa's Lady Kate, a beastfolk from the Wildcat clan who wears her heart on her sleeve. Since her main issue is more of a family problem, the conflict in this volume isn't as nasty as what Lady Natalie's aunt did. The main antagonist is Lady Natalie's younger half-sister Sienna, who's a lot more immature both in personality and schemes, which in turn highlights the fact that Laetitia really was supposed to be a capable villainess. It's really nice to see how far the story has departed from the stereotypical situation at the beginning. I'm curious about how they will handle the remaining two queen candidates though, since their approach to this power struggle seems different from Lady Natalie and Lady Kate.

Also, Laetitia's grand goal in this book is to build a house for her griffin and an entire dog park behind her villa so her staff's companion animals can play there. Absolutely amazing main character, can totally understand why everyone loves her. She finally gets a chance to cook a hot meal for King Glenreed in this volume, which makes him even more interested in her and that obviously leads to more Lord Aroo scenes. While Glenreed is growing feelings for Laetitia, she's beginning to change her “completely neutral and uninvolved” stance and the people around her are starting to wish she would be their queen permanently. The book does a great job reminding you that their time is limited, so I'm looking forward to see where the plot will take us to next.