Koujo Denka no Kateikyoushi
Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter

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I bought this light novel during a book walker J-Novel sale. The synopsis and cover art looked interesting and I decided to get it since it wasn't an isekai (not that I don't enjoy those) I am glad I did. This was a fun read and since no one else has posted a review, I'll obliged.

First-off, the story. The title is pretty self-explanatory. Allen (our talented commoner MC) is given/"coerced" into accepting the job of magic tutor to the Howard Ducal family's second daughter, Tina, and her maid/best-friend, Ellie. The catch being that Tina is unable to use magic despite her family's strong affinity for ... it. So, the main crux of the story involves Allen helping her and Ellie unlock their latent abilities and improve themselves but also solving the deeper mysteries behind his world's magic and his interaction with his supporting cast. Magic system is a good one with structure and proper explanation as to how it works and also how it effects the world building, which is also well done (they use Griffins for expensive courier services😂) Narrative style was done well too. It was in a first-person perspective but flowed seamlessly and never felt stunted.

Characters are well done. The main ones (Allen, Tina, and Ellie) have good dynamic with each other with Allen being the cool level-headed, kinda smarmy but helpful, tutor who is not overpowered but is a badass by his own skill and wits. Tina is a mix between a hime-dere and a bit of tsundere with a heart of gold but given her young age, it's understandable and works well with her character growth. Ellie is the slightly older, shy, klutzy but sweet girl due to her background but she too undergoes good development. Other characters are mainly on the side-lines but they do help move the plot (e.g. The Walkers, Duke Walter, and the professor) Even few characters who are hinted at but don't appear or have larger roles in book 1 (e.g. Lydia the albatross😏) are fun to read.

Art is really good. Not just characters are drawn but even backgrounds to go with them. Facial expressions come off perfect, characters in motion are drawn believably and the few illustrations we do get are enough to help us visualize further scenes.

Overall, a very good first book and I am already excited to read the next volume. I gave it an 8 because I would have liked a few more illustrations but everything else was awesome.

This series is really a fun read, the characters are very vivid and can run your imagination and the setting is thought out well, and the fantasy aspect is very engaging.

with the plot coming into play around volume 4 most people get the wrong idea since there is basically no world building and only the slice of life aspects, but if you can get past that it becomes one of the most executed fantasy novels I have read.

The main story starts off as Allen gets a job from his professor to tutor a certain dukes daughter who can’t use magic and tutor her personal maid ... too.

First of all the characters have very engaging character development, I really like the contrast of the characters, Allen with his level-headedness and Tina, the dukes daughter with her demanding behavior and of her personal maid Ellie with her shy and being a klutz which makes the relationships between them grow naturally, and with the other characters coming into play with their own aspects in later volumes the characters become more engaging.

The art in this series is so very expressive with the cute character designs and the amazing backgrounds the art has to offer.

The series world building and the magic system is very interesting. In the first couple volumes the world is pretty small only confined to the kingdom and its regions and after that the world building is introduced and it’s very compelling with all of the different areas and layers in this world that is hinted in with the volumes and with the perfect adversaries for the mc in my opinion with tons of mystery shrouding then it always makes me on edge to see what they have in store next.

If you like books that are fantasy magic related I would give this one a read, with its well thought out magic system and the very thought out world you might just find yourself liking it yourself.