Latina deals with separation anxiety as Dale leaves her in the hands of the innkeepers as he heads off on a mission (which is told in a few brief scenes, mostly in montage, but reveals Dale's importance, power and violent nature). To pass the time more quickly, Latina learns to cook, and the scenes of the inn's regular customers dealing with the results is priceless. The second part of the book has Dale teaching Latina some magic. Low-key, but super cute.

The last two sides stories in the volume -- one a comic, the other a text piece -- are rather clumsy, being repetitive and overlapping strangely, as they try to illustrate how Latina's cuteness is causing a surge in the adventuring industry. ( )