A review by atalanta_nins
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 4 by Kevin Steinbach, Natsu Hyuuga

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A lot of undeniably unexpected plot twists. Will caught you by surprise 

Also noticed how as the story progresses, though it still contains some mysteries, politics seems to have contributed largely on the story. Also, you learn a lot of new things, so if you aren't familiar with the political history in the story, you might not find this intriguing or interesting (I'm southeast asian so I'm a bit familiar because some of the aspects of the stories are common in our history and country). 

Chapters 18, 21 and 22 are the stand out chapters for me as it answered what and why the things that happened from the previous chapters happened. It also answered some questions unanswered from the previous chapters and light novels.

Although, I am not sure I understand some of the things that are revealed here, hopefully, they'll be adapted completely. 

Also, that Epilogue is just the right amount of wrapping up the story, not expecting anything for the next one as even the end of this is a good one (though, admittedly, there's still much that needs to be discussed and questions answered).