The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow

I have just finished reading Fuyumi Ono's, The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow. It was a really great book, although a little less mature than I had hoped. The author has already written all 8 books in the series, and they have been released in Japan. However, the english versions are just now becoming available. In english there will only be 7 books because the first two books in the series were condensed into one, Sea of Shadow. The second book in the series, The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Wind, was available starting 3/11 in stores in the US. I have yet to purchase my copy, but I plan to do so in the next several days.