I watched the anime a while ago already and adored it, and also watched the anime adaptation of another novel by the same writer: Kemono no Souja Erin, and I dare Say Erin was even better.
I got both listed in my amazon wish list for an eternity now, I really gotta buy them already, I want to read the novels already!!!!! *my bookworm self is revealed to the world now...I am a novel devourer*