I'd probably give it an 8.
It's hardcover and the printing is right up there in quality. Lotsa bikini pics.
The photographer did good. I said before that I think Kaoru is pretty short, even for a japanese girl. But you can see most of these pics had that in mind and evened it up. I've taken pics of short girls before, but I don't think I'd do anything this good.
My fave would definitely be the second-last set with the light-blue bikini, 16 pages and all shot very nicely.
so:
-1. from too many back shots. There's like one in every 8 pages. haha
-1. from the pics being a little too basic "casual clothes to bikini shots" gravure themed. The environment felt a little to controlled and safe. Candid-shots, food, water, cosplay, paint, animals, whatever. The PB would've been better with anything extra like that for a change of pace.