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merlin_reads's review against another edition
3.0
Teenagers fighting off evil aliens while navigating high school and just being teenagers. This sounds like a CW show if you ask me. And honestly, it read like one too but I still had fun with it. Poor Hunter is just minding his own business in his house when a unconscious naked girl just lands in his backyard. Soon Hunter and his friends find themselves in a battle against an alien force with some fun extra powers - not for Hunter though, he's still a regular joe. Was it corny? A little. But it was still fun and I was rooting for them to destroy the invaders.
carroq's review against another edition
3.0
I received this book in the August 2016 Comic Bento box. They stretched the theme, which is animals, to include this book. It features animals of a sort, but they are aliens. Once again, Aspen provided a variant cover for the trade in the Bento box.
The story is okay. A girl named Celeste that disappeared years ago returns to her childhood home, which is now occupied by another family. The young man, Hunter, that lives there takes her in while she tries to figure out her purpose. In the days leading up to the local high school's homecoming, a group of aliens attacks, targeting Celeste. Hunter's friends are injured and end up being transformed by Celeste. Together they are set to fight off an alien invasion.
I really liked the art on this book. Sometimes the Aspen books can have art that is over the top or just objectifying to women. There are some elements of that here, but the art makes sense within the story so it didn't bug me as much. Plus, the elements tied to the aliens are pretty cool.
I can see this book appealing to a teen audience, specifically young men.
The story is okay. A girl named Celeste that disappeared years ago returns to her childhood home, which is now occupied by another family. The young man, Hunter, that lives there takes her in while she tries to figure out her purpose. In the days leading up to the local high school's homecoming, a group of aliens attacks, targeting Celeste. Hunter's friends are injured and end up being transformed by Celeste. Together they are set to fight off an alien invasion.
I really liked the art on this book. Sometimes the Aspen books can have art that is over the top or just objectifying to women. There are some elements of that here, but the art makes sense within the story so it didn't bug me as much. Plus, the elements tied to the aliens are pretty cool.
I can see this book appealing to a teen audience, specifically young men.
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