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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
This book was gorgeous! The illustration style is so soft and sweet, the text is easy to read, the dialogue is realistic and easy to follow along, the characters melted my heart in the first five pages, the story is stunningly magical, and the environmental message is much appreciated. I just think this a really well-thought-out and wonderful book <3
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
super cute, quick read! very nice story about a family/community’s connection to water!
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Thanks again to Oni Press for sending me a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
This was such a cute read and the art was amazing! I especially loved how it dealt with an important topic such as climate change and how the message was that we definitely have to pay more attention to our environment and have to take care of our oceans and that even small things can already make a big difference.
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This was such a cute read and the art was amazing! I especially loved how it dealt with an important topic such as climate change and how the message was that we definitely have to pay more attention to our environment and have to take care of our oceans and that even small things can already make a big difference.
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Read this because K wouldn't tell me what it was about when she was done. It's a great book with ocean lessons and topics of grief as well. Done very well.
4 stars
All of you know I don't read a lot of middle grade, nor do I graphic novels. But I am trying to expand my readership in both, and why not test two birds with one very adorable stone named Aquicorn Cove.
This is a book I would have LOVED as a middle schooler, and even now I still completely adore it!
Not only are there gorgeous illustrations (that are so freakin' aesthetic!), adorable aquatic unicorns, and a fxf romance featured (but not with the middle school MC--with some of the adults in her life), there's themes on environmental awareness and so much more.
What else could you ask for?
I found Lana to be such a sweet main character, and very relatable with young me. I might not have been so adventurous, but I did share the same desire for an incredible experience (like, meeting aquicorns) at that age, and I think O'Neill captured this so well with both the illustrations and plot.
The entire idea of aquicorns would have enraptured me in the past, and still does now. I just--who doesn't love aquatic unicorns living in a gorgeous area under the sea?
Or, well, it was gorgeous until the town started introducing harmful fishing techniques, and bye bye aquicorns.
The entire subtext of environmental awareness is not only a good teaching/learning tool, it's still very very true, on a much bigger scale worldwide. O'Neill manages to both introduce important topics as well as make it interesting and engaging for the reader at the same time.
Honestly, the only thing I could say I didn't really like about this was that I wanted more of the character relationships. It's quite short, but I still craved more of the relationship between Lana and her father, Lana and her aunt, etc. Sometimes it felt like it focused too much on her aunt's story rather than Lana's story, and I kind of wish we got to see more of her and how she grew throughout this journey.
Although I loved the casual presentation of adults in a f/f romance and the backstory was presented well, for some reason I feel like it took away from some of the page time for Lana and her own development. I do think this makes the novel appeal to adult readers more, though.
I do want to note that some of the colors and printing were a bit off in my advance reader's copy (everything looked pinker than it does online), but after looking at digital images of the book, I've decided that this is mostly an issue with the pre-publication copies, and I'll be corroborating the quality of the gorgeous illustrations when I next visit a bookstore!
In the end, this was such an adorable read and I highly recommend for both middle grade readers and non-middle grade readers, for both graphic novel enthusiasts and non-graphic novel enthusiasts. It's a great light and fluffy and charming read that really lets the reader immerse themself in a richly developed setting and a place of magic and aquicorns.
Thank you so much to Margot Wood & Oni Press for providing me with an advance reader's copy in exchange for an honest review!
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All of you know I don't read a lot of middle grade, nor do I graphic novels. But I am trying to expand my readership in both, and why not test two birds with one very adorable stone named Aquicorn Cove.
This is a book I would have LOVED as a middle schooler, and even now I still completely adore it!
Not only are there gorgeous illustrations (that are so freakin' aesthetic!), adorable aquatic unicorns, and a fxf romance featured (but not with the middle school MC--with some of the adults in her life), there's themes on environmental awareness and so much more.
What else could you ask for?
I found Lana to be such a sweet main character, and very relatable with young me. I might not have been so adventurous, but I did share the same desire for an incredible experience (like, meeting aquicorns) at that age, and I think O'Neill captured this so well with both the illustrations and plot.
The entire idea of aquicorns would have enraptured me in the past, and still does now. I just--who doesn't love aquatic unicorns living in a gorgeous area under the sea?
Or, well, it was gorgeous until the town started introducing harmful fishing techniques, and bye bye aquicorns.
The entire subtext of environmental awareness is not only a good teaching/learning tool, it's still very very true, on a much bigger scale worldwide. O'Neill manages to both introduce important topics as well as make it interesting and engaging for the reader at the same time.
Honestly, the only thing I could say I didn't really like about this was that I wanted more of the character relationships. It's quite short, but I still craved more of the relationship between Lana and her father, Lana and her aunt, etc. Sometimes it felt like it focused too much on her aunt's story rather than Lana's story, and I kind of wish we got to see more of her and how she grew throughout this journey.
Although I loved the casual presentation of adults in a f/f romance and the backstory was presented well, for some reason I feel like it took away from some of the page time for Lana and her own development. I do think this makes the novel appeal to adult readers more, though.
I do want to note that some of the colors and printing were a bit off in my advance reader's copy (everything looked pinker than it does online), but after looking at digital images of the book, I've decided that this is mostly an issue with the pre-publication copies, and I'll be corroborating the quality of the gorgeous illustrations when I next visit a bookstore!
In the end, this was such an adorable read and I highly recommend for both middle grade readers and non-middle grade readers, for both graphic novel enthusiasts and non-graphic novel enthusiasts. It's a great light and fluffy and charming read that really lets the reader immerse themself in a richly developed setting and a place of magic and aquicorns.
Thank you so much to Margot Wood & Oni Press for providing me with an advance reader's copy in exchange for an honest review!
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emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
relaxing
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Aquicorn Cove was such a lovely read. The art is absolutely gorgeous, it has diverse characters, and a very important message about taking care of our oceans. I loved this book and would highly recommend it for adults and children alike.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
As always with Kay O'Neill, the illustrations are beautiful and the story is super cute!