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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
I’d give these books 4 stars for the artwork alone - it’s absolutely stunning! But the story too is fabulous: inventive, clever, never predictable, often thrilling and featuring one of the best, most intriguing and genuinely kick-ass central characters around. Love this series!
Absolutely beautiful, and an interesting world, good story. Better than volume 1, although the last 1/4 got kind of confusing.
I like this more than volume one--the routine developments in worldbuilding are out of the way; what progresses is more plotty and more personal to the cast. That said, Maika feels less distinct here; her early characterization is vivid, emotive, distant, angry; her mother issues reiterate that, and the resolution is trite. It's the god which saves things. While perhaps not as vast or strange as I'd like, it's vast enough, strange enough, which improves the tone and keeps that strange central relationship with Maika dynamic and intense. Again, the art is profoundly beautiful--and, perhaps because there's more supernatural/inhuman figures in this volume, it feels less gratuitous. This is an apt continuation, and while I still haven't fallen in love as most readers have, the series is well worth reading.
Again: beautifully rendered and drawn. This artist has magnificent talent. The story is interesting and I like that the main character's companions become more known. I'd like to see her grow as a character more though.
I love the artwork in this series so much. Sometimes the story gets away with me but that’s probably because I’m going to reread the first book because I forgot a lot of what happened
The continuation of the exquisitely drawn Monstress series, Volume 2, The Blood continues from right where we left Maika Halfwolf at the end of Awakening. Maika, with the aid of Little Fox Kippa and the dubiously trustworthy Master Ren, continues her pursuit for answers about her mother, the significance of the Bone Key, and the origins of her possession by a monstrous creature that she keeps barely contained within her. Along her path, we learn more about the identities of some of Maika's early companions, like Tuya, and her surprising connection to a foe. As the trauma of the long war continues to affect both allies and foes, Maika's search for answers takes her to Thyria, and from there to the mysterious Isle of Bones where she encounters the Blood Fox, a cruel prisoner on the island. As a result of this visit, Maika connects with part of her destiny and has recollections of her mother's admonishments about never letting anyone control her.
This is a beautiful volume that drives forward the story but still leaves the ultimate reasons for the mask's existence, the battle between the Arcanics and humans, open for interpretation. I have so many questions about Maika and Tuya's friendship. There is so much in the backstory between Moriko and her sister to be revealed, as well. I look forward to future installments.
This is a beautiful volume that drives forward the story but still leaves the ultimate reasons for the mask's existence, the battle between the Arcanics and humans, open for interpretation. I have so many questions about Maika and Tuya's friendship. There is so much in the backstory between Moriko and her sister to be revealed, as well. I look forward to future installments.