A review by iamrainbou
The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Library Edition by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

4.0

I'm part in love with this story and in part so irritated by it. If you didn't watch Avatar, short recap; The Legend of Korra was an animated series by Nickelodeon that followed the new Avatar, Korra, a brown girl from the Southern Water Tribe and her friends, fighting all the baddies as Korra learned how to be the Avatar. In the fourth season, Korra and Asami walked together to the Spirit portal and before the screen gets black, they sort of kiss. Oh, friends, how much we Avatar fans screamed!! Our two favorite women get together? And it was such a perfect ending because they used to be enemies (you know, competition) and then they became friends and now girlfriends!!! My sapphic heart can't take all this cuteness. 

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I was expecting so much sapphicness here. And it was delivered! Oh, the flirt and the kisses and the small gestures! Plus I really appreciated the small conversations with elders that show us that queer people have always existed in this universe.

BUT it irritates how bad the plot is. Korra and Asami deserve better enemies than this! I mean, it not really terrible per se but it's not something we haven't seen before; oh he wants power, oh he was hurt, now he wants revenge and takes over the world. Okay??? Really not terrible, but after four seasons, this feels so flat and underdeveloped. Do better writers and give us a plot that queen Korra deserves!



An digital ARC was provided through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.