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A review by crookedtreehouse
Firebug by Johnnie Christmas, Tamra Bonvillain
3.0
Like many of the stories that have come out of the Island comic anthology, this collection has fantastic art an a really cool story idea. Unfortunately, its pacing is off, whether that's due to it originally appearing in chapters of an anthology series, or whether it's a general writing issue.
The premise, the daughter of a volcano goddess is destined to become the goddess when her mother dies, and is prophesied to destroy a city is intriguing. But apart from the protagonist, I didn't really find any of the characters fleshed to the point of interesting.
While I ended up not really loving this particular story, I will definitely pick up the next book by Johnnie Christmas and see where it takes me.
I recommend this for people who enjoyed [a:Brandon Graham|7631424|Brandon Graham|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1417883118p2/7631424.jpg]'s [b:Prophet, Volume 1: Remission|15770131|Prophet, Volume 1 Remission|Brandon Graham|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1346249727s/15770131.jpg|21477514], people interested in mythological world building involving a predominantly female cast, and fans of the type of art currently coming out of Image Comics.
The premise, the daughter of a volcano goddess is destined to become the goddess when her mother dies, and is prophesied to destroy a city is intriguing. But apart from the protagonist, I didn't really find any of the characters fleshed to the point of interesting.
While I ended up not really loving this particular story, I will definitely pick up the next book by Johnnie Christmas and see where it takes me.
I recommend this for people who enjoyed [a:Brandon Graham|7631424|Brandon Graham|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1417883118p2/7631424.jpg]'s [b:Prophet, Volume 1: Remission|15770131|Prophet, Volume 1 Remission|Brandon Graham|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1346249727s/15770131.jpg|21477514], people interested in mythological world building involving a predominantly female cast, and fans of the type of art currently coming out of Image Comics.