A review by billyjepma
Love Everlasting, Volume 1 by Matt Hollingsworth, Tom King, Elsa Charretier

emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

Really unique, striking art and an interesting premise take this decently far, but there’s not a lot of meat on the bones yet. The story doesn’t really evolve or develop in this first volume—it’s cyclical, essentially establishing and reiterating the premise four different times and then ending on something that seems like it’s going to take you a bit behind the curtain but doesn’t. It doesn’t leave me with a strong enough urge to keep going, sadly. I’ll stick around for at least the next volume, but I hope to see some traction or depth injected into the vibes King and Charretier have created because this is a mostly surface-level story so far. 

I also hope King dials back the period-specific, old-timey dialogue—it was cute for a few pages yet quickly starts to grow tiresome. This is one of the first of King’s projects where he seems to be writing outside of his usual skill set, so while there’s some excitement in seeing him branch out, this first foray is a little clumsy. 
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