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A review by jessicarosereads
Lupina, Volume 1 by James Wright
3.0
Lupa is named after the Moon Goddess, Lupina. Her sister bickers with her, tells her she was found on her parents doorstep as a baby, that her name means outsider, alien, monster. But her mother tells her not to listen, tells her her name means change. That they knew her arrival would change all of their lives.
Tragedy strikes, and suddenly 4-year-old Lupa finds herself alone in a new world, alone until she’s found by the she-wolf, Coras. Guided by the Goddess Lupina, we follow their journey.
“Hush, little one. Sleep… And when you awake… There will be a new world waiting for you…”
A lot of the storytelling in this novel is told through it’s art. There were some incredibly powerful panels in here. Lupa’s new world is dark and brutal. We see her grow, learn and change to adapt to this new, harsh life of hers, and it’s represented really well on the page over time. I liked the addition of a new colour (representing one of the eight aspects of the Goddess Lupina) with each phase of the story. I also loved the alternate cover included in the back of the novel!
Unfortunately I felt a little lost during most of the story, as things were happening with little explanation, but upon finishing it, reading the afterword and the pages covering the eight aspects of the Goddess Lupina, things made a lot more sense and I started piecing together parts of the story that had initially gone over my head.
I wish there was a little more world building at the beginning of the novel, maybe more about the Goddess Lupina, or the fantastical aspects of this world. I think I would have understood the story better had I known more going in.
There are still plenty of unanswered questions, and the novel left off on a cliffhanger that I really want to see the other side of. I’ll definitely give the next one a read.
Thank you to Netgalley and Legendary Comics for providing this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.
Tragedy strikes, and suddenly 4-year-old Lupa finds herself alone in a new world, alone until she’s found by the she-wolf, Coras. Guided by the Goddess Lupina, we follow their journey.
“Hush, little one. Sleep… And when you awake… There will be a new world waiting for you…”
A lot of the storytelling in this novel is told through it’s art. There were some incredibly powerful panels in here. Lupa’s new world is dark and brutal. We see her grow, learn and change to adapt to this new, harsh life of hers, and it’s represented really well on the page over time. I liked the addition of a new colour (representing one of the eight aspects of the Goddess Lupina) with each phase of the story. I also loved the alternate cover included in the back of the novel!
Unfortunately I felt a little lost during most of the story, as things were happening with little explanation, but upon finishing it, reading the afterword and the pages covering the eight aspects of the Goddess Lupina, things made a lot more sense and I started piecing together parts of the story that had initially gone over my head.
I wish there was a little more world building at the beginning of the novel, maybe more about the Goddess Lupina, or the fantastical aspects of this world. I think I would have understood the story better had I known more going in.
There are still plenty of unanswered questions, and the novel left off on a cliffhanger that I really want to see the other side of. I’ll definitely give the next one a read.
Thank you to Netgalley and Legendary Comics for providing this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.