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A review by saoirseak
The First Day of the Rest of her Life by Aaron Alexovich, Drew Rausch, Mariah McCourt
3.0
I received an advance review copy of this book.
My favourite thing about this book is the character designs, which were adorable. Every character has distinct features and a unique silhouette while still feeling like part of a cohesive whole.
However, I feel like there were too many characters introduced too quickly. If a major part of this series' focus is going to be on romance (which this volume certainly hints at), I think I would have prefered if the first volume spent a little more time on emotional development with a smaller core cast, opening the world up in later books.
This book has beautiful, unique page layouts. Sometimes they can be distracting-- it's not really a break from convention if there are never any "standard" rectangular panels to break away from-- but when the layouts are serving the narrative they can be extremely effective.
My favourite thing about this book is the character designs, which were adorable. Every character has distinct features and a unique silhouette while still feeling like part of a cohesive whole.
However, I feel like there were too many characters introduced too quickly. If a major part of this series' focus is going to be on romance (which this volume certainly hints at), I think I would have prefered if the first volume spent a little more time on emotional development with a smaller core cast, opening the world up in later books.
This book has beautiful, unique page layouts. Sometimes they can be distracting-- it's not really a break from convention if there are never any "standard" rectangular panels to break away from-- but when the layouts are serving the narrative they can be extremely effective.