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I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review
"Keep Going, keep Searching, keep discovering. Until all the pieces fall into place."
I am not much of Aspen comics reader. I don't find them appealing to me hence I never bother to purchase one of their titles as far as my memory can recall. Sometimes you just are not interested in what some companies have to offer despite their talented writers or artists on board. So imagined my surprise when I was lucky enough to tackle one of their comics and try it for myself for free for that clarification. I was blown by how prejudice I have been toward this company just due to what some readers say about them.
Artifact One tell the story of Remi who grows up in a over zealots society who worships the gods and anything that seems unholy like science or advancement is blasphemous. Remi grown up by her father to explore, to study and experience the world was fortunate enough to not be brainwashed like everyone else. One day while discovering some mysteries on one of her exploits in the cave is suddenly thrown into chain of events that shakes her world and put her life in danger.
The story is simple and yet interesting to follow up from issue to issue. How is earth connected to this mysterious planet? What is the government keeping secret from society? How much longer can Remi can go on before she get caught? All of that and the beautiful artwork by Romina Moranelli makes you want to keep going. I already became infatuated by this and I can't wait to read more :)
"Keep Going, keep Searching, keep discovering. Until all the pieces fall into place."
I am not much of Aspen comics reader. I don't find them appealing to me hence I never bother to purchase one of their titles as far as my memory can recall. Sometimes you just are not interested in what some companies have to offer despite their talented writers or artists on board. So imagined my surprise when I was lucky enough to tackle one of their comics and try it for myself for free for that clarification. I was blown by how prejudice I have been toward this company just due to what some readers say about them.
Artifact One tell the story of Remi who grows up in a over zealots society who worships the gods and anything that seems unholy like science or advancement is blasphemous. Remi grown up by her father to explore, to study and experience the world was fortunate enough to not be brainwashed like everyone else. One day while discovering some mysteries on one of her exploits in the cave is suddenly thrown into chain of events that shakes her world and put her life in danger.
The story is simple and yet interesting to follow up from issue to issue. How is earth connected to this mysterious planet? What is the government keeping secret from society? How much longer can Remi can go on before she get caught? All of that and the beautiful artwork by Romina Moranelli makes you want to keep going. I already became infatuated by this and I can't wait to read more :)
When I first heard of the Bone Season it was more of a suggestion from one of my friends over at bookstagram. I was familiar with the author, Samantha Shannon, highly regarded, the next J.K. Rowling they said. I promised that I'll consider it one day to try this book since I am always preoccupied with something else. At last, the promise has been fulfilled and I must confessed, this is a very soul shaking read.
The story set in the future where the world got devastated when the supernatural came to our world changing it forever. Now its plagued with clairvoyants, ghosts and other monstrosities. Societies were changed and countries were rebuilt in order to face such conflicts head on, hence Scion (formerly known as Great Britain). Paige Mahoney, trying to survive while working for a crime syndicate gets whisked away to the ruined city of Oxford, Sheol I, were Otherworldly beings known as the Rephaim who governs the city and the lives of all the unnaturals like our wayward heroine.
Right away from just the opening sentences I knew this book will be the death of me. Paige story is simply despairing. She has no place to call home, a society that won't tolerate her and even the people she's working for don't treat her any better. Then she get captured and sent to this unknown alien environment, gets indentured and train for a purpose beyond her understanding all the while trying to survive. I don't know how she is capable of keep going even when the odds are against her. She is a resilient and smart young woman using whatever she can for her advantage including her complicated gift as a dreamwalker which on its own is a whole set of problems.
This world is so unfair. It is cruel, ugly and downright scary cause regardless if it just fantasy fiction set in alternative historical changes it behaves really close to home. Themes of one's value, nationality and hack, even ableism are addressed in this and Samantha did a fantastic job . However, the world building is great but will confused wide variety of people hence I suggest you use the glossary in the end of the book to assist with that.
So yeah, those are my thoughts on that. Would I recommend this? Totally. Is it highly praised as people made it to be? Of course, who wouldn't want to read this, it's addicting from start to finish.
The story set in the future where the world got devastated when the supernatural came to our world changing it forever. Now its plagued with clairvoyants, ghosts and other monstrosities. Societies were changed and countries were rebuilt in order to face such conflicts head on, hence Scion (formerly known as Great Britain). Paige Mahoney, trying to survive while working for a crime syndicate gets whisked away to the ruined city of Oxford, Sheol I, were Otherworldly beings known as the Rephaim who governs the city and the lives of all the unnaturals like our wayward heroine.
Right away from just the opening sentences I knew this book will be the death of me. Paige story is simply despairing. She has no place to call home, a society that won't tolerate her and even the people she's working for don't treat her any better. Then she get captured and sent to this unknown alien environment, gets indentured and train for a purpose beyond her understanding all the while trying to survive. I don't know how she is capable of keep going even when the odds are against her. She is a resilient and smart young woman using whatever she can for her advantage including her complicated gift as a dreamwalker which on its own is a whole set of problems.
This world is so unfair. It is cruel, ugly and downright scary cause regardless if it just fantasy fiction set in alternative historical changes it behaves really close to home. Themes of one's value, nationality and hack, even ableism are addressed in this and Samantha did a fantastic job . However, the world building is great but will confused wide variety of people hence I suggest you use the glossary in the end of the book to assist with that.
So yeah, those are my thoughts on that. Would I recommend this? Totally. Is it highly praised as people made it to be? Of course, who wouldn't want to read this, it's addicting from start to finish.
