Maika Halfwolf is on a suicide mission - infiltrate the Cumaean witch-nuns fortress and find Yvette, last surviving friend of her mothers. She lets heMaika Halfwolf is on a suicide mission - infiltrate the Cumaean witch-nuns fortress and find Yvette, last surviving friend of her mothers. She lets herself be captured, enslaved, and tortured. But Maika isn't without her own deadly weapons. The answers she finds from the Cumaea though are only the beginnings of a thread of a tangled mystery.
I had a hard time writing a little synopsis for this because there's SO MUCH HERE. Monstress will definitely be hard to top for awesome comics I read in 2017 (though the year has a little time to produce some more awesomeness). Maika is an enigma - we aren't sure what or who she is (but then again, neither is she sure). The art is gorgeous, every page an art deco masterpiece. Monstress is a feast for the eyes and for the brain. I want to know so much more about this world and about these characters. Eagerly anticipating volume 2.
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Maika Halfwolf is on a suicide mission - infiltrate the Cumaean witch-nuns fortress and find Yvette, last surviving friend of her mothers. She lets herself be captured, enslaved, and tortured. But Maika isn't without her own deadly weapons. The answers she finds from the Cumaea though are only the beginnings of a thread of a tangled mystery.
I had a hard time writing a little synopsis for this because there's SO MUCH HERE. Monstress will definitely be hard to top for awesome comics I read in 2017 (though the year has a little time to produce some more awesomeness). Maika is an enigma - we aren't sure what or who she is (but then again, neither is she sure). The art is gorgeous, every page an art deco masterpiece. Monstress is a feast for the eyes and for the brain. I want to know so much more about this world and about these characters. Eagerly anticipating volume 2....more
Love the world building! Also badass older female characters. I'd love more works set in this world.Love the world building! Also badass older female characters. I'd love more works set in this world....more
(2.5 stars) This wasn't what I was expecting and ultimately didn't thrill me as much as the other Ishiguro books I've read. I did love Axl and Beatrix(2.5 stars) This wasn't what I was expecting and ultimately didn't thrill me as much as the other Ishiguro books I've read. I did love Axl and Beatrix though....more
UGH THE END!!!! Quick read, compelling story, interesting characters. Can't wait for book #3UGH THE END!!!! Quick read, compelling story, interesting characters. Can't wait for book #3...more
I would read three more books about Doyle and Crow and I'm sad that there isn't another one waiting for me. Two thumbs up. Read if you like fantasy anI would read three more books about Doyle and Crow and I'm sad that there isn't another one waiting for me. Two thumbs up. Read if you like fantasy and love Sherlock Holmes....more
I told my partner that I love The Locked Tomb books because there's magic and necromancy, but also space! and the whole thing is really a mystery in tI told my partner that I love The Locked Tomb books because there's magic and necromancy, but also space! and the whole thing is really a mystery in that you are constantly trying to work out what is actually happening and those are just all my favorite things. *chef kiss* Can't wait for Alecto....more
(3.5) Nice transition into a new storyline. Not sure how Erica is going to get herself out of this. LOVED how well they tied in vol.4, the throwback i(3.5) Nice transition into a new storyline. Not sure how Erica is going to get herself out of this. LOVED how well they tied in vol.4, the throwback issue....more
I think this is an important book. The message is essential for girls today (really for anyone in this political climate, tbh). I do think that the exI think this is an important book. The message is essential for girls today (really for anyone in this political climate, tbh). I do think that the execution is not perfect - the book felt overlong, like it bit off a little more than it could chew - maybe if it had started at the school? (Though I was very drawn in by the first chapter). ...more
While I appreciate any author who writes stand alones instead of the seemingly inevitable trilogy, I feel like this was overlong and poorly edited. ThWhile I appreciate any author who writes stand alones instead of the seemingly inevitable trilogy, I feel like this was overlong and poorly edited. The premise is fascinating and the first third is really good, but the plot seems to meander and there are almost too many hurdles for the Eastwood sisters to overcome. There are times mid to late book where all of a sudden a character is referred to only by her last name instead of Miss something or other or her first name which was altogether jarring, especially while listening. I was like, who? Oh....wait.... (view spoiler)[ I feel like the ending was a bit of a cop out too - Juniper dies okay (sad and with all the magic at their disposal I would have though they could have come up with something else) but then she just gets to be a spirit and hang out at the tower to see her niece anyway? shrug. Takes a little impact out of that death. (hide spoiler)]...more
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