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“Your mother thinks ‘The Exorcist’ is a comedy.”

The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda

The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda

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Fair warning: this review is about a trilogy, and I’m only reviewing the first two books. The third book is not out yet, and the second book ended in a way that made me go, “No, I need book three now!” The copy of Volume 2 that I have indicates that Volume 3 is coming in fall 2024, but sadly, it is now set to be released in spring 2025. The Night Eaters comes from the same creative team behind the comic series Monstress. I’ve […]

Hard pass

Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

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My wife and I went to our local comic shop several months ago, and this was one of the books she grabbed. I liked the art, she liked it was a story about women, by women. I want to get out of the way right that the outset that the art of Sana Takeda is absolutely beautiful. I mean, that’s immediately obvious from the cover. Beyond that, there was almost nothing about this book that I liked. We start off with Maika Halfwolf, an Arcanic, […]

This book took me ten months to finish (double bingo)

Monstress, vol 1: The Awakening by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda

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CBR14 Bingo: Monster (there are several monsters in this story, both humanoid and not) Official book description: Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900’s Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steampunk, MONSTRESS tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers. So total honesty here. […]



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