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East and west style and story blended together for one bada$$ read

Monstress Volume 1: Awaking by Marjorie M. Liu

October 1, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you like gut wrenching, WTF was that crazy ride reading? Do you like your science fiction and reality mixed? Or a mixing of a historic feel and magic at every turn? Then give Monstress Volume 1: Awaking by Marjorie M. Liu a try. I stole these pieces of reviews from Good Reads: This book is “Asian inspired/art deco/classic steampunk horror/high fantasy/talking cats’ graphic novel.”  “The art is dark and lovely.” And, “stellar manga nouveau artwork.” Sana Takeda is in the top ten of my […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda, Steampunk comics

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:399 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda, Steampunk comics ·
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  • esmemoria
    on Painfully Unfunny
    You got that right!
  • BlackRaven
    on Painfully Unfunny
    Sounds like this book was 167 pages too long
  • BlackRaven
    on The Joke’s On You
    Sounds like The Stench was all the title needed
  • esmemoria
    on The Joke’s On You
    Practically every sentence is a joke omg, I recently finished a book like this. Hated it.
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    on Eat the Rich
    and the recognition that love isn’t going to cure trauma This is a perspective that is unusual to find. Sounds...
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