Synopsis:
A sarcastic teenager with the powers of cupid unleashes her preternatural matchmaking abilities on her school with hilarious and charming results.
Jonesy is a self-described “cool dork” who spends her time making zines nobody reads, watching anime, and listening to riot grrrl bands and 1D simultaneously. But she has a secret nobody knows. She has the power to make people fall in love! Anyone. With anything. She’s a cupid in plaid. With a Tumblr. There’s only one catch—it doesn’t work on herself. She’s gonna have to find love the old-fashioned way, and in the meantime, figure out how to distract herself from the real emotions she inevitably has to face when her powers go wrong…
Review:
I really didn’t know what to expect going into Jonesy and honestly, after finishing it, I still don’t really know what is happening. The whole graphic novel is wonderfully chaotic and the pacing is so fast, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It did mean I had no clue what was going on, but I was enjoying myself anyway.
My enjoyment was definitely down to the art style. Jonesy has so much personality through her design alone. They really nailed her features and expressions.
I actually love all of the character designs. It’s a style I haven’t seen very often and they’ve utilised it well. Pair this with the super bright and bold colours and you’ve got a winner in my eyes.
Coming back to the story side of Jonesy, this is a collection of short stories, that do follow a timeline, but you could read them in any order as long as you read the first one first. As I mentioned at the beginning, these are pure chaos. You don’t get to learn too much about the characters yet, but I’m sure this is something that is delved deeper into further in the series.
Overall, Jonesy is a super cute graphic novel that has a weird and wonderful story. I wouldn’t say it blew me away, hence the three stars, but it does have a lot of potential. Especially if they spend longer in certain scenarios and really develop the characters.
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