It’s been a little while since I posted one of these and if I’m being completely honest, I forgot this series existed. I’ve been trying to read less graphic novels this year as I’m trying to not pad out my reading challenge with them, but that’s just silly. Expect more graphic novels in the coming months.
Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo & Dani Pendergast
Everything about this cover makes me so happy. The character design is so cute and the colours are stunning. It’s fairly rare for me to buy a physical copy of a graphic novel as I know I’ll get carried away and fill my house with them, but I couldn’t resist this one. Especially as I like the Shadow and Bone series, so it fits in my collection.
Synopsis: Before he led Ravka’s Second Army, before he created the Fold, and long before he became the Darkling, he was just a lonely boy burdened by an extraordinary power.
Eryk and his mother, Lena, have spent their lives on the run. But they will never find a safe haven. They are not only Grisha—they are the deadliest and rarest of their kind. Feared by those who wish to destroy them and hunted by those who would exploit their gifts, they must hide their true abilities wherever they go. But sometimes deadly secrets have a way of revealing themselves…
Sheets by Brenna Thummler
The cover is what first drew me to this series–who wouldn’t be intrigued by a ghost in a washing machine? I will admit it took a while for the art style to grow on me though (volume two is when I started to like it). Well, I love the style of the settings but having the characters, who are children, look middle-aged is what threw me off. This cover is super cute though, I love the ghosts.
Synopsis: Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen year old in charge of the family laundry business, her daily routine features unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the fastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying everything she’s worked for.
Wendell is a ghost. A boy who lost his life much too young, his daily routine features ineffective death therapy, a sheet-dependent identity, and a dangerous need to seek purpose in the forbidden human world.
When their worlds collide, Marjorie is confronted by unexplainable disasters as Wendell transforms Glatt’s Laundry into his midnight playground, appearing as a mere sheet during the day. While Wendell attempts to create a new afterlife for himself, he unknowingly sabotages the life that Marjorie is struggling to maintain.
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