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A review by ceena
Grimoire Noir by Vera Greentea
3.0
I wanted to love this one. I truly did. See, from page one I fell in love with the art. I'd read the the pages, then usually spend a good minute or so just staring at the artwork. It is wonderfully done. There were pages I wish I could just stick on my wall so I could look at them again and again.
Unfortunately, I didn't think the story held up. It is a decent plot with his sister missing, witches stuck in town or they will die, and Bucky trying to find his sister and save her from witches who might be trying to use her for ill-gain. I was in, I was devoted to his cause, but Bucky is so quick to judge people and doesn't learn any better. He loses a friend off of his actions. The other characters weren't really fleshed out which was a bummer.
The ending though is what ruined the book for me, or I should say the way the mystery works out. There is this huge potential backstory thing which wasn't worked out or talked about in the end and what happened to his sister felt so... anticlimatic? Also, super based on luck. There is so, so much potential here and again the artwork is gorgeous, which makes this lower rating so heartbreaking. But, I'll totally be reading more by this author and illustrator in the future.
Unfortunately, I didn't think the story held up. It is a decent plot with his sister missing, witches stuck in town or they will die, and Bucky trying to find his sister and save her from witches who might be trying to use her for ill-gain. I was in, I was devoted to his cause, but Bucky is so quick to judge people and doesn't learn any better. He loses a friend off of his actions. The other characters weren't really fleshed out which was a bummer.
The ending though is what ruined the book for me, or I should say the way the mystery works out. There is this huge potential backstory thing which wasn't worked out or talked about in the end and what happened to his sister felt so... anticlimatic? Also, super based on luck. There is so, so much potential here and again the artwork is gorgeous, which makes this lower rating so heartbreaking. But, I'll totally be reading more by this author and illustrator in the future.