A review by justgeekingby
Rivers of London Vol.10: Deadly Ever After by Andrew Cartmel, Celeste Bronfman, Ben Aaronovitch
3.0
Originally posted on Just Geeking by.
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Deadly Ever After by Ben Aaronovitch is the tenth Rivers of London graphic novel and this one features two secondary characters from the novels. Olympia and Chelsea are the twin daughters of a river goddess and the sister of one of the main characters in the series. We’ve seen them pop in and out throughout the series, and I have to admit that the twins are not some of my favourite characters. They’re usually too busy partying to take anything seriously and in Deadly Ever After that’s something they’re forced to face front on when they get in over their head.
When Olympia and Chelsea come across a group of human campers it’s all fun and games until they use their magic to uncover a tree that was hidden with magic, releasing something that was locked away for centuries. Peter and Nightingale, the police who deal with this normally deal with magic when things go wrong are busy on another case leaving the twins on their own. While I enjoyed the overall story of Deadly Ever After I just wasn’t invested in the main characters and for most of the graphic novel the twins continued to be their obnoxious teenage selves. When they started to get involved with what was happening and started to care then things became more interesting.
This was an interesting development in Olympia and Chelsea’s story and a graphic novel was a good medium for it. Unlike other graphic novels in the Rivers of London series I felt like the artwork wasn’t as good especially the faces of the characters. The artist has been different for this graphic novel and the previous one, and while I can’t remember what my thoughts were on the art of the last one (Monday Monday), it was very noticeable in this one for me.
Deadly Ever After is worth a read for an interesting story and continuity, but overall it’s my least favourite graphic novel so far. I appreciate Aaronovitch branching out to tell a different type of story with secondary characters which shows us their personal development, it just wasn’t of much interest to me. A personal highlight for me was Abigail and the foxes who are always a bright spot in any Rivers of London story.
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Content warnings:
Spoiler
This graphic novel contains scenes of blood, gore, kidnapping, strangulation and death, including a scene where two children almost stab their parents to death while under the influence of magic. There is also a scene in a hospital depicting an unconscious patient. Grief is an ongoing theme throughout this graphic novel.Deadly Ever After by Ben Aaronovitch is the tenth Rivers of London graphic novel and this one features two secondary characters from the novels. Olympia and Chelsea are the twin daughters of a river goddess and the sister of one of the main characters in the series. We’ve seen them pop in and out throughout the series, and I have to admit that the twins are not some of my favourite characters. They’re usually too busy partying to take anything seriously and in Deadly Ever After that’s something they’re forced to face front on when they get in over their head.
When Olympia and Chelsea come across a group of human campers it’s all fun and games until they use their magic to uncover a tree that was hidden with magic, releasing something that was locked away for centuries. Peter and Nightingale, the police who deal with this normally deal with magic when things go wrong are busy on another case leaving the twins on their own. While I enjoyed the overall story of Deadly Ever After I just wasn’t invested in the main characters and for most of the graphic novel the twins continued to be their obnoxious teenage selves. When they started to get involved with what was happening and started to care then things became more interesting.
This was an interesting development in Olympia and Chelsea’s story and a graphic novel was a good medium for it. Unlike other graphic novels in the Rivers of London series I felt like the artwork wasn’t as good especially the faces of the characters. The artist has been different for this graphic novel and the previous one, and while I can’t remember what my thoughts were on the art of the last one (Monday Monday), it was very noticeable in this one for me.
Deadly Ever After is worth a read for an interesting story and continuity, but overall it’s my least favourite graphic novel so far. I appreciate Aaronovitch branching out to tell a different type of story with secondary characters which shows us their personal development, it just wasn’t of much interest to me. A personal highlight for me was Abigail and the foxes who are always a bright spot in any Rivers of London story.