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A review by renley
House of Night #1 by Karl Kerschl, Kristin Cast, Joëlle Jones, P.C. Cast, Kent Dalian
2.0
Okay so I'm not very familiar on how to review graphic novels but I'll just do the best I can! I have always been a huge fan of the House of Night series. (Yes I know, they are dragging them along but I still enjoy them.) I think the world is very fun to be surrounded in and when I heard that there was a graphic novel on NetGalley I just had to request it!
When I began reading this, I thought it was going to be very interesting and I was very excited about it! And then I saw the characters, don't get me wrong- the illustrations are beautiful! I just don't know, they felt more like adults than teenagers to me. For example, I thought Stevie Rae looked nothing like the sweet southern girl I've grown to love in this GN. There were some big differences to the storyline in the books and in the GN. I thought the storyline they used in the GN was very confusing, I felt myself unable to follow along and had to reread a page a few times before I finally understood.
In all I thought this was ehh, not something I would recommend to a friend to buy but maybe if it was at the library to check it out. I don't think it lived up to the HoN books and I just wasn't feeling it, sadly.
Review also posted on my blog :
http://cheerfulreviews.blogspot.com/2012/07/house-of-night-legacy-review.html
When I began reading this, I thought it was going to be very interesting and I was very excited about it! And then I saw the characters, don't get me wrong- the illustrations are beautiful! I just don't know, they felt more like adults than teenagers to me. For example, I thought Stevie Rae looked nothing like the sweet southern girl I've grown to love in this GN. There were some big differences to the storyline in the books and in the GN. I thought the storyline they used in the GN was very confusing, I felt myself unable to follow along and had to reread a page a few times before I finally understood.
In all I thought this was ehh, not something I would recommend to a friend to buy but maybe if it was at the library to check it out. I don't think it lived up to the HoN books and I just wasn't feeling it, sadly.
Review also posted on my blog :
http://cheerfulreviews.blogspot.com/2012/07/house-of-night-legacy-review.html