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Cover of Grimoire Noir


Bucky Orson is a bit gloomy, but who isn’t at fifteen?

His best friend left him to hang out with way cooler friends, his dad is the town sheriff, and wait for it―he lives in Blackwell, a town where all the girls are witches. But when his little sister is kidnapped because of her extraordinary power, Bucky has to get out of his own head and go on a strange journey to investigate the small town that gives him so much grief. And in the process he uncovers the town’s painful history and a conspiracy that will change it forever.


Grimoire Noir is a fantasy pastiche of noir tropes: Bucky Orson investigates his sister's disappearance in a town where all of the girls
are witches who can't leave. The noir tropes and plot beats are familiar and comfortable, with just enough of a twist from the setting and age of the characters to keep it interesting.

You can read my full review at [community profile] ladybusiness.

[Caution warning: witch hunts, historical death of a child, missing child, neglectful parents, child imprisonment]
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Cover of Rocket Girl


The NYTPD sent her to 1986 New York City to investigate the Quintum Mechanics megacorporation for Crimes Against Time. Piecing together the clues, Dayoung Johansson discovers the "Future" she calls home--a
high-tech alternate reality version of 2013--shouldn't exist at all!


I really wanted to like Rocket Girl. A teenage police officer comes back from her glossy high-tech dystopian 2013 to investigate a company for committing CRIMES AGAINST TIME, which somehow involves crashing a student project? And solving regular crime with her rocket pack?

I'll be honest, I read the entire thing and I have no idea what the hell was going on in Rocket Girl. I understood tiny snippets of the plot, but nothing that I could actually put together into a narrative. The art is cool, I love the colours, but I don't get it. Not even in a "This is too weird for me" way, literally in a "I think I missed a chapter somewhere that explained the plot" way. I'm going to find someone to explain it to me like I'm five, and then maybe I'll come back and be able to give it a more thorough review.

Originally posted at [community profile] ladybusiness.

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