Review: The Sprite and the Gardener by Joe Whitt and Rii Abrego
Massive thank you to Oni Press and NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The Sprite and the Gardener follows Wisteria, a sprite, who wishes she could be like her ancestors and use her magical talents to help take care of gardens and nature. This graphic novel fills me with pure happiness - it's just so magical and whimsical.
First of all, the illustrations are gorgeous. The colour palette is absolute perfection - I wouldn't change a single thing - all of the delicate pastel colours compliment each other and the storyline. The character's faces have manga-style artwork, which I thought actually worked really well with the character's personalities. My favourite thing has to be the little sketches at the end of the book, and original WIPs from the draft stage. It shows the development of the story and how it went from being one singular comic page, to a 90 page graphic novel.
It's a super quick read, but I really like how it still emphasises the importance of friendship and the community as well. For a debut, I think this is fantastic, I most certainly will be rereading at some point, and would love to buy the hardcopy when it's released.
I would recommend this to fans of 'The Tea Dragon Society', and anyone wanting to dip their toe into graphic novels (also would be great to read with your children!)
If you've read this, let me know what you think in the comments!
Books and bouquets. x
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