books and bouquets

  Rating:  ★★ ★★ Release Date: 4th May 2021 Genre(s): Graphic Novel (YA/Middle Grade) 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 sing...

Rating :  ★★ Release Date : 6th April 2021 Genre(s) : Horror Graphic Novel Massive thank you to Oni Press and NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC in exchange for an honest review. The Vain is a horror comic which follows 4 vampires: Lost, Fanny, North, and Marquis - collectively known as 'The Vain' - across several decades. They are constantly evading the capture of Felix Frankin, an FBI agent who is investigating the suspicious burglaries which only seem to steal blood (he begins to wonder whether this is a war offence... or perhaps something more sinister). It reads much like a typical American style crime TV show. My favourite part of this was, without-a-doubt, the comic style illustrations (I thought this was a graphic novel going into it, but I was soon proven wrong) and I  LOVE  the cover, how stunning! But, please be aware this is an  adult horror comic,  therefore, there are some extremely gruesome scenes, with lots of gore and violent scenes. I a...