A business/social drama with organized crime elements, featuring an up-and-coming chocolatier in Brussels. The story is solid, although with any other business at its core it would feel a little more generic. The writing and dialogue is better than it needs to be (and is well-translated), although not exceptional. But it's Denis Chetville's art that absolutely makes the book. The close-ups of faces and the wide panels of the Grand-Place are equally beautifully rendered. The illusion of motion when drawing one character's hands as she signs is one of the best portrayals of a sign language I've seen in comics. And the colour choices are perfect at adding to the natural feeling of the settings - and especially of the chocolate.

A wonderful first volume.