The Queens begin to trade their safe, light-hearted episodic adventures for an emotional plot close to home for our main character in this volume. It is not done with exceptional elegance but the new depth is a welcome surprise and yields some serious drama. The cliffhanger ending promises shake up the formula - just in time, in my opinion.

NOTE: Most of this volume was retconned shortly after and the creative team lost first it's artist (arrested for domestic abuse) and then writer (for unrelated reasons) over the next few volumes. The next volume reverts to the established light-hearted RQ feel.