snowdropfairy's reviews
46 reviews

Gives The Last of Us vibes. I’m glad it wasn’t in color because I couldn’t have handled the gore lol. On par with That Full Moon Feeling as far as a very quick and shallow read.

I would rate the art and coloring of this book 5 🌟

Overall a brilliantly illustrated and magnificently colored graphic novel. I genuinely can’t stress enough how pleasurable and captivating the color palette is. For me, the color and art is why I read graphic novels. There was so much use of fun and interesting hues throughout and it was so neat how there are chunks of the book in black layout pages to show nighttime. This was the first book I’d read that framed the nighttime pages in all black and it was an aesthetically bold choice.

I read this over the span of a couple weeks. Storyline wise, it was not the kind of graphic novel that I tore through in one sitting, but that’s okay! The desert scenes and the flora were so pretty that I had to properly appreciate each frame. I didn’t anticipate some of the turns toward the end of the novel and I liked that I kept wondering what the heck was going on in the hills of Estrella Roja. Bonus points for the cute queer crush vibes throughout.

This was a cute story, but fell a little short for me after coming from Reimena’s Seance Tea Party—that book was just magical to me!

I enjoyed the trinkets in Whimsy’s house and wish we had seen even more in detail. The little adventure travel bag that Nan and Whimsy make for Safia was SO CUTE! Loved that detail.

My main frustration was how Safia was taken advantage of in her blindness by Hebe. I just really lost interest in the story after seeing how it unfolded. The ending also felt rather quick and a bit confusing to follow at times.

All is not as perfect as Jemima’s perfectly-curated Insta feed would have one believe. Kim, Mrs. Eden’s latest of many disposable personal assistants, is slowly discovering the truth behind Mrs. Eden within her mansion’s walls.

I always enjoy when authors use shifting perspective between main characters, as is done here. I also appreciated the glimpse into the “luxurious” famous and wealthy lifestyle.

I enjoyed working through this workbook and learning more about what my emotions are and what they can help me learn. I’m a big fan of self exploration, and guided journaling, so this was right up my alley. 

I loved everything about this! I plan to purchase a hard copy when it releases :) This is very comprehensive yet still easily digestible and enjoyable to read.

Overall I didn’t relate to this as much as other poetry I’ve read recently, but I did find a few gems within that made it worth the read for me.