#45 Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda

Right off the top I have to say the art in this book is great. The detail just goes on and on for costumes and architecture.  The story is great and I certainly want to read more of it. With the setup being a girl infiltrating the enemy as a slave/ lab rat in order to get a magical object and managing to escape and quickly be hunted down again. Back story to the war that set her people vs the humans apart is slowly inserted into the issues but never feels like overload.  Good twisty plot and I certainly want to see more of this.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher.

#46 Wonder Woman: The True Amazon by Jill Thompson

I picked this up hoping I would like this retelling more than the last one I read. I liked it so much more than Wonder Woman Earth One version of her beginnings.  The art is great and tells the story perfectly with the dialogue.  Diana is a precious child and is wildly spoiled as a child and an adult. Only one person doesn’t trip over themselves to do what they can for her and it drives her crazy to try and prove to this person that she is worthy of all the attention she does get.   Needless to say this doesn’t work the way she wants it to work and it sets Diana onto the path to become Wonder Woman.

A great read and I’m glad to see this version out in the world. It makes me happier than the last retelling of her beginnings that I read.


Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Edelweiss