Loved this origin story to Smith's Bone series. Despite some too-heavy foreshadowing and a plot point lifted directly from the Hobbit, the narrative moves along at a fun clip and the magic is engrossing and profound. A great read. ( )

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I love anything illustrated by Charles Vess. I have to admit I bought this for the artwork alone. The story is not too bad either. It is refreshing to see a strong female character in a graphic novel who doesn't have big boobs... ( )

This was a bit disappointing. It's a prequel to the Bone series that I just think was unnecessary. I might have liked it better as it's own thing but I felt some elements didn't make sense within the context of the rest of Bone. Also the art was not great. The original series was drawn by the writer, Jeff Smith, and I don't know why they got a different artist for this one. The characters' faces were inconsistent from panel to panel which was really distracting. Still an interesting story though. ( )

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