I picked this up a bit ago and for some reason didn't read it right away. A story about a young girl who wants to save the brother she is beginning to forget, this is a quickly paced volume.

Anya doesn't stop - not when presented with a demon from the stories, not when she finds her brother (broken and forgetting himself) and not even when a greater demon (a Named demon) threatens her.

We're given much of the background of the world in chunks, though even that is still somewhat sparse compared to how much we learn about Anya through her actions.

I wanted to know more about the stories (the humans say the demons got greedy, the demons say the humans became cruel) and the Old City. The magic that fuels the barrier and reasons why the rift happened.

Luckily for me this is a series and I have book two (Stonebreaker) waiting for me. ( )

This graphic novel did absolutely nothing for me. Girl sneaks out and goes through "portal" type thing to an empty city that has only demons, as the humans have moved out and hope to recapture the city one day. The send 16-year olds each year, but this year our main character's brother did not return. She will find him and return him. She meets a nice demon to help her and escapes the bad demon, dragging her brother back. ( )

Some very good bones here (demons eating the names of humans, using those names as a shield against magic, being given a name, the history of the town, the ritual of the boys...), but not enough space to fully develop them. ( )

I loved the art and this story was fantastic. It was a tiny bit short, and I wanted more, but I loved the characters and the demon was adorable. Yes, good. ( )

So for a bit of history, a long time ago, this was the very first webcomic I actually read, all the way through (to what was posted). I than promptly forgot the site existed, as well as the story - so when I saw that the second volume was on early reviewers - it brought back a lot of memories, and I had to have it. Of course, I needed to reread the first volume, and since I now have money, I bought a physical copy.

Onto the actual review - this is such a lovely book. We have a story of a girl looking for her brother. He didn't return from the trip to the city with the rest of his group during an initiating ceremony. Whats even more bizarre, is that Anya is the only person to remember him.

The book is loving illustrated, with a great style in tones of purple and black. The city is a great mystery, filled with interesting characters, both scary and not. Unfortunately, its not a stand alone series - which can be seriously annoying since this is a series that grabs you, leaving you to want more. ( )