The artwork was beautiful. The story was just ok. From the very beginning I felt like I was dropped in the middle of the story and I didn't care too much for that. I think I would only read Vol. 2 if I could find it really cheap somewhere. ( )

Mae's sister Abbie has been gone for 7 years when she unexpectedly returns from another dimension where she kicks ass and kind of a queen. The art work and story have a lot of potential to be part of a great series with a little more work on crafting out what the story will be about and sticking with a type of style in the art. The story is a bit choppy and felt like important parts of the story were missing. The artwork in the panels looks off at first, but the last part of the volume and the extra parts at the end look much better. ( )

Pretty pictures and pretty dull story. ( )

I like the idea behind this graphic novel, and there were moments when it was particularly good. The artwork was terrific, and I loved the geek culture references. Unfortunately, there were some very confusing moments where I wasn't sure exactly what was going on. At times the sequence of events seemed a little disjointed, and characters were added with little explanation. That said, the parts I enjoyed were so fun that I'd still like to see what happens in the next issue. ( )

Goodreads Synopsis:
When she was just a girl, Abbie discovered a portal to fantasy world and for the last couple of years has been having great adventures there: defeating horrible monsters, power-mad scientists, and evil nobles. But by the time she turned twenty-one it all came apart and she decided to return home. Her sister, Mae, has had no idea what happened to Abbie after all this time. Her tales are too hard to believe--that is, until the monsters and other terrible creatures start to cross over to our world...

Collects the first six issues of the fantastical all-ages series, in the 6" x 9" format!

My Review:
I received a copy of Mae from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.

Honestly the art in this book is really eye catching and unlike any of the other comics I've read lately. It fits well with the story and I really like it. It reminds me of a video game. It begins nine years before, with Mae sitting on the stairs listening to her dad talk to the sheriff about her missing sister, Abbie. They're convinced she's run away but the sheriff thinks otherwise. She runs up into her sisters room to look through her stuff, and ends up finding a box of seemingly random items. She activates one of the items by mistake and ends up just throwing it aside when her sister shows up and claims she was camping.

This story is about Mae as an adult, and nine years later Abbie hasn't changed. Apparently she's been adventuring in places like Neverland and Oz, through a portal to another world. She carries axes around to fight off the monsters and comes out on the other side without even a scratch. Does Mae believe her? Or is Abbie just spouting nonsense? After all, she wasn't around when they were kids, and does it really change anything that she's back now after all those years? Monster's are starting to show up all over the place, apparently from the other world Abbie has been talking about, and she might be the only one who can get rid of them. But does anyone really believe what she's saying? On top of that, the same people who are hunting Abbie have now kidnapped her dad. Will they be able to save him? Overall I really enjoyed reading this book and definitely recommend checking it out.

Here's a link to the book on Amazon, and another link to the authors twitter.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1506701469/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_0

https://twitter.com/GeneHa

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