The characters, especially the two main friends, Kat and Annie, really stand out and the art is a treat. There is a great deal of humor and wit and some very charming scenes along with some more mysterious- a bit of the occult, a bit of steampunk-y robot stuff, new twists on traditional 'magical creatures' like faeries, all tied together in a boarding school setting. Thus, I think a few things weren't totally clear but I will chalk this up to my hiatus rather than any fault of the author. Unfortunately, I didn't have as much time to read this as I planned to and had to wait several weeks between reading the first half and the second half. I don't usually read graphic novels, but I really liked the sound of this one and it received such a glowing review from one of my GoodReads friends that I couldn't resist, especially since parts of it fit in nicely around Halloween (the book has nothing to do with Halloween but a few of the characters and scenarios are a little spooky/mysterious). Here, you can read it here free online, in case you are intrigued: Does it, later? Is it worth my time to continue?

I like it when it seems to indicate it might get a bit darker in tone. I like how she has a second shadow and her room at school includes an entire meadow. Okay, the characters are kinda cute, I guess. And there’s a kind artistic development that goes on from the earlier comics to the later ones, though I am generally not a fan of this cartoonish computer-generated glossy art. This one does have magic and mystery, and robots, and a bff Kat who is kinda cool, but maybe it is because this volume is “orientation” that I am kind of impatient instead of getting right into a story it is mostly set-up and exposition. I love Harry Potter, another British boarding school series, but I am generally not a fantasy fan. The story takes place at a British boarding school, Gunnerkrigg Court, a science school where Antimony Carver, whose Mom has just died, is a new student. I know some of my Goodreads friends and I will have to disagree here, but I-late to this party-am not enthralled by this comics series, originally a web-comic.

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