This is worth a read for the art alone (if you like beautiful and gruesome), but the story is also so fascinating. I can really feel what Lou was going for, as mentioned in the author’s note. And the cliffhanger was nuts.

The only downside was that so much was going on that the story could be a bit hard to follow, but the cat scholar interludes definitely helped with the world-building. By the end of the volume I felt like I had a decent grasp on things, though I still have a lot of questions.