Definitely an improvement on the last volume. Throwing Faith in the jungle searching for Riley & Sam actually gave some purpose to Kennedy’s dumb company, and Mai & Reese Zane are solid new characters. (Would love to see Faith date either of them?) The return of Amy is better treatment than she got in season 8 (or 6 for that matter), even if I still don’t get the romance between her and Warren. And even though Angel & Faith are still doing their own things this volume, it works this time.

The art is still gorgeous, and does a great job with characters that have ended up looking pretty generic when done by other artists, like Amy or Sam. (I’d love to see Conrad draw Harmony at some point.)