I'm not totally sure how I feel about this. I mean, I enjoyed it, but it ends so smack-dab in the middle of things really picking up that I felt a little jarred by the ending of this first volume. I definitely want to continue the series and I'm incredibly intrigued by the premise, and I need to know more about Walter and what is actually happening outside of the lake house/property.

All of the characters are a little hard to keep apart from one another, which is the main reason I'm only giving this 4 stars: I think a cast of characters this large doesn't work well in a graphic novel unless the art style lends well to telling everyone apart, and that isn't the case here. (They're also mostly obnoxious and fairly unlikable people, which is something I weirdly enjoy in stories, but if you don't, YMMV on the overall storytelling.)

✨ Representation: multiple queer and/or BIPOC characters, one trans character