Note: this review is to span all three vols. of 'The Rift'

I picked this up because I'm a huge ATLA fan! I love the TV show so much. I wasn't sure what to expect when I began to read 'The Rift' but I was pleasantly surprised. The art was great, I got lots of feels from the story, and I think the plot overall was great.

I LOVED that we see the Air Acolytes (the beginning of them) from LOK! I was also pleased with the way Aang reacted to them, it was very human and natural. Satoru was a nice add in this comic (I'm going to guess that he will probably be Toph's baby daddy), it was great to see a softer side of Toph as there was only a few of those moments in the show. Lao and Toph's rekindle was sweet and I wonder if she will rekindle with her mother..

An interesting theme that flows throughout all of the comics I've read so far is the struggle between the old and new world; I thought it was perfectly done in here. Aang, especially, was prevail in that theme; He's the bridge between the spirit and human world, he was raised in the distant past but now lives in the present. He's always being torn in two places but because of his knowledge of both sides we always see him overcome his obstacles.

The back ground story on why and how the festival started was great! (Once again I would love a book or something of Spirit World stories.) It was neat that we got to see a lot of Avatar Yangchen as I don't recall seeing or hearing barely anything about her in the TV show. I was tearing up when Avatar Roku and Aang rekindled, I believe the relationship between the past selves and the present is so special

I hate LOK for destroying it!!

What I didn't like was the random angry water tribe girls, I felt like they were there for extra drama, the only good thing they gave us was a look into the current state of the Northern Water Tribe.