I really wish they would let us rate with half stars, but then we'd probably be ungrateful and start demanding quarter ratings. Either way, I wish to say I'd give this 3.5 stars because I don't want anyone to think it's bad. It was a great story! I always love the characters Brom creates and illustrates and he really is an inspiration to me! Yet I think that I have enjoyed his other works better than this one. I never got seriously involved in any of the characters or got that feeling of magic (be it dark or light), and I love his artwork so much but it seemed to be lacking a little in this compared to his other novels. But still! It was good, very dark, extremely sad at times (that ending, oh my heartstrings!), and a touch of suspense.

I just read Lost Gods and realized I didn't have this on my Goodreads shelf. I read it a while ago, but Lost Gods kind of reminded me of Devil's Rose. A shorter story, much more of that delicious artwork, but a similar theme of coming back from the dead to protect your love despite the horrors of hell you may have to face to do so.

OMG, if I were to make a comic it would be this. These characters. This humor. This style. Please, can I be Linda Sejic???

Very cute and colorful story that reminded me a lot of the graphic novel Princeless. Same attitude that the princess doesn't need saving and can do it on her own! Of course she learns that any adventure is better with friends, and the friends she makes are awesome and adorable.

I liked that I can read this comic and hear their voices so well in my mind. So yes, if you like the show, you'll like the comic!

Aw man! Do I really have to pick between Spider-mans? I love them all! But Peter's being a big jerk to Miles, so something fishy is going on (besides the fact Peter's not actually DEAD). Methinks clones are running amok in this series...

Okay, so WTF Captain Marvel, you are an absolute jerk. It was Captain America who was the jerk to Peter in the Ultimates, so it seems Captain Marvel has taken upon herself to be the infuriating road-block in Miles's journey towards becoming a hero. But seriously, an Avenger character death sparks the beginning of another hero war between Stark and Danvers (again, I side with Stark in this Minority Report-esque argument). Poor Miles is just trying to get by in his tumultuous life without being asked to side with Stark or Danvers and being pulled into the middle of something he doesn't want to be a part of. Don't worry Spidey, I'm always cheering for you!

Hey, need a book that is trying to help fight the stigma against mental illness AND presents a realistic view of LGBTQ with a wonderful array of characters and a scifi-esque overtone? I got you this book.

This book was a lot of fun. A good, ol' fashioned fantasy book with magic and our own reality I can use as an anchor point while learning how magic and the other worlds work. And your classic "bad guy vs good guy". Just your basic, solid, tried and true fantasy novel.

The following is more of a rant rather than a spoiler:

Spoiler

Wait, there's a second book? Fuck that. Stop making books into series. This book ended well enough, why do people gotta go and waste my time with sequels?!?! If you have more to say, put it all in one book. I don't care if it makes the tome the size of my head, just STOP WITH THE SEQUELS!

Non-fiction is not my thing. You have to make it read like a novel, or like historical fiction, for me to really get into it. The writing in this was so...simple--almost babyish--I felt. I read it to the end because my interest was kept as to what happened in Theo's life but boy was this tough for me to get through.