2.5/5

I'm really not sure how I feel about this comic. In my opinion, the world-building was lacking. I still don't understand paragons or cabels and we're six issues in. While I love the art, there were a lot of missed panel opportunities, making some of the page-turns a little too choppy and jumpy for me. The romance felt forced and there just seem to be too many moving parts without much background or adequate exposition. I like Nina and I enjoyed the bit about cutting out toxic family despite biological relationships, but I just couldn't connect to anyone or the plot in general. I may continue with the series because I love Jen's artwork but I think Sam's writing clarity needs some work.

This is an outlier for me. I feel like nothing really happened in this volume? And usually with Giant Days, I don't tend to mind if that's the case but MAN I really feel the emptiness this time around. All of the issues were resolved in 0.2 seconds and mainly could have been avoided entirely had the characters spoken to one another. Also, very minimal on the trio interaction which usually drives the series for me. Très unfortunate.

Wow, I hated this book. The only reason I finished was that I got it in a deal on Audible and couldn't return it. (also, please don't listen to it unless you want inconsistent and bad accents!) Cath is THE WHINIEST character. I don't know if y'all have noticed this from some of my other reviews but I can't STAND a whiny protagonist. There was literally nothing interesting about Cath. I'm also really tired of this trend in recent years that every other leading lady is a baker. OH MY GOD, SHE BAKES! SHE'S SO QUIRKY AND DIFFERENT! I guess all manic pixie dream girls have to have a hobby. The ONLY redeeming quality of this book was vengeful Catherine at the very end but she only lasted, what, two chapters? Even Jest, who was the best male lead this could have produced, liked a fucking wet blanket like Cath and I can't forgive him for that. I'm really just fucking angry after reading this; it was a solid idea but a horrible execution. As a former portrayer of the Queen of Hearts, I say, "OFF WITH ITS HEAD!"

0/5 DNF at 61%

Dreaded picking this up every time. Kept hoping it would improve and it just didn’t. I didn’t care about any of the characters or the plot.