I do love a good graphic novel. I’ve always loved comic books and graphic novels, so I’m always on the lookout for new stories to immerse myself into. I think one of the things that really draw myself into graphic novels is the artwork; I love poring over the illustrations.

Mae’s beloved older sister, Abbie, has been missing for years. Mae has her theories about where Abbie might be. But nowhere in her wildest imagination do those theories encompass a fantasy world full of terrifying monsters, power-hungry nobles, and nefarious scientists. That is until Abbie suddenly reappears in Mae’s world. And not alone.

As you can see from the information provided about this graphic novel, I didn’t really enjoy reading this. I thought that the first little bit of the story was so enticing. We’re with Mae as her sister goes missing, and then we fast forward a bunch of years to when Mae is an adult. It did seem quite suspenseful, and then when Abbie suddenly appears… I don’t know… The graphic novel just went downhill.

I’ll admit, I did find the premise of the graphic novel interesting (otherwise I wouldn’t have requested it off of Netgalley), but it just didn’t capture my attention at all, and there were points throughout where I wanted to DNF it. We don’t find anything out about the world where Abbie was Queen so things just don’t connect with each other.

Another thing that I wasn’t so keen on was the artwork. It was kind of creepy. It was quite realistic, but then it was cartoony… So it just became weird and creepy. Maybe you can see what I’m talking about when you look at the pictures below.

Normally, I love portal fantasy. Give me a good portal fantasy storyline any day, and I’m 90% sure that I’ll love it. But not this story. It just seemed SO random. So I think that when volume two comes out, I won’t be reading it. I think part of me is intrigued to see where Gene Ha goes with this story and whether she provides more background to the characters and the world, but unfortunately, this graphic novel wasn’t for me.