From Goodreads:Set in alternate world of art deco beauty and steampunk horror, MONSTRESS tells the epic story of Maika Halfwolf, a teenage survivor of a cataclysmic war between humans and their hated enemies, the Arcanics. In the face of oppression and terrible danger, Maika is both hunter and hunted, searching for answers about her mysterious past as those who seek to use her remain just one step behind… and all the while, the monster within begins to awaken…
Collects MONSTRESS #1-6.
Maika Halfwolf is on the run from a coalition of forces determined to control or destroy the powerful Monstrum that lives beneath her skin. But Maika still has a mission of her own: to discover the secrets of her late mother, Moriko.
In this second volume of MONSTRESS, collecting issues 7-12, Maika's quest takes her to the pirate-controlled city of Thyria and across the sea to the mysterious Isle of Bones. It is a journey that will force Maika to reevaluate her past, present, and future, and contemplate whether there's anyone, or anything, she can truly trust - including her own body.
A Hugo and British Fantasy Award-winning series—and current Eisner Award nominee for Best Continuing Series, and Best Publication for Teens, with Marjorie Liu nominated for Best Writer and Sana Takeda nominated for Best Painter and Best Cover Artist!
Maika has spent most of her life learning how to fight, but how will she fare when the only way to save her life… is to make friends?
Collects MONSTRESS #13-18
A new war between humans and Arcanics is bubbling to the surface. A rift in the sky has revealed the devastating potential of the long-imprisoned Monstra. And Maika Halfwolf is at the center of it all.
In this fourth volume of MONSTRESS, collecting issues 19-24, Maika comes closer than ever before to the answers she’s long sought - but those answers carry a steep price. As her friends and allies reveal long-held secrets and shifting allegiances, Maika finds herself at the mercy of the Lord Doctor, a charismatic demagogue whose connections to Maika and Zinn run deeper than anyone could have imagined.
The next volume in the best-selling Eisner, Hugo, Harvey & British Fantasy Award winning series by MARJORIE LIU and SANA TAKEDA!
There's no turning back from the long dreaded war between the Federation and Arcanics - a massive human army gathers, ready to destroy the frontier city of Ravenna and enslave its inhabitants. Maika must decide whether to finally embrace her destructive power in the hopes that it can protect her friends - but what will be the consequences of no longer fighting her hunger? Will the repercussions be too much to bear?
Collects MONSTRESS issues #25-30
Bridging the gap between the fifth and sixth arc (which resumes in January 2021), MONSTRESS returns with TALK-STORIES, a two-part limited series that invites you to eat dumplings beside the fire and listen as Kippa recounts a defining moment from her childhood.
Once again bridging the gap between the fifth and sixth arc (which resumes January 2021), Part Two of MONSTRESS: TALK-STORIES follows Maika as she opens up to Kippa and recounts an important day from her childhood in Thyria
War has engulfed the Known World, and Maika Halfwolf is at its epicenter. As she and her friends grapple with the consequences of their actions, long-buried secrets and long-awaited reunions threaten to change everything. Join MARJORIE LIU and SANA TAKEDA in the newest volume of this Eisner, Hugo, Harvey, and British Fantasy Award-winning series.
Plus, learn about the happier childhood days of Kippa and Maika in MONSTRESS: TALK-STORIES 1 and 2!
Collects MONSTRESS: TALK-STORIES #1-2 and MONSTRESS #31-35
Humans and Arcanics are at war once again, but battles of the heart and soul are the most dangerous of all. Caught in the calculating grip of the Dusk Court, Maika and Zinn uncover painful secrets of the past while Tuya fights to preserve her future -- and young Kippa might be the Known World's only hope for the present.
Collects MONSTRESS #36-41
My Review:
I binge read this series. I was only planning on reading the first volume, but this world sucked me it, and I couldn't stop reading! I had to know what was going to happen next, what awful thing was going to happen to these characters-or what awful thing they were going to do.
The first few issues, we're thrown into this incredibly violent, heartbreaking world, with the war between Humans and Arcanics supposedly over. But humans can gain abilities from Arcanics including consuming their flesh, so there's a thriving slave trade. This graphic novel is brutal and graphic, and some of the scenes depict truly heinous acts.
Into this whole situation we meet Maika, on a quest to find more about her mother, and who betrayed her. Which sets into a whole domino effect of events, learning more about her mother, about the entity that's attached to her, about the past with the Shaman Empress, and causing tensions to rise.
Maika really grows over the course of these volumes. In the first she's stubborn and single-minded. By the end, she's shown tactical prowess, some of which she already had, but just wasn't using, because what she wanted was more important than that.
There's this huge scope to the world, that we only slowly start to learn. I mean, the Old Gods are visually introduced in the first issue, but we learn almost nothing about them until later on. There's so much detail, we barely scratch the surface. I'm really glad for those little lessons at the end of most issues, that Professor Tam Tam gives!
Between what's personally going on with Maika, and what's going on in the world, and how her power affects it all, things hardly ever take a breather. I really enjoyed the Talk-Stories, though Kippa's was espcailly bittersweet!
The events of Devourer, yeah, things are starting to go into the end game. Hopefully it won't actually get there for a while, but the pieces have been built, and where we left off was just incredibly evil, and I need the next issue now!
This was just incredible to read, and I can't wait to see what happens next!
Author: Marjorie M. Liu, Illustrated by Sana Takeda
Series: Monstress #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5.1, 5.2, 6, 7
Read: October 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th, 30th, 2022
Source: Online
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Books!
Publisher: Image Comics
Published: July 19th 2016, July 5th 2017, September 5th 2018, September 25th 2019, September 29th 2020, November 25th 2020, December 30th 2020, September 14th 2021, September 7th 2022
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