Friday, 30 September 2011

Review: Blue Bloods (Darah Biru) - Melissa de la Cruz


Spoiler Alert!!!

Blue Bloods, buku ini diceritakan dari sudut pandang Madelaine “Mimi Force, Bliss Llewellyn, dan Schuyler Van Alen. Mereka membawa saya menulusuri beberapa tempat penting di Manhattan, New York. Dari The Bank, sebuah gedung tua yang disulap menjadi klab malam sampa Duchesne, sebuah sekolah swasta tempat mereka belajar. Sejarah keluarga pun tak lupa mereka ungkapkan. Sehingga tidak butuh waktu lama untuk mengenal tiganya.

Mimi Force, seorang gadis enam belas tahun yang sangat populer.. Ketenarannya tidak hanya di sekolah. Bagi para wartawan New York, wajahnya yang cantik dan menarik tidak lagi asing. Ayah dan ibunya,  Charles Force dan Trinity Burden,  dua tokoh penting dalam dunia media dan masyarakat kelas atas di New York, membuat hal itu menjadi mungkin. Kepopuleran itu juga membuat hampir semua siswa perempuan di Duchesne ingin menjadi dayang-dayangnya. Seakan tak pernah ada masalah dengan sikapnya yang angkuh.

Bliss sendiri adalah murid pindahan. Seperti halnya Mimi, ayah Bliss juga memiliki pengaruh penting. Keadaan ini pula yang membuat ia mengenal Mimi  dan menjadi bagian dari kehidupannya yang glamor. Sayangnya itu tidak membuatnya betah.  Bahkan setelah berbulan-bulan sejak kepindahannya ke Duchesne, ia masih tetap saja tidak menyukai kehidupannya yang baru.

Berbeda dengan Mimi dan Bliss, Schuyler terlahir dari keluarga yang lebih sederhana. Walaupun memiliki sejarah keluarga yang panjang dan penting di masa lalu, ternyata itu tak cukup. Ia tetap saja menjadi kalangan yang tersisih di Duchesne. Tapi itu tak membuatnya kecil hati. Schuyler tidak kesulitan menjalani kehidupannya. Lagipula ia masih memiliki Oliver, sahabatnya sejak kecil. Dan itu sudah lebih dari cukup.

Walau terlahir dari latar belakang yang berbeda, Darah Biru menjadi benang merah yang menghubungkan ketiganya. Darah Biru adalah istilah yang digunakan para vampir untuk menyebut diri mereka. Sebuah pertemuan Komite mengungkapkan semua hal tersebut. Dari pertemuan untuk kalangan terbatas itu semua terungkap. Tidak seperti Schuyler dan Bliss yang baru mengetahui fakta tersebut, Mimi telah mengetahuinya setahun lalu. Namun ia tak pernah menyangka ketika mengetahui bahwa Schuyler, anak perempuan yang selama ini dipandangnya sebelah mata adalah bagian dari kalangan elite yang selama berabad-abad menetap di New York. Bagi Bliss, apa yang terungkap di pertemuan Komite adalah jawaban dari semua pertanyaan yang membuatnya bingung selama beberapa minggu belakangan. Walau terkejut, ia tak dapat menutupi kelegaan yang luar biasa.

Tak berbeda jauh dengan Bliss, Schuyler nyaris tidak dapat mempercayai apa yang didengarnya. Namun dari penjelasan Mrs. Duppont sang pemimpin Komite, ia akhirnya mengerti akan kejanggalan yang ia rasakan. Rasa Munculnya Beauty, anjing peliharaanya, secara tiba-tiba bukanlah suatu kebetulan. Kemampuannya melihat dalam gelap atau bagaimana badannya tetap kurus kini tak lagi membuatnya heran.

Lebih banyak rahasia terungkap sejak pertemuan Komite berakhir. Tidak hanya dari Neneknya, Oliver, pun ternyata menyimpan rahasia penting. Yang mengejutkan adalah ketika mengetahui banyak hal di balik kematian seorang anak perempuan di sekolahnya.  Insiden yang beberapa minggu lalu membuat gempar  itu bukan hal yang pertama kali menimpa kalangan Darah Biru. Kemungkinan terjadi hal yang sama dan lebih parah sangat besar. Keberadaan mereka terancam.  Walau oleh anggota dewan tertinggi dari kalangan membantah keberadaan berita ini, namun mereka tak dapat menutupi,  bahwa di luar sanaada sekelompok besar yang menamai diri mereka Darah Perak yang siap membunuh mereka kapan saja.



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Senang rasanya ketika mengetahui buku ini selesai diterjemahkan. Rating yang tinggi dari beberapa blogger luar membuat saya penasaran dengan cerita di dalamnya. Bintang-bintang yang mereka berikan untuk buku ini pun ternyata tidak bohong. Ide yang dituangkan Melissa dalam setiap babnya sangat menarik. Ia tidak ragu untuk melahirkan tokoh vampir yang berbeda. Di  dunia baru yang ia ciptakan, matahari, bawang putih, ataupun salib hanyalah mitos belaka. Sosok kejam Count Dracula pun hanyalah rekaan semata. Walau pada bagian awal siklus hidup para vampir pun dituliskan Melissa sedikit membingungkan, namun semua semakin jelas ketika saya masuk ke bab-bab berikutnya. Bagian yang paling saya sukai adalah ketika membaca bab yang bercerita tentang Darah Biru, Darah Perak dan Darah Merah

Melissa juga berhasil menghidupkan beberapa karakter dalam buku ini. Salah satunya adalah Mimi. Dari awal sampai akhir, saya dibuat kesal dan jengah dengan semua tingkahnya. Namun peran yang ia mainkan menjadi salah satu bagian yang penting dalam buku ini. Saya juga menyukai persahabatan yang terjalin Oliver dan Schuyler. Sikap misterius para Dewan Darah Biru ataupun Cordelia, nenek Schuyler juga yang membuat saya tetap penasaran.

Yang tidak kalah penting, hasil terjemahan Blue Bloods tidak sekalipun membuat dahi saya berkerut. Melahap Blue Bloods yang diterjemahkan oleh pihak Gagasmedia, membuat saya tidak ragu untuk membaca Masquerade. Buku kedua dari seri ini yang juga telah diterbitkan Gagasmedia. Semoga empat buku berikutnya akan secepatnya menyusul. 

Namun, beberapa catatan kaki yang terdapat di beberapa bab awal membuat saya sedikit terganggu saat membaca buku ini. Ada beberapa hal yang menurut saya tidak membutuhkan penjelasan tambahan. Entah apakah catatan kaki ini memang tertera dalam buku asli ataukah hanya sekedar tambahan yang dibubuhkan sang editor.

Bagi yang menyukai dan tidak pernah bosan dengan buku yang menyajikan sosok vampir, saya merekomendasikan Blue Bloods untuk menjadi bacaan berikutnya.

Cover
Dibanding cover aslinya yang memperlihatkan sebuah leher yang jenjang dengan bekas gigitan vampir, saya jauh lebih suka design dan warna yang dipilih oleh Gagasmedia. Walau saya masih tidak mengerti mengapa ada gambar kunci di sana.


4/5

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Judul: Blue Bloods 
Judul Indonesia: Darah Biru 
Penulis: Melissa de la Cruz 
Penerjemah: Christine Lianita Tumangkeng 
Editor: Ayuning 
Penerbit: Gagas Media 
Tebal: 351 hal 
Cetakan: I, 30 April 2011

Thursday, 11 August 2011

Book Excerpt: Illicit Magic by Camilla Chafer



“Magic isn’t just,” I grappled for a word and settled, dully, on, “magic?”
Evan shook his head. “Magic comes in many different shapes and forms. For many, it’s illusion. The make a boat disappear, pull a rabbit out of a hat kind of magic. That’s not really even magic, it just looks like it. Humans like to call it magic anyway.” He held up a finger. “Then there’s learned magic. That’s people with an inclination towards the magical but who have to learn it to use it. They learn spells and incantations. They can mix up potions to cure ailments and influence people. Sometimes they have a core magic too, it runs a bit in their blood and that’s why they have a strong calling to magic. Then there’s us.” Evan raised another finger, paused, and raised another.
“What are we?” I whispered.
“We’re absolute magic. It’s in our blood and our bones. It’s in every fibre of our being. It is what we are. You and I are different but the magic affects our bodies and our brains in a similar way so we can manipulate the universe to do our bidding.”
“Can everyone do the same things?”
“No, of course not. Like regular humans aren’t all great at sports or can ride horses, or sail a boat.” Evan rested back in his chair and swung one long leg across the other. “Some can teleport, some have telekinesis, some are psychic, some can influence people or the weather or the air. Magic is different for all of us.”
“Is anyone both?”
“Yes, but usually the strengths go one way or the other.”
“Usually?”
“If someone has a weaker magic, say the core magic within them, then they could use learned magic to even up the score for themselves, make themselves stronger.”
“Is that why David will be teaching me too?”
“We thought it would be a good idea that you understood some of the learned magic while you practised controlling your own magic. David will be able to teach you the basics of things that can heal and protect you. Even if it comes to no use, you’ll at least have some understanding of that aspect of magic.”
“Okay.”
“Plus David has a great potion for a cold remedy, not that we get sick a lot.”
“A cold remedy?” It seemed a little absurd.
“He uses lemon and honey.”
“I hate to burst David’s bubble but Lemsip has already been invented.”
“Bet it doesn’t come with a spell to ward off infections though.”
“Will it turn me into a frog?” I asked facetiously.
“He’ll teach you that another time. I don’t recommend it.”
“What are you?” I asked, recalling that he had just said that we were different. I couldn’t see any difference, but maybe I didn’t know what I was looking for.
He looked me in the eyes and I felt my stomach do little flips as the silence hung in the air between us. I was about to prompt him when a knock at the door and a male voice announced David’s arrival.
I went to answer it but when I turned back to say goodbye to Evan, he had gone and I didn’t have a clue how he could have left the room without me seeing.
Show off.

About The Author

Hi, I'm Camilla and I'm the author of Illicit Magic and Unruly Magic, the first two books in the Stella Mayweather Paranormal Series. The series starts with a lonely young woman, Stella, who has been caught up in a terrifying witch hunt and is whisked thousands of miles away to what she thinks is safety to learn her craft. The series is a blend of magic, mystery and romance with a splash of humour - and while the girls really do go all out to save themselves, there's always a hunky guy or two on hand to help them out.

I live in London, UK but I try to travel as often as I can - lately I've been to Paris, all over Denmark, Luxembourg, and several US states. In my day job I'm a journalist and editor so I write for magazines, newspapers and websites throughout the world (my favourite assignment was spending a week riding rollercoasters - if you listen carefully you can probably still hear me screaming).



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Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Review: Senyum - Raina Telgemeier



Senyum, novel grafis yang diterbitkan oleh Gramedia Pustaka Utama bulan Juni lalu, bercerita tentang Raina selama beberapa tahun. Dimulai dari kelas 6 sampai pertengahan kelas 9. Cerita Raina berawal dari kunjungannya ke dokter gigi dan orthodontis bersama ibunya. Setelah diperiksa, akhirnya diputuskan Raina harus menggunakan kawat gigi dikarenakan struktur giginya yang overbite. Keputusan orthodontis membuatnya menjadi sedikit gelisah dan bingung. Menurut Raina tak ada yang salah dengan gigi-geliginya. Kawat gigi akan sangat merepotkan. Menurut teman pramuka yang telah lebih dulu menggunakan kawat gigi, ia harus menghindari beberapa jenis makanan. 


Belum juga siap dengan kawat yang akan digunakannya, Raina ternyata harus mengalami kecelakaan yang cukup parah. Di hari yang sama, di perjalanan pulang menuju rumah setelah selesai dengan kegiatan pramuka bersama teman-temannya, Raina jatuh tersandung. Insiden ini menyebabkan dua gigi depannya rusak. Yang mengerikan, salah satu gigi depannya tanggal dan gigi lainnya terdorong masuk ke gusi. Malam itu juga, ia dibawa ke ruang praktek dr Golden. Oleh pria yang telah menjadi dokter gigi keluarga, gigi Raina yang copot dipasang kembali dan menarik keluar gigi yang masuk ke gusi. Intinya kedua gigi Raina digips. Sayangnya usaha itu tidak mengembalikan kedua gigi depannya seperti semula. Menurut dr. Golden, terdapat kerusakan saraf pada empat gigi depan. Meraka harus melakukan perbaikan lain. Dibantu oleh dr. Dragoni, dokter orthodentis, perawatan dua gigi depan Raina pun di mulai. 


Selain kawat gigi, Raina juga harus menggunakan headgear. Untung saja benda yang terakhir itu bisa digunakannya pada malam hari. Sayangnya, kunjungan demi kunjungan ke kantor dr. Dragoni juga tidak membuahkan kemajuan berarti. Akhirnya para dokter gigi dan orthodontis sampai pada satu keputusan. Kedua gigi Raina yang bermasalah itu harus dicabut. Tak ada pilihan lain.


Tak butuh waktu lama untuk menuntaskan kisah Raina dan gigi-geliginya. Cerita yang dituangkan gambar ini sangat ringan. Walau demikian, tidak membuat saya membacanya sepintas lalu. Karena berbagai emosi tetap mengalir di setiap lembarnya. Terutama ketika membaca insiden demi insiden yang dilalui Raina. Selain kisah yang ringan, Artwork yang keren dan halaman penuh warna menjadi bagian yang menarik dari novel grafis ini. Saya bahkan berkali-kali membuka kembali halaman demi halaman untuk melihat gambar-gambar tersebut. 


Ekspresi-eskpresi di wajah Raina digambarkan dengan sangat baik. Sehingga tidak sulit untuk merasakan apa yang ia rasakan. Ketika jatuh ataupun saat menjalani perawatan. Rasa sakitnya bisa saya bayangkan. Bahkan sempat membuat saya berpikir kembali tentang niat untuk memasang kawat gigi. Tak hanya itu anak perempuan berambut cokelat ini membuat saya tersenyum ataupun terpingkal untuk beberapa hal konyol yang ia lakukan. Raina memang karakter yang menarik. Saya menyukai semua perubahan yang terjadi pada diri anak perempuan yang akhirnya mengerti apa yang harus ia lakukan. Saya sempat dibuatnya berdecak kagum ketika akhirnya ia berani memutuskan untuk meninggalkan teman-teman yang selalu menjadikannya bahan lelucon. 


Bisa dibilang saya menikmati cerita ini. Walau ada satu hal yang sedikit mengganjal. Ada beberapa istilah yang tidak diterjemahkan. Entah apakah memang tidak terdapat padanan kata dalam bahasa Indonesia. Salah satunya Overbite. Saya harus menggunakan mesin pencari untuk tahu dan mengerti apa maksud dari kata tersebut. 


Cover 
Cover yang diterbitkan oleh Gramedia ternyata tidak ada perubahan dari cover aslinya. Kecuali beberapa perubahan font. Covernya menurutku terlalu simple untuk sebuah novel grafis yang setiap halamannya penuh warna-warni menarik. Jika tidak membaca review Senyum di blog Mia dan hanya melihat sampul depan, saya mungkin tidak akan pernah tahu kalau buku ini adalah novel grafis. Terlepas dari desain yang sederhana, saya suka warna yang dipilih sebagai background.


4/5


Senyum 
Judul Asli: Smile
Penulis: Raina Telgemeier |Website | Twitter| Facebook 1 - 2
Penerjemah: Indah S. Pratidina 
Editor: Dini Pandia 
Cetakan: Juni 2011 
Penerbit: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 
Tebal: 224 Hlm


Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Book Excerpt: Brightwing by Sullivan Lee



Edgar should have known it was too good to be true.

“Did you think you could get away with lying to us?” he asked. “That we were stupid?”

“What are you talking about?” Lucy asked impatiently, thinking if she had to kill them both now, at least no one would ever find the bodies. Still, it would be tough, two on one, and those two so big, with guns and a razor.

“Far from civilization? A safe haven? No one around for miles? What are you cooking up, Lu? Trying to get us caught, or just plain turning us in? Do you really think I’d believe that all this was built miles from nowhere?”
He pulled his Glock from the duffel and stalked toward her with the weapon held at arm’s length. Mallory just watched.

On the other hand, Lucy thought, there’s something to be said for close quarters.

Quick as a heron's strike she attacked the gun directly, pushing the slide out of battery so it couldn’t fire. They stood that way for an instant, Edgar armed with his useless weapon, knowing, suddenly, Lucy had all the power. The next moment she twisted and pulled his arm and had him on the ground, the gun in her own hand. She tapped and racked it, clearing the chamber in case a round got jammed in the manhandling, and pointed it at Mallory while she knelt on his brother.

Shoot Mallory now, every fiber of her instinct urged. No, her heart said, because Edgar will never forgive me. I don’t want that.

She locked eyes with Mallory.

“This is my home, my territory. I can live out here naked, kill what I want to eat, destroy whatever threatens me. I have fangs and claws you can’t imagine.” She bared her gleaming teeth.

Mallory couldn’t look away. He ran his thumb along the dull edge of his razor and stared into eyes like the rippling black of midnight water, animal eyes.

She let Edgar up and handed him the Glock.

“I don’t need a gun to take you on,” Lucy whispered.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 542 KB
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Laura L. Sullivan (July 6, 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
Language: English
ASIN: B005BHR61

 

Monday, 18 July 2011

Guest Post: Karina Halle - Characters in Darkhouse

Darkhouse by Karina HalleDarkhouse

by Karina Halle

Paperback, 323 pages
Published May 1st 2011 by Metal Blonde Books
ISBN: 9781461079859
There’s always been something a bit off about Perry Palomino. Though she’s been dealing with a quarter-life crisis and post-college syndrome like any other twenty-something, she’s still not what you would call “ordinary.” For one thing, there’s her past which she likes to pretend never happened, and then there’s the fact that she sees ghosts. Luckily for her, that all comes in handy when she stumbles across Dex Foray, an eccentric producer for an upcoming webcast on ghost hunters. Even though the show’s budget is non-existent and Dex himself is a maddening enigma, Perry is instantly drawn into a world that both threatens her life and seduces her with a sense of importance. Her uncle’s haunted lighthouse provides the perfect catalyst and backdrop for a mystery that unravels the threads of Perry’s fragile sanity and causes her to fall for a man, who, like the most dangerous of ghosts, may not be all that he seems.
Buy Darkhouse by Karina Halle: Amazon (Print) / Goodreads (epub) / Kindle

Guest post by Karina Halle:

How it all started

When Aleetha asked me to speak about my characters, Perry Palomino and Dex Foray, in the Experiment in Terror Series, I was at a loss where to start. Both characters are deceptively complex, fully rounded and unapologetically flawed. They are as real as they can get while functioning in the most unreal circumstances. You see, they are amateur ghost hunters, trying to make something out of a fledging webcast and, consequently, make something of their lives. Almost everyone can relate but in most cases…they don’t want to. Who wants to be able to see ghosts, other than Jennifer Love Hewitt? I know I don’t.

Anyway, while I was contemplating what direction to go on with this blog post, I thought it might be fun to discuss how the idea and the characters came around. And so, I am sharing with all of you something I haven’t shown anyone else. This was the idea that hit me in July of 2009 while sitting in the backseat of my boyfriend’s parent’s rental car while we were “vacationing” in Ontario. Perry Palomino hit me like a stack of bricks. And the only thing I really had to go on was her name (and please keep in mind I wrote all of this on an iPod Touch Notepad!):

Perry Palomino – Ghost Writer

21 years old. New grad with a degree in journalism and English. Had no
luck finding jobs due to the economy and her procrastination.
Waitresses while living at home. Has a 14 yr old sister. Has a blog
that takes up a lot of her time-she uses it for bitching about
waitressing stuff. Her sister is a wannabe designer and sometimes
showcases her clothes. Perry doesn’t know what she wants from life and
admires her sister for having such a clear focus and drive. Most of
all Perry really loves scary books, movies and folklore. Her parents
have family all over the place. They live outside of Athens, Georgia.
She goes on vacation with her family to the coast and has a scary ghost
experience-she ends up writing about it on her blog except really
exaggerating about what happened. She ends up getting a lot of hits on
her blog-while on vacay-so she does more posts including a video one
which end up being a youtube hit. When she returns home she gets all
this attention from ghost-centered media as well as more interest on
her blog. Seems people see her as a kind of ghost whisperer even tho
she’s not. So she ends up being contacted by some people in Georgia who
want her to investigate and blog about the supposed ghost on their
farm. She goes, planning to fully rip off the story and make stuff up.
Instead she gets involved in an actual ghost story that challenges her
very notion of their existence and of her own. When challenged with
the notion of life after death and the fleetingness of death, Perry
realizes there is more to life-her life-in general.

Yeah…so that was the original idea for Experiment in Terror. And what did I do after I hastily plonked this out on my iPod and sucked down beers at my boyfriend’s family reunion? Nothing. I did nothing. I forgot about the idea as I often do (I have stacks of notebooks filled with unused screenplay and novel ideas) and went on with my life. Except Perry Palomino kept nagging at my subconscious. Every other day. I’d be at work and I’d be thinking of her, I’d be driving home from work and I could hear her talking to her sister, who I then I still called Ada. And this all boiled together until September when I decided I was going to write the damn book. It was going to be a series. And I would finish the first novel in a month.

Well, I didn’t finish Darkhouse in a month (which was under a different title at the time) but it did only take six weeks. And, boy, there were a lot of changes. Looking back to the original plan I posted, these are all the things that evolved:


  • Perry is 22, not 21. That year makes a little bit of difference.
  • She’s a new grad, just with advertising and not journalism
  • Perry doesn’t seem to have a procrastinating problem (lucky thing) and is a receptionist, not a waitress
  • Her sister, Ada is 15 and has the blog, not Perry
  • Perry’s not really a huge paranormal enthusiast
  • They live in Portland, Oregon, not Georgia
  • She goes to her uncle’s farm on the Oregon Coast on her own will and is met with resistance, not invitation
  • She never plans to “pretend” to be a ghost whisperer. She just shows up


The most glaring omission (or should I say, glaring addition) to the Darkhouse story is Dex Foray. Neither a partner, friend or love interest (and Dex is pretty much all three) are mentioned in my original “outline.” Somewhere along the line I must have dreamed Dex up and all his eccentricities and threw him right into Perry’s path. I’m so glad I did. I wouldn’t have a story if it weren’t for him. As interesting and relatable as Perry is, the series rests on the laurels of the relationship and chemistry of our two main leads. Don’t get me wrong, Perry has a sordid past, and the plotlines of running a ghost-hunting show, as well as her lapses of sanity are very frightening, poignant and important. But without Dex, there is no series. This is their story, their journey, together. You can’t have one without the other.

It’s fun to look back and see where the ideas and the characters came from. But there’s a reason why they say “writing is rewriting”- it took months, even a year, of exploring, writing and plotting before I finally found the formula that worked and the characters who would become…well, larger than life.



Buy Darkhouse by Karina Halle: Amazon (Print) / Goodreads (epub) / Kindle

Karina’s sadly neglected personal blog can be found here: www.ontheblogbandwagon.blogspot.com
Karina’s not so neglected writing blog can be found here: www.experimentinterror.com



Sunday, 3 July 2011

Graphic Novel Review : Storm Born Volume #1 By Richelle Mead


Eugenie Markham never asked for any of this. Until now, she''s been content with her job as a freelance shaman, battling and banishing Otherworldly creatures. When a prophecy suddenly makes her the Otherworld''s most popular bachelorette, Eugenie finds herself fighting off unwanted supernatural suitors, as well as the evils that begin emerging from her past...(Goodreads)
My Thought
First I would like to say thanks to Patrick from Sea Lion Books who has shared with me the first two parts of this Graphic Novel. Storm Born, I have not read the novel. Vampire Academy is the only book of Richelle Mead that I finished. I have been looking forward to read the graphic novel since I saw the cover in some blogs. It was intriguing me since its first page.

In this first two parts, Storm Born introduced me to Eugenie, a shaman. She made this become her job. She even had a secretary to handle all her clients' calls. Eugenie was so powerfull yet awesome. She looked so calm. It seemed that she faced nothing. It was not easy to send the spirit to the other world but she enjoyed all the process. She could handle all those annoying spirits and all the cases were closed. Till one day, her secretary called her there was one mad who needed her help. He shared one a different case. It was not spirit but fairy. Eugenie was little bit confused to take the case or not. Because she never faced any kind of cases like this. Unfortunately I do not what happened next. As I have said before I just read the first two parts. Can't hardly wait till the finish copy is released. I hope I can get the chance to read it.

What great from this novel graphic is not only the idea, but also the way they turned everything inside the book into pictures. The characters, the places, even the spirit were drawn very well. Its colorful pages also caught my attention in the first place. The most important was It did not take time for me to get to know something about Eugeine. I loved to see all her expression and emotions. Not only Eugeine, the other characters were also in a great shapes. Reading this graphic novel and staring its each columns makes me want to read Storm Born the novel.

I recommend this Graphic Novel to all of you even if you have not read Storm Born. The one who loves Richelle Mead's novels especially who have read the series, I am sure you do not want to miss this one.

I have also checked they also have made The Vampire Academy into graphic novel. I am curious about it. I wonder the illustration of Rose and Lisa. I hope the artwork will be as good as what they gave me in Storm Born.

Cover
Eugenie looks so cool in that cover. I love it. But I am not sure If I have seen that expression. Black as the background make her looks so elegant.

4/5

Authors: Richelle Mead, Grant Alter, Dave Hamann
Hardcover: 120 pages
Publisher: Sea Lion Books (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0982818645
ISBN-13: 978-0982818640
Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.8 x 0.2 inches

Pre-order Dark Swan: Storm Born Volume 1 at Amazon


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