Kin (Good Neighbors)
by Holly Black
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Author: Holly BlackEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-01
ISBN: 0439855624
Number of pages: 144
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: GRAPHIX
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Book Review: Fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
From the Publishers of Jeff Smith's Bone: One volume collection: Vol 1 (Bone Series): 1 (Bone Series) comes a new series from one of the authors of the Spiderwick Box Set (Spiderwick Chronicles). The series called Kin debuts this fall with The Good Neighbors. This is a fantastic graphic novel. The story is strong and compelling, the characters are enticing and draw the readers in, and the artwork is excellent.
This is the beginning of the story of Rue Silver. Rue thought she was a typical student - she had good friends, hung out, went to class and broke into abandoned buildings to climb and explore in them. But now her mother has just disappeared, her father has been arrested, suspected of killing her and one of his grad students. However the story is not as direct as that. Because, unbeknownst to her, Rue is a faerie, like her mother. Rue embarks on a quest - a quest to save her father, a quest to find her mother and after discovering her fey roots, a quest to understand herself and her role in the world. For a battle is brewing between the faerie world and our world, and a dark faerie has plans to make mortals live in fear of the good neighbors once again.
This book reads like a cross between Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and Stardust but with a much darker edge than Stardust (New Edition). Drawn completely in grayscale, it has an otherworldly feel yet strangely familiar. Black's story draws you in and compels you to read on and Naifeh's images powerfully complement the words. The only drawback is that the book leaves you hanging and desperate to find out what happens next, and yet I cannot find a release date for book two anywhere. So once you are hooked you might have to wait a while for the next installment. But even with that the book is more than worth the effort.
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