And yet, the joy that others get from “Monstress” continues to elude me. I really want to like this series, because it has so many features that draw me in: the art is beautiful the world is dark and foreboding two of the main characters are a Fox/human child and a necromancing CAT! Plus, monsters. 2): The Blood” thinking that perhaps this time something would be different. In this regard, I can call myself ‘insane’, because even though I wasn’t totally taken in by “Monstress” in it’s first volume, I went into “Monstress (Vol. Review: A popular definition of ‘insanity’ is repeating the same behaviors and expecting a different outcome each time. 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. 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. But Maika still has a mission of her own: to discover the secrets of her late mother, Moriko. 2): The Blood” by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Ill.)īook Description: Maika Halfwolf is on the run from a coalition of forces determined to control or destroy the powerful Monstrum that lives beneath her skin.
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