Her other works include THE X-FILES ORIGINS: AGENT OF CHAOS and the YA contemporary novels THE LOVELY RECKLESS and the forthcoming BROKEN BEAUTIFUL HEARTS (February 2018). Kami’s solo series, The Legion, includes the instant New York Times bestseller UNBREAKABLE, and the sequel UNMARKED, both of which were nominated for Bram Stoker Awards. BEAUTIFUL CREATURES has been published in 50 countries and translated in 39 languages, and the film Beautiful Creaturesreleased in theaters in 2013, from Warner Brothers. Kami Garcia is the #1 New York Times, USA Today & international bestselling coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures and Dangerous Creatures novels. It was a big deal when I heard he got this job, so this was, story wise, a bit of a let down. Raven is one of my favorite DC characters and I’ve enjoyed Gabriel’s artwork for a long time. I don’t think it flowed well for the format, which was a big disappointment. I wasn’t really impressed by the writing. I look forward to seeing what the final book will look like, since this was a mostly uncolored advanced reader copy. Gabriel did an amazing job illustrating Raven, Max, and the rest of the cast. One moment Max, Raven’s cousin, has made a decision and the next she and Raven are doing something counter to that with no reasoning? No point? It was a big head scratcher. It’s like there were panels or a whole page missing or something, that’s how off this as-written ending felt. I’m all for cliffhangers, but this was different. Teen Titans: Raven left off in a weird place. The side characters were difficult to keep track of so unless they were the small central cast (Raven, Max, Tommy, Viv) it’s unlikely I could tell you for sure who was who by name. The rushing? It made the book suffer because I wasn’t really able to connect with much, such as who many people were. There was also no time to really sink in with the characters because of this disjointedness. There were connections that were missing between them that would have made the story really feel cohesive. While reading, I thought that the scenes themselves felt alright in the moment, but taken as a whole they felt disjointed. Since this was a lined copy only of the book I can’t speak to what the fully colored version will look like, but his linework was very good and if past experience is anything to go by, the coloring will be excellent.
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I’ve seen some of Gabriel’s Teen Titans work in the past and getting a full length book featuring one of them was something I was looking forward to a lot. It was a big reason why I picked up this book in the first place, aside from Raven being the main character. That aspect, while interesting, felt glossed over. There’s more to her character that would be spoilery, but it’s hinted at throughout, mostly in relation to what we see as a part of her mother’s development. When Raven/Rachel comes to live with Max and her mom after the car accident, she helps Raven settle in at home & at school, including lending her the cover page headphones to drown out the noise (aka thoughts) around her. I was thinking about this for a bit and I think that a good portion of this rating goes toward the art.
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When strange things start happening–impossible things–Raven starts to think it might be better not to know who she was in her previous life.īut as she grows closer to her foster sister, Max, her new friends, and Tommy Torres, a guy who accepts her for who she is now, Raven has to decide if she’s ready to face what’s buried in the past…and the darkness building inside her.įrom the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Beautiful Creatures Kami Garcia, and artist Gabriel Picolo, comes this first graphic novel in the Teen Titans series for DC Ink, Teen Titans: Raven.įatal car crash, death of a parent, homophobia, bullying
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Raven remembers how to solve math equations and make pasta, but she can’t remember her favorite song or who she was before the accident. When a tragic accident takes the life of seventeen-year-old Raven Roth’s foster mom–and Raven’s memory–she moves to New Orleans to live with her foster mother’s family and finish her senior year of high school. Genre(s): Graphic Novel/Young Adult/Superheroes How would a new author and a new artist handle one of my favorite DC personas?Īmazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Goodreads | Indiebound Figuring all or even any of that out is a lot, especially considering her age. She’s long been a favorite character because of her conflicted nature, her inner turmoil, and the enormous amount of power that she has at her disposal. The first book in the DC Ink Teen Titans series, Raven felt like the perfect choice before I picked this book up.
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