Lore Olympus vol 1 - 3 av Rachel Smythe

 

Persephone, young goddess of spring, is new to Olympus. Her mother, Demeter, has raised her in the mortal realm, but after Persephone promises to train as a sacred virgin, she's allowed to live in the fast-moving, glamorous world of the gods.

When her roommate, Artemis, takes her to a party, her entire life changes: she ends up meeting Hades and feels an immediate spark with the charming yet misunderstood ruler of the Underworld.

Now Persephone must navigate the confusing politics and relationships that rule Olympus, while also figuring out her own place - and her own power.

Persephone was ready to start a new life when she left the mortal realm for Olympus. However, she quickly discovered the dark side of her glamorous new home - from the relatively minor gossip threatening her reputation to a realm-shattering violation of her safety by the conceited Apollo - and she's struggling to find her footing in the fast-moving realm of the gods.

Hades is also off-balance, fighting against his burgeoning feelings for the young goddess of spring while maintaining his lonely rule of the Underworld. As the pair are drawn ever closer, they must untangle the twisted webs of their past and present to build toward a new future.

"It is natural for a King to be curious about his future Queen. . . ."

All of Olympus-and the Underworld-are talking about the God of the Dead and the sprightly daughter of Demeter. But despite the rumors of their romance, Hades and Persephone have plenty to navigate on their own.

Since coming to Olympus, Persephone has struggled to be the perfect maiden goddess. Her attraction to Hades has only complicated the intense burden of the gods' expectations. And after Apollo's assault, Persephone fears she can no longer bury the intense feelings of hurt and love that she's worked so hard to hide.

As Persephone contemplates her future, Hades struggles with his past, falling back into toxic habits in Minthe's easy embrace. With all the mounting pressure and expectations-of their family, friends, and enemies-both Hades and Persephone tell themselves to deny their deepest desires, but the pull between them is too tempting, too magnetic. It's fate.

This full-color edition of Smythe's original Eisner-nominated webcomic Lore Olympus brings Greek mythology into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.

Bokomslag och beskrivningar av händelsen hämtad från Adlibris.

Det här var en serie jag har hört mycket gott om så då var det intressant att se att de fanns att låna från biblioteket.

Jag har alltid gillat den romerska mytologin så det här var intressant att läsa. Kul med serieroman och påhittat hur Hades och Peresephone träffas och lär känna varandra och deras romance. Och det finns lite humorinslag med övriga "känd" karaktärer.

Det enda som stör mig lite är att jag är inte helt vän med illustationerna .... 

The tea dragon # 1- 3 av K O`Neill

From the award-winning author of Princess Princess Ever After comes The Tea Dragon Society, a charming all-ages book that follows the story of Greta, a blacksmith apprentice, and the people she meets as she becomes entwined in the enchanting world of tea dragons.

After discovering a lost tea dragon in the marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form of tea dragon care-taking from the kind tea shop owners, Hesekiel and Erik. As she befriends them and their shy ward, Minette, Greta sees how the craft enriches their lives--and eventually her own.

Rinn has grown up with the Tea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real dragon turns out to be a different matter entirely! Aedhan is a young dragon who was appointed to protect the village but fell asleep in the forest eighty years ago. With the aid of Rinn's adventuring uncle Erik and his partner Hesekiel, they investigate the mystery of his enchanted sleep, but Rinn's real challenge is to help Aedhan come to terms with feeling that he cannot get back the time he has lost.

Critically-acclaimed graphic novelist Katie O'Neill delivers another charming, gentle fantasy story about finding your purpose, and the community that helps you along the way.

Join Greta and Minette once more for the heartwarming conclusion of the award-winning Tea Dragon series!

Over a year since being entrusted with Ginseng's care, Greta still can't chase away the cloud of mourning that hangs over the timid Tea Dragon. As she struggles to create something spectacular enough to impress a master blacksmith in search of an apprentice, she questions the true meaning of crafting, and the true meaning of caring for someone in grief. Meanwhile, Minette receives a surprise package from the monastery where she was once training to be a prophetess. Thrown into confusion about her path in life, the shy and reserved Minette finds that the more she opens her heart to others, the more clearly she can see what was always inside.

Told with the same care and charm as the previous installments of the Tea Dragon series, The Tea Dragon Tapestry welcomes old friends and new into a heartfelt story of purpose, love, and growth.

Bokomslag och vad böckerna handlar om hämtade från Adlibris.

Jag har sett dessa söta gulliga böcker hos många booktubers de senaste åren och jag har länge velat läsa dem, och denna sommar valde jag att låna dem från bibilioteket och läsa dom under sommaren.

Och det var en finstämd berättelse med fina grafiska färgsatta bilder som jag verkligen gillade att läsa. De små te-drakarna var så söta.

Deadly class vol 2 Kids of the black hole + Deadly class vol 3 The snake pit

 

Volume 2 is here! It's 1988 and Marcus Lopez is getting settled into life at Kings Dominion for the Deadly Arts, a secret elite school, to train the next generation of assassins and professional murderers. He has a girl, a circle of friends, and he's learning a trade: the craft of killing. But his murderous past is about to catch up with him, and there are a few things about Marcus that even his friends don't know about - secrets which threaten the lives of everyone at his school. Because there's a reason Marcus was sought out by the school's shadowy principal Master Lin, a man who's long had an eye for Marcus' unique talents.

Collecting Deadlt Class #7-11, and continuing the story of a group of damaged, deranged, and struggling teenagers living through one of the country's most vibrant and chilling eras.

• When homeless orphan Marcus Lopez was asked to join a shadowy school specializing in training the next generation of the world's deadliest assassins, he figured he had nothing left to lose. He was wrong. Now, Marcus and his one-time lover Maria are thrown to the wolves when a Mexican Cartel, the family of a classmate they were forced to kill, comes gunning for revenge. The true costs of the life he's chosen to live are only just dawning on Marcus. Incapable of staving off the ravages of love, life, and death, he plunges headfirst into a black pit of drugs, sex, and self-destruction. And just when things seemingly can't get any worse, Finals Season descends on the school. And in this world final exams can be murder!
• Continuing the cult-hit dark teen drama, writer Rick Remender and artist Wes Craig take readers on the darkest road through 1980s San Francisco, and the kids that ruled its streets.

Bokomslag och beskrivning av böckernas handling hämtad från Adlibris.

Efter att ha läst första volymen av denna serie så såg jag den första och enda säsongen av TV-serien, och när jag hade sett klart den ville jag bara ha mera så jag valde att läsa vidare i serien.

Nu när jag så har gjort så har jag fått svar i alla fall på några saker som blev som cliffhangers i TV-serien och nu har jag läst vidare och fått nya cliffhangers som gör att jag vill läsa, se mera av Marcus och de andra som försöker överleva den hårda och dödliga värld som deras skola utgör.

Monstresss vol 2 - The Blodd av Majorie Liu & Sana Takana

The Eisner-nominated MONSTRESS is back! Maika, Kippa, and Ren journey to Thyria in search of answers to her past... and discover a new, terrible, threat. Collects MONSTRESS #7-12
Bokomslag och beskrivning hämtad från Bokus.

Läste volume 1 för ett tag sen i denna grafiskaromanserie och nu läste jag volume 2 i Tome Infinity and Beyond round 2 som jag deltog i i slutet av september.
Kan säga så att jag var inte helt förtjust i första volumen, men när jag behövde en sciense fiction bok som jag kunde koppla till Asien så kom jag att tänka på denna, och jag ska väl säga att jag tyckte att volum 2 var bättre än första. (Har nu efter jag har läst den hört att det verkar vara den allmäna uppfattningen att denna serie tar sig ju längre in i den man kommer).
Och nu är jag faktiskt sugen på att läsa vidare i serien, mest för att jag gillar ett par karaktärer som ingår i den, tex Ren, den flersvansade katten och lilla söta Kippa, som är en liten urgullig rävflicka,
Sen kan jag tycka att jag har svårt att genrebestämma dem, är väl någon form av fantasy och/eller steampunk.