5 Stars, Buy it
So Marko still has no idea that his wife is on drugs. This is so not going to end well is it? Alana makes Marko leave. I think my soul might just have been crushed. NOOOOO!!!! Not quite sure how the Prince robot is connected in all of this but at least I have one or two more issues before i’m caught up and have to wait endlessley for the new issues to be released. Not only is the story amazing and original, the writing rocks and the art is out of this world. And In any case, read this series, even if you think you don’t like graphic novels, seriously this series is awesome!
I am loving doing this re-read with E.! It's been a long time since I read these books. I used to do a read through of all the previous ones before a new one came out. Then 2007 came, the series ended, and I was left bereft. Well, at least until I discovered other series to fill the Harry Potter shaped hole in my life :). Throne of Glass, anyone?
Reading this again has reminded me of why I fell in love the first time. Everything is so richly described. I love hearing the little quirks of characters, and I've been delighted each time more back story than I remember is provided. Hearing about Professor Quirell's turban (and the rumors behind it) had me rapt.
What can I say? I'm a Harry Potter fan girl.
Harry wished he had about eight more eyes. He turned his head in every direction as they walked up the street, trying to look at everything at once: the shops, the things outside them, the people doing their shopping. A plump woman outside an Apothecary was shaking her head as they passed, saying, "Dragon liver, sixteen Sickles an ounce, they're mad..."