by Marjorie Liu (Author), Sana Takeda (Illustrator)
Just finished Book Two and can’t wait to get started on Book Three. Each volume is about 500 pages of viscerally dark beauty. Monstress is hands down the most stunning and epic graphic novel I’ve ever read. The storytelling, art, and characters are extraordinary.
If you wanna immerse yourself in a dangerous and terrifying steampunk world with badass (and sometimes sexy) characters, pick this one up. You’ll find yourself in a world full of hauntingly magical, violently fantastical, matriarchal, and queer themes.
The author and illustrator are both incredibly talented women and I would totally fangirl if I met them. These gorgeous, hardcover books should be in every bibliophile’s collection. 10/10.