Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince, Vol. 1

It's about time I got back into this series! No better way to get back into it than reading the graphic comics of the time before the 1st book.

Absolutely love the art and the story.

Here's the thing: 1) I'm a big fan of Schwab and the “Shades of Magic” series, but 2) I'm not a fan of graphic novels. Even though I like Japanese manga, I've always had a hard time getting into heavily coloured and stylized graphic novels. That being said, this GN was very beautiful to look at, and the story was interesting, but I found the pacing to be too fast for such a short amount of pages. I would have expect the fight between Arisa and Maxim to drag out over several volumes, so I was surprised by how quickly everything was resolved. As much as I enjoyed the art in this GN, I don't think I'll be reading the next volumes in this series.