I'm not very much into graphic novels because I have a hard time paying attention to both the images and the words. But the Monstress series is worth it because it's dark and beautiful and stunning. 

I really should have read this shortly after reading Volume 1, because it took me a little bit to catch back up on the plot and what exactly Maika is up to at the moment. But after I got back into the swing of the story, it was absorbing. The plot is strong and the story is interesting, and the artwork is absolutely stunning. Maika is so full of rage and anger, which is interesting in itself because it's something you don't often get in female characters, and she's the kind of fearless and take-no-shit that I love because she knows the monster inside her won't let her be killed and any suffering before that point she knows she can handle. 

This book (volume? Collection of comic books?) is difficult to review because it's not a complete story in and of itself like an entry in a traditional novel series would be. Putting it in terms of what I'm used to, it feels like a chunk of the middle of a novel. And that's because in a way it is - it's chapters 7-12 of a single 35-chapter-and-still-ongoing story. This is not at all how I'm used to experiencing stories, but I love these ideas, these characters, and this artwork - and besides, I'm always trying to read new things anyway. I am definitely not going to wait too long before getting Volume 3.