Reading: Bloodlust and Bonnets

[white_hart]

I've been a fan of Emily McGovern's 'Background Slytherin' cartoons for a long time, so when I saw that she had written a Romantic pastiche graphic novel about vampire hunters I was all over it.

When debutante Lucy gives in to frustration and slaughters her suitor, she is approached by Lady Violet Travesty, who invites her to join her secret ancient immortal vampire cult. Rescued by Lord Byron ('you know, from the books') Lucy instead teams up with him and bounty hunter Sham (nonbinary with she/her pronouns) to track down Lady Travesty. Also featuring a giant psychic owl called Napoleon, a sentient magical castle, and Sir Walter Scott, this is a deeply silly and very enjoyable book. The artwork is very similar in style to the Background Slytherin cartoons (as, indeed, is the sense of humour) so if you enjoy those you'll probably like this (and if you don't know them, you should look them up).

Comments

[alithea]

Sounds great fun.

Thinking of cartoon style graphic novels, have you read Nimona? I think you would enjoy it if not.

[white_hart]

I hadn’t heard of that, but given that it’s by Noelle Stevenson who also did the new She-Ra cartoon I definitely think I’d like it!

[alithea]

Ah, that's where I knew the name from! It's really good.

[white_hart]

I now own a copy! (Having signed up for Amazon Prime for Picard, I now realise that it means I can get physical books almost as quickly as kindle books.)

[alithea]

Enjoy!

[nanila]

That sounds awesome. Will order!