Co-author of the highly acclaimed "Spiderwick Chronicles", Holly Black, turns her powerful imaginative power down the urban fantasy path with the graphic novel, "The Good Neighbor: Kin". This title's darkly rendered setting leads the reader just beneath the skin of a college town to glimpse a sub-dura where fairies and their ilk move just beyond the perception of most humans - until they are noticed by Rue. Rue's mother has just disappeared and her father is soon implicated in her mother's absence as well as a student's murder. As she struggles with these developments, Rue begins to 'see' creatures both fair and frightening mixed among people everywhere she goes. Alone in her perception of the fairie folk, Rue follows her suspicion that her growing encounters with strange beings is connected to her missing mother and the death of her father's student, When Rue's maternal grandfather appears and confirms that Rue, like her mother, is fey, she is faced with choices that offer heartbreak at every turn. Filled with edgy imagery that blends sinister beauty with sharpening fear, the illustrations build an intense sense of revelation as the tale progresses. As a fan of graphic novels, I'm eager to pick up the next in this series! This one is definitely worth return reading and reviewed illustration - there's more than meets the eye. "The Good Neighbors: Kin" is a highly worthwhile title that will thrill both fans and newcomers to the graphic novel medium.
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