Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows (Locke & Key, #3)

by Joe Hill

Gabriel Rodriguez (Illustrator) and Brian K. Vaughan (Introduction)

Now a Netflix Original Series! Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times-bestselling author Joe Hill continues his Eisner Award-winning story of dark fantasy and wonder.

The dead plot against the living, the darkness closes in on Keyhouse, and a woman is shattered beyond repair in the third storyline of the award-winning series, Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows. Dodge continues his relentless quest to find the key to the black door, and raises an army of shadows to wipe out anyone who might get in his way. Surrounded and outnumbered, the Locke children find themselves fighting a desperate battle, all alone, in a world where the night itself has become the enemy.

Crown of Shadows features an introduction by Brian K. Vaughan (Saga).

Winner of the 2011 Eisner Award for Best Writer.

• ISBN10: 1600109535
• ISBN13: 9781600109539
• Publish Date: 19 July 2011 (first published 24 August 2010)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Idea & Design Works
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 152
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781600109539

Reviews

[Mercy]

This wasn't as good as vol. 3 but damn, I'm in love with the characters. Ty, Kinsey and Bode are the best siblings and I don't want anything bad to happen to them. The phycology aspect is getting more and more interesting and I can't wait to know how everything will develop. The art by Gabriel Rodriguez is awesome, too! These two artists complement each other!

[leahrosereads]

Huh, no spoilers in my old review, yay. And it still stands - at 30, still afraid of the dark and still plagued with night terrors. Go me.

6/10 - 6/13 2014
Oh what to say about Volume 3: CROWN OF SHADOWS?

Was I expecting more phenomenal storytelling by Joe Hill? Absolutely.

Was I expecting Gabriel Rodriguez to bring the words to life in a visual array of haunting beauty? You betcha!

And, I was no disappointed, at all.


The world evolves bringing the readers a new key that brings the horrors of shadows to life. Confession: at 26 years old, I’m still afraid of the dark, and I’m honestly terrified of shadows. So CROWN OF SHADOWS hit me on a deeper, more emotional level than either of the first two volumes. Rodriguez brought such haunting images to life for me, that I had nightmares the night I read this. When I woke up, there was a shadow spider above my bed, and let’s just say, it wasn’t a great night for me, sleeping wise.

But, hell, that’ll happen, and even having nightmares, this volume turned out to be my favorite of the series thus far. I love when each volume or book in a series is better than the last. When I can follow a journey and be so entranced by it, that I can’t put the book down..

Joe Hill, with this series being the first works I’ve read by him, has solidified himself in being an author I will constantly be on the lookout for. Also, I would love to see these two brilliant creators work together again in the future. The world they have created with the Locke & Key series has been a phenomenal one so far, and yeah, just more fangirling in this review.


Not all that sorry about it though.

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*Review to come!*

[Jennifer | Pushing Pages]

Locke & Key is continuously surprising me with its grit and tenacity. I cannot wait to read the fourth volume.

[empressbrooke]

This stuff is just awesome. Probably my favorite graphic novel series since Sandman.