Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom by Joe Hill

Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom (Locke & Key, #4)

by Joe Hill

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 with this brilliant graphic novel.

The Locke children have grown accustomed to the myriad magical keys discovered within their ancestral family home of Keyhouse. They have also grown accustomed to tragedy. What they may not be prepared for is just how closely danger stalks their every move as Lucas "Dodge" Caravaggio, alias Zack Wells, continues his relentless quest for the key to the black door. New keys and old specters join the story as innocence is lost and determination is forged in this collection of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom.

Winner of the 2011 Eisner Award for Best Writer.

Reviewed by leahrosereads on

4 of 5 stars

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From 5 stars to 4. I still really enjoyed this but it's slightly less awesome than I remembered.


6/16 2014
Holy shit with the ending! Why would you do this to me Joe? Why?

Wow. Just wow. If you haven't read my review of Volume 1 where I say to pick up this series and read it. Well, I'm saying it again. Read this series.


When I first opened Keys to the Kingdom, I wasn't a huge fan of the childlike artwork at first, but it grew on me, and it ended up working really well with the art I'm used to with this series.

The story itself though, yeah, that just keeps getting better. The plot just freaking thickens with Keys to the Kingdom, and I was holding on for dear life as this world that Joe Hill has created continued to come to life on the pages in front of me. Props to Gabriel Rodriguez for being able to create this world visually so well. It was just another outstanding, amazing, volume to this.


I can't believe there's only two left to go. I'm nearing the end, and I'm frightened at what there will be when I come to the end. At this point, I just have no idea if the Lockes are going to win.

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