Morning Glories Volume 2

by Nick Spencer

[leahrosereads]

After finishing Volume 1 of this series, I went directly to reading ALL WILL BE. It was late at night, and I didn't really want to start a novel, so while I wasn't that excited about the first volume, I said what the hell and went to reading this volume.

I have to say that I'm happy I took out more than just the first volume of Morning Glories. While this series isn't up there at all with my favorite graphic novels, it has been some nice mindless reading for me.

The writing:

Has definitely gotten better with Volume 2. Is it great? No. I still have definite issues with the mystery aspect of this series as well as the characters. At this point of reading, I still don't really like the character I think I'm supposed to love (Casey), but I do like Ike and Zoe, and our bad guys (all the teachers). To me, every character seems cookie cutter generic, except for the ghost killer guy (David?). I like him. I don't know him. But, I like him. I want to see more of him.

The characters:

This review is kind of just meshing together, but oh well. I like the ghost killer guy. Zoe calls him David, so I'm going with that for now. I also really like Ike (the backstabbing little shit that he is), and I think that Zoe has a lot more personality than Casey. Maybe that will change, but until then, I prefer Zoe's stronger personality over Casey's kind of bland, clearly hero personality. I'm intrigued by both Jun and Jade's backstories, so I'm hoping they'll grow on me. And then there's Hunter. I want to love this love-able geek, but I just haven't fallen for him. We'll see if that changes in the later volumes.

The art:

Is still carrying the words/story for me. If this was a novel, I would have said fuck-it by now. But, I like the art, and really does help the story.



Overall: ALL WILL BE gets .5 more stars than Volume 1, so maybe by the end of this, it'll be a five star series for me. I guess I'll see.