Grimoire Noir

Grimoire Noir by Vera Greentea and Yana Bogatch

This is a graphic novel, but I'm going to do a brief book review on it. Because I can.

An amazon summary, "Beautiful, spooky, and utterly enchanting, Vera Greentea and Yana Bogatch's Grimoire Noir is a charming graphic novel about coming to terms with your own flaws and working past them to protect those dear to you.

Bucky Orson is a bit gloomy, but who isn’t at fifteen?

His best friend left him to hang out with way cooler friends, his dad is the town sheriff, and wait for it―he lives in Blackwell, a town where all the girls are witches. But when his little sister is kidnapped because of her extraordinary power, Bucky has to get out of his own head and go on a strange journey to investigate the small town that gives him so much grief. And in the process he uncovers the town’s painful history and a conspiracy that will change it forever." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE

In a small town where women are witches with powers referred to as a charm, Bucky's little sister has gone missing. This causes his mother to cry while she's missing, but when she cries, it rains. The town becomes flooded with water. To not only find his little sister, but to also save the town from his mother's grief, Bucky, son of the sheriff, sets off to find clues as to where his sister has gone in places where his Dad might not be able to look.

This leads him on a wandering search through the ways of the witches and a few things about his town that he never knew. Things about his town that may come to pass that shouldn't.

Dun dun dunnnn That's enough summary.

I liked this book. I think it's the beginning of a series. The art is gorgeous, the storytelling lives up to it's title (very noir), but it's also done in an engaging manner. Where, some noir things I've encountered can be a bit off putting with how much they engage the noir sense of the story. Anyways.

The world building was also interesting, and only leaves me with more questions, which I hope are explained in the next book. It also makes me wonder about the world at large and what else could be out there.

But for now, this book was a very solid start to the series, with some spooky elements and some self discovery elements; it was a nice mix.

Happy reading!