Anya Davidson

A great coming-of-age story about learning and growth, relationship complications, and finding places where you fit. Set in Florida and featuring horror movie magic and climate protests. I loved Dana's character growth, and the ways her relationships with herself and with her friends and family changed over the course of the story.

The art feels like a kind of classic Underground Comix homage. The heavy, drippy ink lines make the facial expressions kind of hard to parse—a laugh of glee and a scream of anger are almost indistinguishable. The horror makeup looks incredible, though—as do all the locations and outfits and random objects.… (más)

The art and the color palette lends itself to the story of Dana, a high schooler whose extracurricular effects makeup work lands her in deep trouble. Things only come to a head when she and her friend Lily attend a filmmaking class and fissures begin to form.

I really loved this book. It’s a classic senior-crisis coming of age plot but the details are unique and the characters feel real, particularly Dana herself. The horror obsession comes from a place of love rather than treating it as some item off the quirky outsider checklist.… (más)