Author: Florence Magnin
Age: 8 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
£8.99 incl VAT
ISBN: 9781800441361
Publication: June 2024
Ireland, 1801. Two men are walking across the moors when they chance upon an unearthly mausoleum lost in the mists. 122 years later, Emilie Bertin, a cabaret singer going through difficult times, is contacted by a lawyer, who explains that she is the only heir to a man who vanished in mysterious circumstances, and now stands to inherit a castle and estate … in Ireland. Thus begins for Emilie the most fantastic of journeys.
This book starts off with a hint at the magical with two adventurer types or, more accurately, one treasure hunting "adventurer" and one moaner who you have to ask "Why his he involved in this?" Our heroine, Emilie learns about an inheritance from a lawyer who appears to be doing what a rather dubious character tells him to -including leaving Paris.
This is a tale of adventure but with a fairy tale of sorts interwoven. Is it any good as a story? Yes. Is the characterisation good? Yes. The art is just lovely and the colour work is equally as good and not a surprise since Magnin writes, draws and colours this work.
My interest has not been so high to see a next volume because this is a series that could turn out to be a masterpiece or a let down., If things continue in volume 2 as they do in this volume my guess is that it will be a series to be recommended. I know eagerly await that second book!
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