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Scullion

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SO FUNNY! My sides hurt from laughing, the art is wonderful and the story is awesome! I love it and I hope Jarad will make a book two soon!

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This was a nice graphic novel, but I felt it was a bit lacking. I loved the artwork a lot but the story was not as great as I hoped it would be.

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This graphic novel was quite cute! I thought for sure the main characters would have a romance but I was pleasantly surprised. It gave me a little bit of a Dungeons and Dragons feel but that could just be because it's about adventuring and maybe because that's what I have been reading a lot lately. This was pretty cute and if this was the first in the series I would check out what happened next.

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Didn’t love this one. The art felt weak, as did the story. Overall, the feeling was that of a high school art or English project.

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This book was a little awkward at first. It uses a few real world elements (with a twist) in an otherwise fantasy setting. I did like the subversion of gender roles and the discussions younger characters had about not having it all together and how that was okay. It's definitely middle grade, so it's nice to see the idea of careers and goals provided to the youth in an easy to process way. I did find the world sort of middle for fantasy, like there are already several stories that look like this, but they also added in other middle grade elements like cooking/jobs, bullies, and having a busy family unit.

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I guess me and writers named Greene with first initial J, are not destined to get along. I quit reading this about four fifths the way through because it wasn't entertaining me at all. I kept hoping something would happen or that it would get better, but it never did, and I felt resentful of the time I'd spent reading it when I could have been doing something more fulfilling. When I picked the thing to review I'd thought the two characters on the cover were women who worked in the scullery of a castle, but only one of them is.

He gets kidnapped by trolls who mistake him for the other person on the cover who is actually a female warrior. Apparently trolls are really stupid mistaking an accidental headscarf for real purple hair, but the trolls are not consistent in their stupidity which made the device rather flimsy.

There were half-hearted attempts at humor. Despite this being set in medieval times, they have modern amenities and outlooks - but these fell flat on me. The story felt confused, with far too many characters coming in like Keystone Cops and filling up the panels without much of an introduction to set the stage. I lost track repeatedly as to what was supposed to be happening or why people were doing certain things (and not doing other things that seemed far more logical in the circumstances), and I decided this was not for me. I can't commend it at all.

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A fun adventure story with many mishaps along the way, including mistaken identity. Everyone joins to together to make their two worlds work together.

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Scullion was a fun and light hearted graphic novel, this story was good and the story was really enjoyable, what I love most about this graphic novel is the illustrations!!! They were so bright and vibrant which I love very much.

If your looking for something fast to fly through definitely recommend.

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A slapstick story of mistaken identify, the scullion is mistaken for the princess and famous author.

So, lots of running around, being confused. Sort of cute how the two scullions like to quote the author about what to do to be a hero.

A bit too silly for me, but might appeal to middle-grade kids who like silly stuff.

Set in a sort of medieval, but with magic, and of course trolls.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

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A light, entertaining story, especially if you like a slightly cheesy faux-medieval setting for your adventures. I sometimes found the number of side characters confusing, which made the story a bit complicated for as light as it was.

No real content concerns here--there's a bit of bullying and cartoon violence (fist fights--no blood) and some lying (not much) in the course of the adventure. I think a lot of middle grade readers would be able to enjoy this book, in addition to the stated YA audience.

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*Thank you to the publisher for sending me an eARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

Scullion follows the events that take place in the follow up to the weekend of the wedding between the prince and famous warrior-lady Riqa.
We follow three separate storylines. That of Darlis, a scullion at the palace who has dreams of being a chef, Riqua's story as well as the story of two troll siblings looking to make a quick buck.

I enjoyed reading Scullion so much, it was exactly the pick me up I needed! The art style is colourful and distinctive, as well as easy to follow. There were panels that made me laugh out loud. One of my favourites is a three column one where Darlis tells himself that he 'can't even climb up this cliff'. He then proceeds to try to climb up the cliff and fails. 'Yeah, nope!' he says. How many times have we not done that as humans in our day to day life. Know that there is a thing that we can't do, but try again, just in case you can magically do the thing you were never capable of doing before.

Not only is Scullion funny and relatable, but it does hold some encouraging messages. 'It's okay not to know what you want to do yet.' One of the characters tells another. I didn't know that I needed to read that, and yet I did.

Overall, this was a quick, fun read that will be enjoyed by those of all ages!

PS: There is a moment when Darlis holds up a book (volume 2 of the Fair Maiden's Guide) and says 'ah yes, the longest year is over' and I haven't related to anything more.

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This was such a fun, quick read! As a huge D&D fan, I really enjoyed this graphic novel and the silly, quirky characters we got to meet. The art style was really pretty and nice to look at, the characters were easy to tell apart, and the fonts were easy to read throughout. A great graphic novel, definitely recommend picking this one up!

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For the young fantasy fan with a taste for the slightly slapstick comes this brightly-coloured comic, featuring mistaken identity aplenty and lots of other shenanigans on a Princess' royal wedding day. Some entrepreneurial trolls have decided to kidnap her for a ransom – it's unfortunate for them then that they have actually nabbed one of the court dishwashers instead. In the adventure that ensues nobody can be sure of who is who – which is supposed to be the fun, in a Shakespeare-lite way, but is actually the problem. For one thing the trolls are all so interchangeable that it's not just a taste for the slapstick the young reader will need, but much more of a thinking head than I could be bothered with for this one. Identity, side, motive – all need a lot of keeping track of, and I think far too much so. Beyond that it's a fun romp, I suppose, taking a dose of full empowerment into the realm of people hiding under a disguise to get their way, just as, to repeat, Shakespeare might have done. He'd have been laughed out of court if he'd made an attempt to stage this, mind – but for the right reader it's perfectly passable entertainment.

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I enjoyed this story Immensely. What a fun adventure with a familiar feeling. Like a story you’ve read over and over! The characters were different and silly, yet charming too. For fans of D&D, this a great one.

Thanks to Netgalley for the arc.

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I appreciate having had an opportunity to read and review this book. The appeal of this particular book was not evident to me, and if I cannot file a generally positive review I prefer simply to advise the publisher to that effect and file no review at all.

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