I received a copy of this graphic novel through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Sadly the e-copy I got from NetGalley was very blurry and at times it wasn’t easy to read. It didn’t help that the narrator was a melancholic house…😅
It was creepy, gory and grotesque which was its purpose. The characters were all messed up in different ways, they were either maniacal sadists or masochists and all monsters in their own way. I have read many gory graphic novels before but they had much more going for them, this felt a bit flat and pointless.🙄

I like the style of illustrations, the characters, monster and maid, are very distinctive from another through their exaggerated features. The black and white illustrations, that look traditionally drawn, are accentuated with the colour red and in the finale even receive a surreal touch. Sadly the quality of the pages could be higher, it was sometimes hard to decipher single letters.
'Graveneye' is told from the perspective of the house, which is just brilliant. We have very little direct speech or dialogue, but the writing itself is fantastic.
'When she was lonely I hummed a low lullaby through my vents/ a hymn I remember sung to my by the wind in the woods/ where my bones were grown and harvested..'
It's telling the growing relationship between the characters (and more beyond that) mostly through the illustrations and creates a quite unique atmosphere. Instead of portraying a romance, 'Graveneye' dives more into to the realm of obsession and paired with a murdering main character this comic is a wild ride.

Phew, I loved this. It's a sapphic horror story about a maid who comes to care for a home run by a -- murderer? Vampire? Werewolf? Modern day blackbeard? -- but the whole thing is from the point of view of the house. It's rough and brutal and odd and really fascinating.

(Since I mostly write and read romances, please note: this is not a romance even if it's sapphic, it's definitely horror, and nobody makes good or kind choices for themselves or others.)