University City Public Library Book Challenge: Taproot

Press release from University City Public Library Book Challenge:

July 29, 2021

Taproot by Keezy Young, 127 pages.

Hamal sees ghosts. Which is particularly convenient for Blue, the ghost who is in love with him (and also has been haunting him for the last year or so). Unfortunately, something weird is happening to the ghosts in town, they keep seeing a spooky ghost forest, and Blue worries that it could be a danger to both the local ghosts and Hamal. Enter a Reaper, and it's up to both boys to fix the ghost forest problem.

This comic was a pleasure to look at cover-to-cover. The aesthetics for the Reaper in particular are awesome, and I was really happy any time she was on the page. The story was pretty cute, but I will say that it seemed like it wanted to be longer than it was. Most of what was going on here seemed like it would do better with a little more breathing room, and the final chapter or so felt like it would be more in place as part of a volume 2. Still, a sweet little read overall.

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