Ethan falls for the new girl in school, Lena, who is beautiful and has magic powers. Lena is a "Caster" which is kind of like a witch and on her upcoming 16th birthday she will find out if she will be claimed by the light or by the dark side. This is a pretty straightforward clichéd teen romance; Ethan and Lena have a past life connection, Lena's overprotective Uncle is keeping secrets from her, Ethan and Lena's family don't want the two to have a romantic relationship, and so on. There is plenty of teenage drama and tears, breakups, rescues, you know the drill. I can tell that this graphic novel was trying to pack a lot into 200 pages so it felt like you were reading an abbreviated version of the story. (Though, I don't think I could stand an extra 100 pages)
The artwork was basic line drawing, some of the characters looked to much like other characters so it was hard to distinguish between the two. The art was detailed enough to keep my interest and of good quality (the figures were proportionate, there were facial expressions), but I would not call it outstanding.
Still, Teenagers who loved Twilight, will most likely eat this up; the novel, manga, or movie. And the graphic novel was clean enough to recommend to any YA (no sex, no nudity, no language, no gory violence).
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