Book 18
The Witch and the Beast, Vol. 2 by Kousuke Satake
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
With this second volume, I'm still in the zone of I like this but I'm not in love with it. I do like it enough to go looking for more though.
Ashaf and Guideau wrap up their literal witch hunt that was the crux of the first volume and are immediately presented with a rash of the Undead. Necromancers can, legally, bring back the dead or in this case, do so illegally and unwisely letting them run rampant. Ashaf knows this isn't their wheelhouse and calls in a specialist.
So they're gone for the rest of the book and we meet Phanora and her partner Johan. She's a necromancer expert and he's the muscle. This storyline is creepy, especially when the reality of what happens to the Undead is explained, made all the more poignant with what is happening with one of the detective's lives as he helps Phanora.
I liked this story line better than the last one and I liked these characters better than I liked Guideau. The art is remains very nice.
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