Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows

I'm devouring these books! This is my third volume in three days. I'm really beginning to love the characters and the lore. Even the art style, which I initially found a little off putting, has grown on me. Looking forward to knocking out the rest of the books in this series sooner rather than later.

Story
More Keys of course! The Shadow Key freaks me the hell out. I think the mending key would really handy and the Giant Key is just awesome. The creativity not only of the keys themselves, but how they get used in the story makes for some truly excellent scenes.

Artwork
Mr. Rodriguez is able to do so much without words. It adds so much. He can do full pages without no dialogue and show so much that would be much harder in text.

Can there even be spoilers at this rate? I mean I'm assuming you haven't picked up volume 3 without reading the first 2 already. Hill continues to flesh out his characters and imbue them with a depth not normally found in easy horror. Sam Lesser in death regains some agency and we better understand how tortured he is. He's more than just a cardboard cut-out, stock evil character. Kinsey, Kavanaugh, Jamal and Jackie's segment is handled beautifully, sets up the caves, and lends depth to the friendship. Keys are lost and found and finally we see some cracks in the family dynamic.