Wicked + the Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie Mckelvie

"Every ninety years twelve gods return as young people. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are all dead. It's happening now. It's happening again."--Page 4 of cover.

This volume was a total mess. I'm not sure what to think because the first two were so promising. Disappointing!

This book was definitely not in the same league as the previous two. Nothing much happened to further the plot.

We did get a little more spotlight on other gods like Tara, Woden, Amaterasu and Sakhmet. I can't say I really liked any of them but I definitely sympathized a lot with Tara. Her story also has a subtext of cyber bullying, online trolling and how that would affect the mental state of teenagers which seemed very realistic. But I definitely didn't like what happened to her. We also get to know a little more about who is committing the murders but the motivations are still unclear.

The artwork in this book was a lot different and I now realize it's due to the guest artists. Though I enjoyed the coloring in Amaterasu's panel set in Japan, I really didn't like the style that was used for Sakhmet's story.

Overall, I am not very impressed with this volume. But I'm definitely going to continue with the series coz I'm totally invested now.

Not a fan of the changing art styles at all.

This is a spoiler or whatever but the way people treat Tara is problematic as hell. And the book said she died of assisted suicide but I think it was more of a murder cause that girl was going THROUGH IT and no one helped. No one bats a lash. ALL the WOC in this series tbh... Jeez what a mess. Also that white girl in Japan trope made me laugh I will not lie.