Shades of Magic #1: The Steel Prince (Shades of Magic - The Steel Prince)

The artwork is beautiful and I've grown very fond of the characters and the world anyway. The story (which we have already experienced) is ... shallow and unfortunately goes a bit too fast for me. It feels like you pressed the fast-forward button and that's a bit sad because I think it would have had a lot more potential if they had taken their time for more volumes and elaborated everything a bit more.

I love Victoria Schwab and I was very curious about her first comic! Personally, I didn't really care about King Maxim's backstory but in the end that didn't matter because I will read anything by this author. I was very happy to go back to the world of Shades of Magic in the comic! The art style felt a little rough sometimes, but it fits the setting very well and just looks really cool. In the books I never had a problem envisioning everything since Schwab's writing style is so vivid. However, actually seeing all this magic in the comic was phenomenal and so much better! I loved it! Especially the fight scenes were, in my opinion, very awesome. I did enjoy the glimpse in Maxim's past, even though I never really liked the character in the books. It made want to re-read the entire trilogy, too. Now I am waiting for the next comic, Night of Knives - it sounds very promising and I can't wait to read more!