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The second book kicks off further from the first!

With art style interesting to look at, its easy-to-follow plot also holds a spirit of adventure. The female lead isn't girly and borders on being tomboy-ish, which makes her very relatable. On top of this, as I am an amateur fencer, the material in this graphic novel was generally legitimate as to what fencers would learn.

I can't wait for the next book!


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Curses! Foiled Again Jane Yolen Mike Cavallaro Books Reviews

Great combination of Jane Yolen and graphic novel format. Excellent story.
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"Curses Foiled Again"
Written by Jane Yolen
Illustrated by Mike Cavallaro
(First Second, 2013)
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NOTE mild spoilers below
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Veteran kids' lit author Jane Yolen continues her compelling graphic novel series in which a young high school age girl named Aliera learns she is the newly-chosen champion of the magical faerie world, a realm which coexists with our own, but can only be seen by a select few. In this sequel to "Foiled," Aliera begins to master her magical powers and confronts a troll army hidden in the bowels of New York City, transforming from a fantasy-reading, brainy kid who takes fencing lessons into a bold cosmic champion. This volume is faster-moving than the first, with strong girl-power messaging, more action, and some fun stuff for any readers who are into fencing as a competitive sport. Suitable for a wide range of younger readers. (DJ Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain book reviews)
I've got to say I was somewhat underwhelmed with this one. I really enjoyed the first book and this sequel just didn't live up to it for me. The initial background story was never referred to; the mix of b/w and colour in the art doesn't make as much of an impression when one forgets that Aliera is color-blind in the first book, and references to a few names and places from her and Caroline's "rpg"-ing from the first book also fall flat. The story presented here was an ok fantasy, a quick divergence, but nothing out of the ordinary. Cavallaro's art is bold and dark when needed, his use of colour is bright and I've read a few of his works now that I know it is always a pleasure to enjoy his artwork.
Aliera is back for her second adventure and somehow this time there is a lot more trouble than in the first one.She's getting good grades, doing pretty well at her fencing and still managing to be the Defender of Faerie. Avery is making it much harder for Aliera to stay under the radar at school. All she wants is for everything to go back to how it was. It's looking pretty unlikely though. After all the faeries suddenly disappear, Aliera is thrown into another amazing adventure. There is a lot more information about and shenanigans from the trolls in Curses! Foiled Again. Avery has a much bigger part to play in this story and he's wonderfully written. I thought that Avery was possibly my favorite character this time around! There was also a great villain who was very unexpected. Overall, Curses! Foiled Again was just as good if not better than Foiled.
Aliera, against her will, has become the custodian of a magical foil that makes her the defender of the Fairy Court. She is confused and frightened by this development, but works hard on her swordplay skills and tries to do her best. So far, so good.

Avery, the super cute boy who is new at her school turns out to be a troll whose human glamour allows him to survive outside in the light. Luckily, he is obligated to be her knight and to follow her orders as she is, by virtue of the magical weapon, his liegelord. Again, still so far so good.

In fact, the story, characters, art work, and some sly and hip humor, make this a very appealing title.

MILD POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD; However, bear in mind that the two main characters meet cute, fight cute, diss each other cute, and annoy each other and us for most of the book. Aliera won't accept Avery's help even though he knows what's going on and is desperate to help her. So, page after page after page he trails around after her like some deeply dysfunctional puppy while she keeps insulting him, ignoring him, avoiding him and blowing him off. This continues even after Avery saves or protects Aliera several times.They must have a "Humans are stupid!, No, Trolls are stupid!" shouting match about every five pages. Really. And the problem is that in between these dopey exchanges there is some chemistry shown and there is some snappy dialogue. So the overall effect is "I like this book, I don't like this book, I like this book, I don't like this book", and so on.

And Aliera is all over the map. Sometimes she is insightful, courageous and perceptive. Sometimes she is whiney, dense and lame. For example, when she is taught how to become invisilbe she is almost hit by several different cars and buses because she keeps forgetting she's invisible, but then she is caught sneaking around because while she was invisible at one point she later forgot that she had made herself visible again. It's these bits, about every ten pages or so, that interrupt the enjoyment of the book and story, mainly because it's hard to root for Aliera and it's hard to stay in the story when she is in dopey or whiney mode.

And this is especially a shame because the drawing, panel design, and detail work in the art is very good, and apart from a tendency toward exaggeration at dramatic moments, it supports the flow of the story. Similarly, a number of secondary characters are well designed and appealing.

The upshot is that this is a very interesting if basically predictable book, well above average in terms of overall appeal, but it has weaknesses that may just bug you a little bit or may bug you a lot. Certainly worth a try.

Please note that I received a free electronic copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a frank review.
Strong female characters, great writing, great artwork. My daughter loves this series.
I loved Foiled, and I loved this continuation of the story. For me, I'd prefer that Jane Yolen wrote for adults, but this graphic novel is for middle graders and it's a hoot. I predict that other fans of fantasy, urban fantasy, graphic novels, fencing and/ or Jane Yolen will be similarly pleased.
The second book kicks off further from the first!

With art style interesting to look at, its easy-to-follow plot also holds a spirit of adventure. The female lead isn't girly and borders on being tomboy-ish, which makes her very relatable. On top of this, as I am an amateur fencer, the material in this graphic novel was generally legitimate as to what fencers would learn.

I can't wait for the next book!