Now she’s going to do a lot of bad deeds to get it all back. Nita did a good deed, and it cost her everything. Now Nita is on the other side of the bars, and there is no line she won’t cross to escape and make sure no one can ever capture her again. Nita just dissects the bodies after they’ve been “acquired.” But when her mom brings home a live specimen, Nita decides she wants out - dissecting living people is a step too far.īut when she tries to save her mother’s victim, she ends up sold on the black market in his place - because Nita herself is a supernatural being. Nita doesn’t murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet-her mother does that. The tone of the art also illustrates Nita’s isolation and confusion in an unsavory world her mother has forced upon her.Genre: YA, Urban Fantasy, Horror, ParanormalĪ physical copy of this book was kindly provided by Raincoast Books, in exchange for an honest review.ĭexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the black market - until she’s betrayed.
The clean lines and somber colors create a mysterious backdrop for the creepy, shady family business.
The series features art by Alai Cinereo, which perfectly sets the dark, moody tone of the narrative. This monster boy’s parts in particular also mean mega bucks for her, and Nita is now faced with a big decision: abide her mother or choose the moral high ground. Usually the monsters are dead when Nita gets them for dissection, but when her mother brings home a living specimen the girl is overwhelmed with sympathy, something her mother won’t tolerate. Our protagonist, Nita, is torn between what is morally right (even when dealing with monsters) and what her emotionally abusive mother wants. Nita doesn’t have much of a choice in the matter, especially when her mother uses psychological warfare to manipulate her daughter into doing what she’s told.īased on the first installment of the critically acclaimed young adult series Market of Monsters by Rebecca Schaeffer, the comic is written and adapted by Stephen Lamm, and introduces a universe of supernatural beings living alongside humans and a sordid underworld where their magical bodies are worth thousands, if not millions. Unfortunately for her, it’s her mother’s business and the woman takes great pleasure in making money off magical organs, appendages, and more. In Not Even Bones, Nita doesn’t really want to hunt and dissect supernatural beings so that their parts can be sold on the black market.
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