Monstress Vol. 2: The Blood Fiction and spiritual enlightenment in the

and spiritual enlightenment in the scenic suburbs of Baltimore

monsters and comforters

le fidèle d'entre les fidèles

Irene Hyde

Monstress Vol. 2: The Blood Fiction and spiritual enlightenment in theNEW YORK TIMES This series is impossible to classify; genre elements mingle in mythical and gleefully subversive ways. The story's protagonist, Maika Halfwolf, is descended from an ancient immortal called the Queen of Wolves quite literally an anthropomorphic wolf. Maika has only one arm, though sometimes she wears a magical clockwork prosthetic; hidden in the stump is a squiggly, many eyed monstrosity that periodically pops out and eats people. Her