Plus this take on vampire fiction feels unique and frankly much more interesting than many others. The raw emotion on the facial expressions, the composition of the pages, the language. Yes, this comic might be porn with plot but man, the author manages to draw and narrate this so well that it just becomes so much more. Its been sweet, exciting, surprising and full of feelings. I thought this would be the last volume so I was kind of waiting for something straight forward but instead I got more slow unravelling of plot through character dialogues and world-building and I love it. I had big expectations for this book and it has surpassed them. It's been months since I read this, and I'm waxing pretty corny about it, but I felt inspired to come back and write a review.and I will be checking and rechecking to see when the next in the series comes out! Not to mention the playful power dynamic between them, twisting and exploding our world's existing racial realities to imagine a world in which a Black royal vampire prince steals the heart of an older white man/servant who thought his days of loving were over. So it was really enchanting and sensual to see that narrative flipped on its head, a young-looking but centuries old vampire making moves on an old-looking but far younger 60something-year-old man.

Usually with immortal vampire stories you see an ageless sexy vampire spurting their charm out on an unsuspecting young sexy thing - or something like that. The banter is witty, flowing, and totally believable, and the betrayals are just as believably wounding. I loved this graphic novel almost as much as I loved/in the same way as I love Saga! The art is beautiful and dynamic, the plot/intrigue are well thought out and slowly, teasingly disseminated.

Fortunate Beasts by Otava Heikkilä