The battle between Heaven and Hell rages on—with Ezra and Sunny caught in the middle! From acclaimed creator LySandra Vuong comes the second volume of the supernatural webcomic that explores a slow burn queer romance, religious faith, the weight of destiny, and what it means to be good in a world plagued by demons.
In a world where priests are decked out in holy tattoos and brandish machine guns in the face of demons, Sunny Nguyen is an outlier—a seemingly normal human who is a mysterious demon magnet. Ezra, an exorcist struggling with his own faith in God, has been tasked by the Archangel Gabriel to protect Sunny—but that might be easier said than done.
As Ezra and the rest of those on his team find themselves facing increasingly violent—and increasingly powerful—forces, the mystery of why these demons want to capture Sunny continues to unfold, and Ezra finds himself drawn to his surly classmate-turned-charge. With their friendship growing and danger mounting, can Ezra’s faith withstand the onslaught? And more importantly—will Sunny survive it?
This volume collects episodes 19–36 of the hit Webtoon series Covenant!
A solid follow up to the first book in this series. The goal of this volume seems to be to further lay out the conflict with the demons and provide clues for the greater mystery. Overall, that was executed quite well, as a reader I think I just wanted more of Ezra and Sunny together to build their relationship. However, I don’t know how many volumes this series will be so I think it’s fine if we take some time with the relationship development.
Thanks to the publisher for providing me with a free e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I was thrilled to get my hands on the advance copy from Netgalley. All my opinions remain my own. Covenant by LySandra Vuong is easily shaping up to being one of my favourite series' this year. I'm loving the fun twist on religion, with Priests that call on angels to help them fight demons on earth. The art is stunning as always, with Vuong having such a great grasp on proportion and character design. Speaking of characters, I'm loving Samson and their aggressive attitude that softens towards those they love. I would like to learn more about Samson because they're one of my favourites! The plot was good, although I found it got soft in this one compared to the first. The start of the book was following on from a cliffhanger fight from the first book, and then the middle was just everyone trying to figure things out and complaining. But the flashes to the demon lord (not going to name to avoid spoilers) were the best thing in the book. It made them more mysterious and really pushed the plot forward and made the reader wonder what they meant by certain things (especially at the end of the book). Overall, this is a wonderfully drawn and written series. I'll support the author when it's out in physical form to match my first book on my shelves!
Another banger. The art style always blows me away, it’s stunning. Just looking at it by itself outside of the story is super appealing on its own but bonus that the story is also incredibly fun to read.
I’m even more invested in both the plot and the characters themselves. The more we learn about Sunny the more interested I get. This was action packed and so fun.
there’s something about hot priests with tattoos and deadly weapons fighting demons that I’m very much into
I love the world building and queer representation throughout, it’s just so casual and natural. it’s not the only part of the story, it isn’t made to be the centre of it all but it’s just there as references for the community which I’m obsessed with
I really enjoyed the progression from volume one and I’m so intrigued to see how it will continue, just fun and fresh
Thank you Netgalley and Oni Press for the readers' copy.
I know hot, queer, fighter priests sounds niche but I love this for everyone ♥ The characters, art style, pacing, dialogue are perfect. Literally no notes. Such a fun continuation from book 1 and again leaves you wanting more.
Not much in way of a narrative, but strong action, really powerful coloring and lettering, and a fast, high-action flow from panel to panel that really pulls you onwards. Thoroughly enjoying thd series and have just bought the new one.
I liked this and am still really eager to know how things play out. Not a whole lot actually happens in this volume, the mystery is still just sort of building. I did find most of the action scenes confusing, it was hard to tell what was supposed to be happening and sometimes hard to tell who is who. I'm definitely still invested though and want to know what happens next.
This series truly is amazing. I love that in this volume I learned more about Sunny and the other characters in the cast. Isaac is slowly becoming my favorite. I love his design, powers, and his personality. I think this volume really showed the dynamic of the team. The art is still stunning and seeing more intense fight scenes made me love the art even more. I love the club scene and seeing how Sunny and Ezra were sharing a glance. I really am falling in love with this series and I can't wait to see more of it. The story has so many layers and the more I learn the more layers are added to the mystery to keep me engaged. It is an amazing series.
I liked the first volume very much and the second is still stunning art-wise but also rather confusing. I don’t mind not getting answers for a while but most of the volume consists of battle scenes, which could be interesting but the majority of the panels are just whooshes and whumps, strikes of weapons in the dark with no clear distinction who is who and what’s happening.
I’m still curious and willing to read more but this volume felt more like a filler, even if worth reading for the art alone.
Thank you NetGalley and Oni Press for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for my honest review!
I’m really digging this series. Issac and Goliath are so cute! Isaac is my favorite. We’re slowly learning about Sunny’s purpose and reason for being hunted. I’m really interested in seeing where this series goes. This volume really moved the plot along. I love hot tattooed priests 🥹
This checks a lot of boxes for me. I really love the concept and where this is going. The artwork is great. The characters are interesting and the plot is intriguing.
I hope in future installments we get a little more background on the characters and the things revolving around their tattoos and abilities but overall, I really enjoyed this and can't wait for more
We get a lot more into the world-building and Sunny’s backstory in this one. The demons are truly scary and I still have no idea what’s going on. 😅 Can’t wait to read more!
This installment gave us way more plot and context, along with badass fights, so needless to say I ate it up. Good mystery elements too; I’m very curious to know how this will all end 👀
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I will never not love this series. I have already read the full two seasons available on the webtoon app but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying the volumes. I plan to keep all physical volumes in my possession.
The concept of this story is interesting and volume two starts to weave in more characters and complexities. Sometimes the story is confusing, sometimes the characters are annoying and sometimes the artwork is off. However the plot moves forward, it doesn’t stop. Confusing parts start to make sense, annoying characters become loved, and the imperfect artwork makes it comedic.
In volume two, we start with a continuation of the fight with Ezra, Sunny and a demon, followed by the disclosure of Sunny’s past and present. All of this is entangled with the Great Church and the unnamed demons chasing Sunny. This volume covers a lot, mostly information which is critical in the world building and establishing the characters. And that’s not all, we also get Sunny’s background as well as hints into the background of other characters.
I enjoy how this story is fast paced. It doesn’t dwell too long on drama and romance currently isn’t the highlight. There is communication between the characters, although not always clear but it gets the message across. That’s not to say, emotions are irrelevant. Through Sunny and Ezra we see regret, sadness, anger, loneliness, comfort and many more emotions alongside the depiction of panic attacks, trauma and violence.
The artwork is absolutely stunning and I love how it primarily uses a few colors (including black) to depict this story. It has my respect because it’s very difficult to portray a story and the emotions with a limited color palette. That said, similar to volume one, the action is a little underwhelming and there are imperfections in the artwork. Also, some of the panel layouts don’t help portray the intensity well. Though it doesn’t bother me and I love the story regardless.
As we near the end of volume two, the plot thickens and becomes more dramatic. Ezra will soon have to make a clear choice, one that he struggles with in this volume. It’ll be interesting to see how that affects his relationships and the story going forward.
Overall, I highly recommend this story. The romance isn’t prevalent but the characters are still learning to trust and lean on each other. There is a diverse cast of characters, each of which is strong and badass. The character designs are gorgeous and the details in their tattoos are pure perfection. I’m definitely looking forward to my physical copy of this book and the next volume!