Violent Flowers #1

by Maria Llovet

MINISERIES PREMIERE
“Vengeance blooms in their veins.”
MARIA LLOVET (CRAVE, Luna, Porcelain) returns with VIOLENT FLOWERS, a sensual tale about vengeance and acceptance, and the importance of embracing who we really are.
An ancient clan of vampires reunites after centuries. The Sentinel, a vampire who watches over all supernatural creatures, has been murdered. His erratic sister, Carnelia, will stop at nothing to get revenge, even when she's charged with a mortal to take care of.
In a world where the cult of youth and beauty rules, Carnelia has remained old and wrinkled for ages, abstaining from her vampire urges. But her addiction to blood may prove her resolution is not as firm as it seems.
DON’T MISS the BEGINNING of this thrilling tale!!

Genres: Comics, Supernatural, Horror, Vampires

Kindle Edition

Published September 25, 2024

About the author

Maria Llovet is a graphic novel author and illustrator from Barcelona.
Her work explores themes of desire, intensity, and aesthetics, blending emotional depth with striking visual storytelling.

Reviews

[Anna Quilter · Rating 3 out of 5]

A four issue miniseries.

Vampires in modern day Barcelona and Carnelia..who generally retains her older version of herself is out for revenge .

Great art..the story has its pieces layed out so let's see where it's heading.

[Ashlyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

WTF did I just read? And NOT in a good way. I’m so confused and I don’t even fucking care about anything or anyone in this story.

[Aimee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anyone else confused? No? Just me? Ok

[Kay ☾ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am biased because I see Maria Llovet and I just buy. You can't go wrong with queer vampires and revenge.

[A. D. Zatarain · Rating 1 out of 5]

Reseña honesta: la historia tiene mucho potencial y puede ser muy buena, pero está contada con muchas prisas, con saltos de escenas y diálogos que no pegan porque son cambios muy bruscos, presenta a demasiados personajes en las primeras páginas y tiene un final bastante soso (para mi gusto, porque hacen una montaña de arena y luego todo se soluciona en una única viñeta sin mucho problema).

Por otro lado, entiendo que hacer un cómic o una novela gráfica lleva mucho tiempo y esfuerzo, pero creo que es mejor tardar más y sacar algo con más calidad que apresurarte y traer dibujos con poco detalle, con personas y ropa deforme, una trama poco detallada y transiciones entre escenas bruscas y radicales.

La verdad es que la portada y la sinopsis te hacen pensar que te vas a encontrar con un trabajo mucho mejor, pero no es así. Creo que un poco más de tiempo invertido habría cambiado mucho las cosas, especialmente en la calidad de las imágenes.

[باسم الخشن · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of the worst comics I’ve ever read no story and very amateurish art
Avoid it

[MJ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wtf is happening?

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read Issues 1-4 which appear to be a standalone complete story. 1st Issue is prettier than it is compelling but the overall story merits a 3.5 stars rounded up for a good ending.
The arc was pretty decent and the artwork is beautiful (also, I think it stuck the landing in the finale Issue #4) but there were a lot of allusions to past lives, artifacts and the mechanisms of vampirism that are not explained so I'm hoping this is just something that would be well known in Spain (e.g. retelling of existing stories or the like) or that it is actually meant to continue as a series with more explanation. I don't need exposition, but showing us something like "the arrow of Toxikon" as if it has a story behind it when it doesn't (I looked it up... toxic arrows was a thing but no one 'The Toxic Arrow" story exists) felt like cutting corners in the writing.

[Margherita Stark · Rating 4 out of 5]

creative and short

Lots of heightened emotions for creatures of the night it’s short and not so sweet haha I’m excited to see where this goes will be waiting for them to go on sale since these are so short!

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Violent Flowers
Issue #1 @m_llovet

I love anything with vampires and beautiful art! Maris Llovet is incrediblely talented and I'm in awe by her work. Looking forward to reading the other issues in this series

[Book busy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting art style (though I would have liked a slightly different or bolder line weight) but I felt like whilst the plot had its sights set in lofty places, nothing MUCH really happened. It felt all pretension and no substance. Pretty gay, though.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maria Llovet + vampires. Story is okay but her art always wins me over

[Antonia M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hot (no idea what happened)

[Katelyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Georgia Mitchell · Rating 1 out of 5]

makes no sense. I'm very confused