Goldie Vance, Vol. 3

Goldie Vance #9-12

by Hope Larson, Jackie Ball, Sarah Stern (Primary Contributor)

Catch up with the coolest new girl detective on the block, Goldie Vance.

Sixteen-year-old Marigold “Goldie” Vance has an insatiable curiosity with dreams of one day becoming a detective. Luckily, she lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place, and with a rotating roster of guests and events, there’s bound to be some mystery afoot! With the Prescription One race in town, Goldie and her biggest rival, Sugar Maple, find themselves in an unlikely alliance to find who is sabotaging the drivers before the big event.

Eisner Award-winning writer Hope Larson (A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel) and artist Brittney Williams (Patsy Walker, A.K.A Hellcat!) are joined by writer Jackie Ball and introducing artist Noah Hayes in another exciting whodunnit adventure!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Mystery, Comics, Young Adult, LGBT, Fiction, Historical Fiction

112 pages, Paperback

First published November 21, 2017

About the author

Hope Larson is an American illustrator and comics artist. Hope Larson is the author of Salamander Dream, Gray Horses, Chiggers, and Mercury. She won a 2007 Eisner Award. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

Reviews

[Chelsea (chelseadolling reads) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maybe my favorite volume yet? THIS SERIES IS SO GOOD.

[Alice-Elizabeth (Prolific Reader Alice) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm honestly addicted to the Goldie Vance series, mysteries, adventures and a cute f/f romance! Bright and colourful to read.

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is so much damn fun. Goldie gets to merge her love of racing and mysteries together as she tries to track down a saboteur at the racetrack. This is a great LGBTQ friendly comic for all ages. Noah Hayes's art has a crisp and clean look to it coupled with Sarah Stern's retro animation style colors. Everything about this book is great.

[kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

BEST VOLUME YET.

Girls supporting girls, an effortless f/f relationship, female empowerment, sabotage, character development, an all girl mechanic crew, a racially diverse cast of characters and an addictive plot. This series is a breath of fresh air and an absolute delight to read.

[disco · Rating 4 out of 5]

The colors alone in this series are exquisite!

[Eleni Ouzouni (Life is Art) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/⭐

Maybe the best vol. so far 😁

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this volume I reevaluated Sugar Maple so much, in the end she was really good and came through with the promise made to Goldie. And also I really did appreciate the fact that Maple has all girl mechanics for her racing car, it was just so nice to see something like this.
Goldie keeps being the fantastic character she's always been, I just love her.
This series is just the cutest. You should definitely read it if you want a funny mystery comic filled with diverse and relatable characters.

[Anna lost in stories *A* · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was a good addition to the series :) I quite liked it and decided to give it 4 stars :) the mystery was interesting, the art style is as always cute and colorful :) I adore the FF romance in this series, although I wish we would see more of it on the pages of the comic book… I have one more installment of this on my shelf, but after that I’m not sure if I will continue with the series… don’t get me wrong, it’s (mostly) fun and entertaining, but the stories don’t really stay with me for long after I read them to justify spending that much money on them… we shall see, maybe the next installment will be phenomenal enough to change my mind ;)

XOXO

A

[Steph · Rating 3 out of 5]

another fun volume, and this time we have sabotaged racecars and childhood enemies turned partners in crimesolving!! i absolutely love the new nuance and development to sugar maple's character!

i think the art has matured a lot for this volume, especially goldie's character design. in the first few volumes she looked super young, but now she actually seems like a teenager.

i'm still digging the old school slang and clothes, and i love that goldie's gang always bands together for the climax. the mystery is particularly predictable (as soon as the saboteur's name was mentioned, i knew they'd be the guilty party), but it's all good fun!

[Dev · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another cute volume in this series. I never really have much to say about this series but they're always quick reads and the art and stories are cute if a bit simplistic. It is nice to have a vintage style comic with so much diversity though, and also with tons of cute girls who love to race cars [even though I personally know NOTHING about cars lol]. It's maybe a bit too kitschy for me at times but I think it's still a really great title.

[Nina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a fun read!

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[anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

rep: mixed-race Black sapphic mc, Black characters, sapphic li

childhood friends to enemies to reluctant partners??? love to see that

[Scarllet ✦ iamlitandwit · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite volume yet! RTC.

[K. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trigger warnings: hit and run, car accident, explosions, sabotage.

Despite giving them the same rating, I feel like I enjoyed this more than volume 2, if only because it returned more to the side characters who cropped up in the first volume and it was nice to see them again.

Anyway, this was a fun mystery and I enjoyed the character growth that this volume contained. The art is, as always, stunning and I had an all around delightful time reading this!

[Erica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hold up!
When did Diane and Goldie become an item?
They're dating? How long has that been going on?
Did that happen in the first volume and I just don't remember?
I thought they were only on flirting terms but suddenly, they're kissing and I feel like I missed something.

So we have a new illustrator and while his pictures aren't quite as squeetastically adorable as Brittney Williams', these illustrations bring back the feeling of whimsy and expressiveness I so enjoyed in the first volume. I felt it was a good emotional adaptation of the original work. I hope the next volume is as enjoyable; I see it has yet another illustrator.

The story here is also more engaging than the random mess found in Vol. 2.
I'm still not nearly so in love as I was but I'm not on the edge of dumping this series, either.

[Rena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now this is back to the fun Goldie Vance I know. Much more action throughout and as always, excellent artwork. I'm looking forward to Volume 4. 💖

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOTS OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT MY FAVORITE

[Lata · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the artwork! It beautifully complements Goldie Vance’s energy and exuberance. Here, she takes on a case of potential sabotage of race car driver Sugar Maple’s auto. Sugar is determined to win, and Goldie reluctantly helps the racer, as they’ve had a fractious relationship since childhood.
There are lots of suspects, and Goldie eventually finds her culprit. And a staunch friend in Sugar.
This was a fun episode, with Goldie getting a chance to rope in all her friends. Looking forward to Goldie’s next adventure!

[Maggie Gordon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really appreciate that Goldie Vance exists. It's everything I want from Nancy Drew, including the retro vibe, but with a contemporary social norms. In this volume, Goldie has to solve a mystery surrounding her arch-frenemy: Sugar Maple! The mystery in this one is weak unfortunately, even for a kiddie book. But the character interactions are what make this one fun!

[shannon✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a page turner! I was so curious of what would happen and who was behind everything. And of course I also loved the art style!

[mads ☆ﾐ · Rating 3 out of 5]

i’m on a roll at this point and still finding this comic series very wholesome and a great stress-reliever :)

[Sylwia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Sugar Maple so much and I loved this whole redemption arc.

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The previous volumes were great but this one really takes the cake. Yes. I am a sucker for enemies-to-frenemies-to-friends.

Favorite lines:

"I'm almost there. I can feel it in my bones."
"What you're feeling are somatic symptoms brought on by prolonged sleep deprivation."

"We don't have enough evidence to bring her in."
"You will when I catch her red handed."
*Groan*

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my favourite volume of Goldie Vance yet! I think this might be because it was more based in reality than the previous story lines. It was great to see more depth to Sugar Maple than just a villain. I have to admit this series is growing on me!

[Melania 🍒]

2,75/5

[Deborah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Goldie gets knocked off of her bike and the car driver takes off leaving her bike totaled. Goldie and her archenemy, Sugar Maple, agree to put their differences aside for Goldie to join her all female pit crew team. Goldie loves fast cars. Someone has been sabotaging Sugar’s race car. Out of nowhere Goldie and her crush, Diane, are in a smoochfest. Did I miss a book or this part of the story? An enjoyable comic of a girl detective set in an idyllic Florida in the early 1960s.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

These comics continue to warm my heart!! Loved the car racing and I love getting to know more about Sugar.

ps. The views expressed in this review are my own and do not reflect the views of Indigo Books & Music Inc. or any of its subsidiaries. #IndigoEmployee

[Kienie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish this were the first story. This is about the right size for a mystery for a teen detective. The other two stories were in that too-fantastical but not fantastical enough area. This feels just right.

[Roxanne (The Novel Sanctuary) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this series.