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Life of Melody
Life of Melody is a queer romantic comedy & fantasy graphic novel by Mari Costa about a fairy godfather and a beast raising a child.
In the fairy realm, a Fairy Godparent is tasked with fulfilling fairy tales in the human world. The human protagonist's own motivations and wishes are of little consequences to the fairy working their case. As such, humans are regarded as pretty difficult to work with by the fairies, who otherwise don't seem to know much about them. The fairy Razzmatazz decides that the perfect solution to get around how unaccommodating humans can be is to raise the fairy tale protagonist from infancy to her 18th birthday. Despite his superiors telling him the idea is completely crazy, he commits to it, and by extension, commits to becoming co-parent with a beast named Bon, who found the child at the same time as him.
In the fairy realm, a Fairy Godparent is tasked with fulfilling fairy tales in the human world. The human protagonist's own motivations and wishes are of little consequences to the fairy working their case. As such, humans are regarded as pretty difficult to work with by the fairies, who otherwise don't seem to know much about them. The fairy Razzmatazz decides that the perfect solution to get around how unaccommodating humans can be is to raise the fairy tale protagonist from infancy to her 18th birthday. Despite his superiors telling him the idea is completely crazy, he commits to it, and by extension, commits to becoming co-parent with a beast named Bon, who found the child at the same time as him.
182 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2018
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Mari Costa
22 books144 followersMari Costa is a luso-brazilian cartoonist and 2D animator. Her works include comics such as Peritale, Life of Melody and The Well by the House on the Hill. She specializes in lighthearted fantasy stories with LGBT themes.
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May 5, 2022
Yet another disappointing fantasy and fairy tale graphic novel read. Great concept, the messiest of executions.
Why are there so many of these modern graphic novels that are underdeveloped, poorly structured, and confusing?
Premise/blurb:
Two (supernatural) men and a baby.
In the fairy realm, a Fairy Godparent is tasked with fulfilling fairy tales in the human world. The human protagonist's own motivations and wishes are of little consequences to the fairy working their case. As such, humans are regarded as pretty difficult to work with by the fairies, who otherwise don't seem to know much about them. The fairy Razzmatazz decides that the perfect solution to get around how unaccommodating humans can be is to raise the fairy tale protagonist from infancy to her 18th birthday. Despite his superiors telling him the idea is completely crazy, he commits to it, and by extension, commits to becoming co-parent with a beast named Bon, who found the child at the same time as him.
Razzmatazz and Bon, disguised as humans via glamour, fake being married in the human world, where they raise baby Melody, in spite of and because of each other. They grow to love each other for real in the process. Supposedly.
Problems:
Bizarrely, throughout reading 'Life Of Melody' I regularly forgot that Melody existed. She's not a character; she's a nonentity. Yeah, she's a baby, with not much of a personality to be formed yet, but she should have a presence! She's barely even a plot device to drive and develop Razz and Bon's relationship. This in a book titled 'Life of Melody'. It's not about her or her life.
Melody's birth parents and their possible whereabouts are only brought up once, and then that potential development is completely dropped. Like many ideas and developments in the graphic novel.
I never bought that Razz and Bon ever really liked each other, much less genuinely love one another. Even for a romantic comedy, and even for a haters-to-lovers romance, they are dysfunctional, to the point of being abusive towards each other. There are a few instances of physical violence. And blood. 85% of the graphic novel, they can't stand the other; being together is more trouble than it's worth to them. It's unfortunate because, with better, breezier writing, I could see them being adorable together, to go with their equally potentially adorable characters.
What is up with Razz suddenly having fangs, claws and red eyes near the beginning? Where it's revealed that...what, he's not fully a fairy? This is never brought up again. I kept waiting for it, for a payoff, for it to go somewhere. For Razz's dark side to reappear. For him to form a connection with the beastly Bon based on that, as it was set up to look like that was where it was going. But it didn't.
It doesn't come back. It goes nowhere.
On the subject of discarded character traits, and randomly-introduced-far-too-late character traits, Bon has a third eye. On his forehead, that he has allegedly always had. How? Why? No explanation. It was never noticeable before, and the reader is not made aware of it until near the end of the book. The eye lets him see into people's memories. Plot wise, this only exists to instigate the final conflict between Bon and Razz.
The ending is rushed as hell, too. Too many things happen at once, too quickly, too conveniently, and out of the blue.
Deus ex machinas abound.
Another random character trait added in that they've-always-had-just-take-our-word-for-it: Razz's musical instrument playing. I had to go back to the comic to remind myself that it is the piano he plays! How ridiculous is that?
SHOW DON'T TELL!
There's no solid sense of how much time passes, either. While still in the "first act", as it were, dialogue says that a few months have passed since Razz and Bon have lived together. Then Melody grows old enough to speak words, walk, and even skate. She's the story's unintended time indicator. The main couple themselves don't grow and develop significantly; at least, not until the last few pages. Of the stupidly rushed ending.
'Life of Melody' is a funny and sweet anecdotal comic in some places. But overall it is a cobbled together, messy piece of random stuff happening, with barely any rhyme, reason or explanation.
It's a shame. It had amazing spices, and a fairy dust, of potential.
Final Score: 2/5
Why are there so many of these modern graphic novels that are underdeveloped, poorly structured, and confusing?
Premise/blurb:
Two (supernatural) men and a baby.
In the fairy realm, a Fairy Godparent is tasked with fulfilling fairy tales in the human world. The human protagonist's own motivations and wishes are of little consequences to the fairy working their case. As such, humans are regarded as pretty difficult to work with by the fairies, who otherwise don't seem to know much about them. The fairy Razzmatazz decides that the perfect solution to get around how unaccommodating humans can be is to raise the fairy tale protagonist from infancy to her 18th birthday. Despite his superiors telling him the idea is completely crazy, he commits to it, and by extension, commits to becoming co-parent with a beast named Bon, who found the child at the same time as him.
Razzmatazz and Bon, disguised as humans via glamour, fake being married in the human world, where they raise baby Melody, in spite of and because of each other. They grow to love each other for real in the process. Supposedly.
Problems:
Bizarrely, throughout reading 'Life Of Melody' I regularly forgot that Melody existed. She's not a character; she's a nonentity. Yeah, she's a baby, with not much of a personality to be formed yet, but she should have a presence! She's barely even a plot device to drive and develop Razz and Bon's relationship. This in a book titled 'Life of Melody'. It's not about her or her life.
Melody's birth parents and their possible whereabouts are only brought up once, and then that potential development is completely dropped. Like many ideas and developments in the graphic novel.
I never bought that Razz and Bon ever really liked each other, much less genuinely love one another. Even for a romantic comedy, and even for a haters-to-lovers romance, they are dysfunctional, to the point of being abusive towards each other. There are a few instances of physical violence. And blood. 85% of the graphic novel, they can't stand the other; being together is more trouble than it's worth to them. It's unfortunate because, with better, breezier writing, I could see them being adorable together, to go with their equally potentially adorable characters.
What is up with Razz suddenly having fangs, claws and red eyes near the beginning? Where it's revealed that...what, he's not fully a fairy? This is never brought up again. I kept waiting for it, for a payoff, for it to go somewhere. For Razz's dark side to reappear. For him to form a connection with the beastly Bon based on that, as it was set up to look like that was where it was going. But it didn't.
It doesn't come back. It goes nowhere.
On the subject of discarded character traits, and randomly-introduced-far-too-late character traits, Bon has a third eye. On his forehead, that he has allegedly always had. How? Why? No explanation. It was never noticeable before, and the reader is not made aware of it until near the end of the book. The eye lets him see into people's memories. Plot wise, this only exists to instigate the final conflict between Bon and Razz.
The ending is rushed as hell, too. Too many things happen at once, too quickly, too conveniently, and out of the blue.
Deus ex machinas abound.
Another random character trait added in that they've-always-had-just-take-our-word-for-it: Razz's musical instrument playing. I had to go back to the comic to remind myself that it is the piano he plays! How ridiculous is that?
SHOW DON'T TELL!
There's no solid sense of how much time passes, either. While still in the "first act", as it were, dialogue says that a few months have passed since Razz and Bon have lived together. Then Melody grows old enough to speak words, walk, and even skate. She's the story's unintended time indicator. The main couple themselves don't grow and develop significantly; at least, not until the last few pages. Of the stupidly rushed ending.
'Life of Melody' is a funny and sweet anecdotal comic in some places. But overall it is a cobbled together, messy piece of random stuff happening, with barely any rhyme, reason or explanation.
It's a shame. It had amazing spices, and a fairy dust, of potential.
Final Score: 2/5
October 31, 2021
This was the absolute softest story, I adored it so much! Will definitely be one of my go-to graphic novels when I'm in need of a comforting read.
April 12, 2022
It was a cute queer romance. I loved the art, and I loved the characters’ personalities, but I wish it had delved more into the backstory that Razz and his Fairy coworker kept mentioning about Melody. I think more should have been added to this story, but overall it was cute.
February 17, 2023
Extremely cute and wholesome 🥺
October 6, 2021
4 Stars
Review:
*I received an ecopy of this book via Edelweiss. This has not influenced my review.*
This was so cute! Enemies-to-lovers, fake relationship, and co-parenting, all with an extra dollop of adorable. Just a fairy and a troll beast raising a human child together and slowly falling in love.
The author/artist did a wonderful job of showing the progression of their relationship as it went from sniping at and not trusting each other to genuinely caring about each other. Less than 200 pages in a graphic novel is not a lot for a complete story like that, so don't expect a TON of depth or detail, but the relationship really did feel believable.
My only very minor gripe is that sometimes a scene would change or interactions would take a hard turn from one panel to the next, or a new scene would start in the last panel, and I'd feel a bit lost, like I'd somehow skipped something.
The art was stylistic and cute and colorful. What you see on the cover is what you get on the inside, so if you like the cover art, you'll like the whole thing.
There was nothing more than kissing, so it's appropriate for teens and maybe even younger (though I don't know that the story would appeal to anyone too young).
I'm not sure at this time if this is going to be a series, but this felt like a complete story, no loose threads or anything.
Overall, this made me laugh, it made me say awwwww, and I enjoyed it!
*Rating: 4 Stars // Read Date: 2021 // Format: Ebook*
Recommended For:
Anyone who likes graphic novels, fantasy worlds and creatures, colorful art, and super cute m/m romance with co-parenting and a fake relationship turned real.
Original Review @ Metaphors and Moonlight
Review:
*I received an ecopy of this book via Edelweiss. This has not influenced my review.*
This was so cute! Enemies-to-lovers, fake relationship, and co-parenting, all with an extra dollop of adorable. Just a fairy and a troll beast raising a human child together and slowly falling in love.
The author/artist did a wonderful job of showing the progression of their relationship as it went from sniping at and not trusting each other to genuinely caring about each other. Less than 200 pages in a graphic novel is not a lot for a complete story like that, so don't expect a TON of depth or detail, but the relationship really did feel believable.
My only very minor gripe is that sometimes a scene would change or interactions would take a hard turn from one panel to the next, or a new scene would start in the last panel, and I'd feel a bit lost, like I'd somehow skipped something.
The art was stylistic and cute and colorful. What you see on the cover is what you get on the inside, so if you like the cover art, you'll like the whole thing.
There was nothing more than kissing, so it's appropriate for teens and maybe even younger (though I don't know that the story would appeal to anyone too young).
I'm not sure at this time if this is going to be a series, but this felt like a complete story, no loose threads or anything.
Overall, this made me laugh, it made me say awwwww, and I enjoyed it!
*Rating: 4 Stars // Read Date: 2021 // Format: Ebook*
Recommended For:
Anyone who likes graphic novels, fantasy worlds and creatures, colorful art, and super cute m/m romance with co-parenting and a fake relationship turned real.
Original Review @ Metaphors and Moonlight
January 10, 2022
This book was cute but had a serious issue with tonal inconsistency, confusing worldbuilding, and character motivation. I think LoM had the potential to be great but needed to be about twice as long to really build up relationships and explore the setting. Overall I thought it was a cute, fast, easy read suited for young teens (like 12-16). But as a fan of Mari Costa's webcomics, I was pretty disappointed with how surface-level this story is.
A few specific criticisms:
A few specific criticisms:
September 28, 2021
An ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
I was sold as soon as I read that this graphic novel was about a fairy godfather and a beast raising a child. It was lovely to read and also to see how the two main characters get to know and appreciate each other during the time they spend together caring for their lovely child Melody.
The art style of the author was also very nice and really liked it.
I definitely recommend this one!
I was sold as soon as I read that this graphic novel was about a fairy godfather and a beast raising a child. It was lovely to read and also to see how the two main characters get to know and appreciate each other during the time they spend together caring for their lovely child Melody.
The art style of the author was also very nice and really liked it.
I definitely recommend this one!
December 15, 2025
Razzmatazz the fairy finds himself in a marriage of convenience with the beast-like Bon of Tarr in order to care for a baby deserted in the woods with a fairy tale destiny. They predictably clash about everything as they do a slow romantic comedy tango toward something deeper. A satisfying amount of sweetness, humor and drama kept me zipping right on through to the ever after.
October 21, 2024
Cuuuute! This was such a fun read. More queer cozy fantasy graphic novels, please.
I feel like I should mention there are a couple of violent moments (), but in the context of this being about supernatural beings who eat people sometimes, that wasn't a dealbreaker for me. Could be for you.
I don't understand what that panel with the was about? Would love some context on that, because I'm sure it was just my oversight.
I feel like I should mention there are a couple of violent moments (), but in the context of this being about supernatural beings who eat people sometimes, that wasn't a dealbreaker for me. Could be for you.
I don't understand what that panel with the was about? Would love some context on that, because I'm sure it was just my oversight.
October 13, 2021
This was adorable! Enemies to lovers, fake marriage, and co-parenting -- but make it supernatural. I wanted more, but it was a joy to read.
I will say CW for some physical fighting between the pair. It made sense since given the supernatural dynamic, but that sort of thing could be triggering for some folks.
I will say CW for some physical fighting between the pair. It made sense since given the supernatural dynamic, but that sort of thing could be triggering for some folks.
October 3, 2024
This was so cute, I sped through it in one sitting!
March 7, 2023
I really wanted to give this book a higher rating. Queer POC magical love stories are right up my ally. There are just several issues that I have that don’t get resolved that I can’t look past.
•The main characters/love interests are a fairy and a beast. Clearly there’s extensive lore and backstory behind both of their characters and realms, but it’s hinted at far more than explored. It seems like there’s a lot the audience is just expected to know and understand about how both characters got to where the story begins
•Raz/Raj is from the fairy realm (which we get glimpses of) and Bon/Lancelot is from the beast realm (which we don’t get to see at all). They both (inexplicably) decide to live together in the human realm to raise a baby. They decide they can’t show their magical forms in the human realm and have to disguise themselves. But why? The human realm has magic practicing humans, and the only way that humans travel (aside from walking and ice skating) is magic broom and magic carpet. The whole disguise thing is never fleshed out for the audience.
•Both of these love interests act violent toward each other. They both show physical and verbal abuse toward each other, and it never seems to resolve itself. They just end up falling for eachother.
I want to like this book. I really do. 3 stars was generous.
•The main characters/love interests are a fairy and a beast. Clearly there’s extensive lore and backstory behind both of their characters and realms, but it’s hinted at far more than explored. It seems like there’s a lot the audience is just expected to know and understand about how both characters got to where the story begins
•Raz/Raj is from the fairy realm (which we get glimpses of) and Bon/Lancelot is from the beast realm (which we don’t get to see at all). They both (inexplicably) decide to live together in the human realm to raise a baby. They decide they can’t show their magical forms in the human realm and have to disguise themselves. But why? The human realm has magic practicing humans, and the only way that humans travel (aside from walking and ice skating) is magic broom and magic carpet. The whole disguise thing is never fleshed out for the audience.
•Both of these love interests act violent toward each other. They both show physical and verbal abuse toward each other, and it never seems to resolve itself. They just end up falling for eachother.
I want to like this book. I really do. 3 stars was generous.
May 26, 2023
Wish we'd gotten more worldbuilding but this was cute!
May 19, 2025
Liked it but wished I’d loved it. Some spotty worldbuilding and sudden twists near the end took away from it for me, as did the fact that we really see very little time of them raising Melody.
Like, they fight over the baby and hold it when it’s sleeping, but there’s no singing lullabies or bedtime stories or bath time or changing the baby or meal time or anything that involves the baby being awake except for brief moment where the baby approximates each of their names.
I wish it followed through better with the premise that they are co-parenting this child, versus it just seeming to be an inanimate prop that forced them to live in the same house when they aren’t at their two separate day jobs.
I really loved Belle of the Ball and would read the author again, but I wish this had some better pacing and more commitment to the premise.
Like, they fight over the baby and hold it when it’s sleeping, but there’s no singing lullabies or bedtime stories or bath time or changing the baby or meal time or anything that involves the baby being awake except for brief moment where the baby approximates each of their names.
I wish it followed through better with the premise that they are co-parenting this child, versus it just seeming to be an inanimate prop that forced them to live in the same house when they aren’t at their two separate day jobs.
I really loved Belle of the Ball and would read the author again, but I wish this had some better pacing and more commitment to the premise.
June 11, 2019
Two magical beings (fairy and one of the troll variant) find a baby, decide to raise it both as they don't want the other to do it, have arguments, find jobs, fall in love. There is tons of cuteness, fun, magic. Plus fantastic art! Highly recommended.
I came across this one when I saw a Kickstarter for it. I was instantly in love with the gorgeous cover and art and then fell in love further with blurb. Yep, I had to back this one. And boy, I was super excited when the package arrived with the book and other fun extras. I immediately went to read it and loved every page of it. I am so glad I took the plunge and backed this gem.
I have been trying to write a review for 9 days now, but I just can't get the words out. I do want to try, but I think instead of what I normally do I will just list what I liked!
-The art! It was just gorgeous and fun. I loved the character designs and also the backgrounds were so pretty. The art really sucked me into the story. I just could see me there with our duo and their tiny little protege.
-Bon/Lancelot. By far my favourite character. He was soft and sweet but he was also strong and didn't back away from something. He wasn't planning on raising the kid, but he got attached. Plus, it may have to do with him not trusting a certain fairy with the kid. :P I loved seeing him in both his furry form and his human form. I was delighted to see how good he was with kids. He is a natural at handling them and I just laughed seeing all those kids hang on to him in various ways like he was a playground equipment.
-The story as to how these two got together and why the fairy is so dedicated to the cause. There is a whole why and it all escalates near to the middle/end of the book.
-I had a laugh at them figuring out a name and finding out that they didn't even have a name for her yet. They had a big book full of names but weren't happy with any of them. Despite that they aren't always happy with each other it was just adorable on how they got a name.
-Seeing what job (and later jobs) our fairy got. He definitely didn't fit with his first job though, he doesn't seem to know the meaning of silence. ;)
-The arguments were a bit annoying at times, but I did feel they fit with the book perfectly. How to explain this better, mm, I felt like it brought forth a ton of character growth. Both of them weren't too happy with the situation and both of them had to live together one way or another if they wanted to raise the tiny bundle of love they had found, yes they argued and at times it seemed they didn't get closer, but in fact they did! With arguing and discussing they found out more about the other.
-Of course I could see that quite soon these two were going from two bickering people to something else. I had started shipping them early on in some of their sweet moments together but with the story developing I shipped them even more. I was curious to see how long it would take both of them to figure out their feelings. I had such a laugh at when Bon/Lancelot figured it out (though it took someone else telling him) and his reactions to it.
-There were a couple of romantic moments and I was just swooning.
-It was great fun seeing Melody grow up. See her start as a tiny bundle and then start walking and discovering the world. I loved how Bon/Lancelot often had the first scoop on something happening, like when Razzmatazz thought Melody wasn't talking yet, and then Bon/Lancelot to him and Melody showed him.
-I loved how the community of the town they were living close by just accepted them so easily. They made some fabulous friends.
-The ending was very exciting, though also a dash of sad. I was happy with everything ended though, holy wow, that was just supersweet and fabulous.
-Razzmatazz wasn't always a favourite of mine, I found him annoying and frustrating, but he also showed a sweet side and I was hoping to see more of it. As the story continued we saw more of that sweet side.
So as you can see, I enjoyed this book. I would highly recommend it to everyone looking for a sweet LGBT fantasy story.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I came across this one when I saw a Kickstarter for it. I was instantly in love with the gorgeous cover and art and then fell in love further with blurb. Yep, I had to back this one. And boy, I was super excited when the package arrived with the book and other fun extras. I immediately went to read it and loved every page of it. I am so glad I took the plunge and backed this gem.
I have been trying to write a review for 9 days now, but I just can't get the words out. I do want to try, but I think instead of what I normally do I will just list what I liked!
-The art! It was just gorgeous and fun. I loved the character designs and also the backgrounds were so pretty. The art really sucked me into the story. I just could see me there with our duo and their tiny little protege.
-Bon/Lancelot. By far my favourite character. He was soft and sweet but he was also strong and didn't back away from something. He wasn't planning on raising the kid, but he got attached. Plus, it may have to do with him not trusting a certain fairy with the kid. :P I loved seeing him in both his furry form and his human form. I was delighted to see how good he was with kids. He is a natural at handling them and I just laughed seeing all those kids hang on to him in various ways like he was a playground equipment.
-The story as to how these two got together and why the fairy is so dedicated to the cause. There is a whole why and it all escalates near to the middle/end of the book.
-I had a laugh at them figuring out a name and finding out that they didn't even have a name for her yet. They had a big book full of names but weren't happy with any of them. Despite that they aren't always happy with each other it was just adorable on how they got a name.
-Seeing what job (and later jobs) our fairy got. He definitely didn't fit with his first job though, he doesn't seem to know the meaning of silence. ;)
-The arguments were a bit annoying at times, but I did feel they fit with the book perfectly. How to explain this better, mm, I felt like it brought forth a ton of character growth. Both of them weren't too happy with the situation and both of them had to live together one way or another if they wanted to raise the tiny bundle of love they had found, yes they argued and at times it seemed they didn't get closer, but in fact they did! With arguing and discussing they found out more about the other.
-Of course I could see that quite soon these two were going from two bickering people to something else. I had started shipping them early on in some of their sweet moments together but with the story developing I shipped them even more. I was curious to see how long it would take both of them to figure out their feelings. I had such a laugh at when Bon/Lancelot figured it out (though it took someone else telling him) and his reactions to it.
-There were a couple of romantic moments and I was just swooning.
-It was great fun seeing Melody grow up. See her start as a tiny bundle and then start walking and discovering the world. I loved how Bon/Lancelot often had the first scoop on something happening, like when Razzmatazz thought Melody wasn't talking yet, and then Bon/Lancelot to him and Melody showed him.
-I loved how the community of the town they were living close by just accepted them so easily. They made some fabulous friends.
-The ending was very exciting, though also a dash of sad. I was happy with everything ended though, holy wow, that was just supersweet and fabulous.
-Razzmatazz wasn't always a favourite of mine, I found him annoying and frustrating, but he also showed a sweet side and I was hoping to see more of it. As the story continued we saw more of that sweet side.
So as you can see, I enjoyed this book. I would highly recommend it to everyone looking for a sweet LGBT fantasy story.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
February 20, 2022
It's a cute, fun setup: a fairy godfathe0r decides the easiest way to deal with the wild elements in a fairy tales (i.e.: the human) would be to just raise the human from and up coparenting with a beast man who found the baby at the same time. Neither is willing to relinquish their claim, so they suspiciously set up a rural household, doting on their daughter while pretending to be married so the local humans don't get suspicious.
In truth, I enjoyed this a lot. It's a fantasy romcom, with good art and bright colors, and both main characters are fairly likable, especially as fake-relationship starts to turn into real-relationship.
Unfortunately, when I finished I was left with a sense that it had been cut short; the abruptness of the last chunk jarred me. It's not that the problem that occurs happens at all, but that it felt like it was forced in and cut down something that felt meant to be longer or with a more deliberate setup.
The story has been moving along for a while: both men, in their human disguises, have jobs and have slowly softened toward the other, and we get a very cute and funny scene between them. Then,
It felt too fast, too rushed, and too neat. Plus a few other things earlier in the book that seemed thrown in there without proper explanation and then weren't referenced again (
It was a story I really enjoyed until the ending, but the ending took me down, left me annoyed, which is never a fun way to end a book.
In truth, I enjoyed this a lot. It's a fantasy romcom, with good art and bright colors, and both main characters are fairly likable, especially as fake-relationship starts to turn into real-relationship.
Unfortunately, when I finished I was left with a sense that it had been cut short; the abruptness of the last chunk jarred me. It's not that the problem that occurs happens at all, but that it felt like it was forced in and cut down something that felt meant to be longer or with a more deliberate setup.
The story has been moving along for a while: both men, in their human disguises, have jobs and have slowly softened toward the other, and we get a very cute and funny scene between them. Then,
It felt too fast, too rushed, and too neat. Plus a few other things earlier in the book that seemed thrown in there without proper explanation and then weren't referenced again (
It was a story I really enjoyed until the ending, but the ending took me down, left me annoyed, which is never a fun way to end a book.
September 25, 2021
I'm pretty sure this is the single cutest thing I've ever read in my life. "Fake husbands" co-parenting a child semi out of spite was a premise I was already sold on but the great characters, the perfectly shown chemistry, and the great art made it something I enjoyed so, so much. I love the glimpses of backstory we get into both these characters, and what we see of the world at large- a world of witches among humans and various different versions of "Beast". My only complaint was that I want so much more! I want to spend more time with these characters, more time in this world, I want to have been able to disappear for hours on end. But, unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. I'm just glad the epilogue was so perfect.
February 5, 2023
an almost sickeningly-sweet graphic novel of queer love and the magic of literally found family. super cute.
July 2, 2022
This was just adorable the only thing I wish is that it was longer. Just such wholesome cuteness 🤗
June 12, 2024
OH MY GOD, this was so good. And sweet. And honestly, emotional.
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February 11, 2022A really imaginative graphic novel about magical creatures raising a daughter together - I read this in one sitting and it was pure joy!
January 2, 2024
• Two (Supernatural) Men and a Baby •
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Eine super süße Graphic Novel, deren Thema, Urban Fantasy-Setting und Tropes mir gut gefallen. Die Story ist nicht zu tiefgründig und etwaige Backstories werden nur angerissen, wie es bei diesem Medium typisch ist. Normalerweise für mich eine solide 4-Sterne-Erzählung, aber einen halben Stern muss ich abziehen, weil mich das Ende etwas enttäuscht.
Spoilerwarnung: Ich bin nämlich kein Fan davon, wenn Charaktere magische Kräfte aufgeben. Das erscheint mir häufig unnötig altruistisch. In den meisten Fällen denke ich mir, dass die Charaktere mit der Magie mehr Optionen gehabt hätten, eine Lösung zu finden, als ohne. So auch hier.
3,5 Sterne.
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Eine super süße Graphic Novel, deren Thema, Urban Fantasy-Setting und Tropes mir gut gefallen. Die Story ist nicht zu tiefgründig und etwaige Backstories werden nur angerissen, wie es bei diesem Medium typisch ist. Normalerweise für mich eine solide 4-Sterne-Erzählung, aber einen halben Stern muss ich abziehen, weil mich das Ende etwas enttäuscht.
Spoilerwarnung: Ich bin nämlich kein Fan davon, wenn Charaktere magische Kräfte aufgeben. Das erscheint mir häufig unnötig altruistisch. In den meisten Fällen denke ich mir, dass die Charaktere mit der Magie mehr Optionen gehabt hätten, eine Lösung zu finden, als ohne. So auch hier.
3,5 Sterne.
January 1, 2023
This wasn't a cohesive graphic novel. The artwork, dialogue, and plot felt very disjointed and not fitting together to create a clear storyline or characters. I couldn't understand the world as the worldbuilding was missing or jumping around so much that it only provided fragments. The characters were very superficial, with no depth whatsoever, and the layout of the panels was not my favorite. Miniscule text or drawings made it challenging to follow along. A positive is the queer representation, but with everything else lacking, it felt secondary.
March 21, 2022
As much as I wanted to like this graphic novel, Melody doesn’t feature beyond a prop in a hate to love mm romance. The pacing was odd, and there were gaps in the plot that left me less convinced about the happy ending.
November 5, 2021
HECKING ADORABLE
September 26, 2021
This is a lovely graphic novel about a fairy and a beast who find a human child. They each want to look after her and decide to co-parent and live together even though they don’t like each other. Of course as they do so they develop feelings for each other, but not before some ups and downs, sacrifices and a lot of learning.
It is a cute story with two main great characters who are both funny and endearing, and a cute baby. This is such a delight to read and the art work and colouring are good too. Highly enjoyable.
Copy provided by Eidelweiss in exchange for an unbiased review.
It is a cute story with two main great characters who are both funny and endearing, and a cute baby. This is such a delight to read and the art work and colouring are good too. Highly enjoyable.
Copy provided by Eidelweiss in exchange for an unbiased review.
October 12, 2022
This. Was. SO. CUTE. I loved the art and story, and there was just enough of Bon and Razzmatazz's backstories so that I wasn't left wanting. My only complaints were that I'd hoped to see more of Melody's personality come through as she got older and more exploration of the fairy/beast/human worlds. I wouldn't say no to a sequel...please?
July 21, 2025
so cute I'm 6% less evil now
December 29, 2023
I'm in love with this book
February 2, 2022
Cute comfort story!! Thoroughly enjoyed it 🥰
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