By: Kaori YukiPublisher: Viz Media
Publish Date: March 2006ISBN: 9781421515366
Page #: 208
Classification: Fiction
Genre: Manga
Age Level: Older Teen
Series Titles: The Cain Saga, Godchild
Subjects: 19th Century London, Fairy Tales, Mystery, Gothic
Reader's Annotation: Meet Cain, the sexy head of the Heargreaves, his 10 year old sister Marie Weather, and his faitful man servant Riff. Get ready for a dark "wonderland" murder, mystery, and 19th Century London.
Synopsis: Godchild is a stylish, dark addition its manga forerunner the Cain Saga. In the center of the series is Cain, the sexy girl swoon provoking head of Heargreaves noble family and takes cares of his ten year old half sister Marie Weather. With his Man Servant Riff (whom he seems closer to then any of the swooning girls, he finds himself always in the wrong place at the wrong time. At the center of horrendous crimes, he sets out to solve them. And in the first volume all the stories (of which their are multiple) revolve around famous fairy tales. But it doesn't end their, Cain has a dark secret. Godchild is a beauty to read and will appeal to to those who romanticize fairy tales and even more so when they are soaked in blood and mystery. And what's more is the ink all takes place in 19th Century London affording the characters a gothic appeal that even has me swooning.
Stars: 4
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