I had a great time reading Monica Adventures #1. This group of friends went on plenty of crazy adventures together in their attempt to get enough money to hang later. The lengths they went to achieve this were pretty impressive. Even when things looked to not be going their way, they never gave up or lost hope. In the end, everything worked out just fine and did a wonderful job bringing this story to a close. I can’t say this graphic novel will be for everyone but I think most readers will enjoy it.

Stereotypical situations and poor comic storytelling make for a boring book. The artist seems more interest in drawing cute girls than keeping the visual flow going. The faces are too young-looking, which makes the bathing suit scenes, with the well-built characters, disturbing. They're attempting to serve the market Archie Comics used to address, I think, but even less happens in these books than in those lightweight comics, and the plotting is too jumpy to easily follow. A disappointment I recommend avoiding.

I did not care for this book. The characters were annoying and the girls were too perfect in body. I wouldn't hand this to a teen. Their world, even with the money "problems" is too perfect.