Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I’m going to be honest, this one was just okay for me. While I enjoyed the premise, there is A LOT going on in this graphic novel, and I feel as if a lot of it wasn’t elaborated on due to it being a standalone. I could see it working out very well in a series format. All in all, though, it wasn’t a bad time, and if the author were to expand Hotel Dare into a series in the future, I would be highly interested in picking up the sequels.

Hotel Dare will ensnare you. Visit alternate worlds, meet strange and exciting characters and the Dare family. You will not want to put this comic down. It has thrills, surprises, causes laughter, tears, and happy feelings all around. The only thing missing is a back story of how the family came to be but hopefully this will be covered by the author in another book. Read this book, I dare you!

This was a very unique story! I really enjoyed the art style. I really liked that some of the main characters were bi-lingual. The characters were likable and had me rooting for them by the end.

A great fantastical story about a blended family who discover a hotel that transports them to different worlds. I really enjoyed the message of your family is who you choose it to be. The different mystical and sci-fi worlds were fun. The art was solid as well.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher I was able to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Hotel Dare is a cute but fairly short graphic novel about 3 kids being sent to their grandmother’s hotel and discovering a secret about their family. Olive, Darwin, and Charlotte may not share blood but that’s not what makes family anyway they discover as they travel to distant worlds to save each other and new friends.
A fun, colorful, lively comic. It’s fairly fast paced and over before you know it.

"We all come from different worlds, but as long as there's people who love you where you're at, you'll always be fine."

This is such a fun, diverse, heartwarming read about found/chosen family. The story is inspired by Aztec mythology, and the art work is beautiful. I absolutely loved the characters, and even though it took me some time to figure out the story, I ended up really enjoying that as well.

this book was so fun! i loved the art style and the story... there was such a diverse cast, it never felt like there were info dumps when introducing us to the world, it was quick and all around amazing!

Interest Level: 5-8

Imagine that you have to go visit a grandmother that you don't know and she lives in an old, creepy hotel. Would you be excited? Olive, Darwin, and Charlotte are not thrilled to say the least. Charlotte was adopted and she doesn't look like her siblings and she doesn't feel like she belongs. Grandmother tells them to go clean some of the guest rooms but before they do they decide to sneak in her office to see if they can find out why their father doesn't talk to his mother anymore. Little do they know that when they go snooping they are about to open up new worlds. Each of the grandkids go into a different room to clean and each discover a door that transport them into a magical world. Olive meets Brad who is looked down on because he can't grow a beard, which indicates how magical you are. Darwin meets a cuddlemuffin who he names Sunny. Charlotte meets some space pirates and she feels more at home with them and decides not to go back. But... what happens when these worlds begin to collide? What happens when Olive and Darwin go back but they know they can't close off the magic doors or they will lose Charlotte forever? And what part does their grandmother play in this? Read this awesome graphic novel to find out what happens!

This was a great book! It started off a little slow but once the action started I could not put it down! This book is full of fantasy, magic, action, and lots of imagination. It also has a great message about how families have to pull together to overcome unbelievable odds. The illustrations are fantastic - full of color and the action just jumps off of the page. Kids will love this graphic novel!!

10/10 recommend!! Family, friendship, adventure, magic, and even bilingual - everything you want from a children’s/middle grade graphic novel! Hotel Dare is bound to become a favorite amongst children’s and teens.

This family is up for the adventure of a life time. This book gives us a taste of a world you will be desperate to spend more time in. I can’t wait to follow this family inside the secret world of Hotel Dare in future graphic novels.

Thank you NetGalley and BOOM Studios for allowing me to read this gem! I’ll be certainly purchasing copies for my elementary school library.

4/5 stars: The start of the book was a bit rushed and confusing.

This was an excellent graphic novel with a diverse range of characters.
On the surface it's a tale of fantasy worlds, but it's main theme is the power of family, both born and chosen. It's also about belief in yourself and trust in others.
The story was entertaining and the artwork excellent.

Classed as children's fiction, but I found it enjoyable and suited to adults too.

This was a super interesting graphic novel. I absolutely loved the idea of it and the storyline.
I really liked all the characters but I feel like I didn’t get to know them very well. I feel like I say this a lot with graphic novels so maybe it’s just how they are, but I wish it went more in depth with both the story and the characters. I feel like everything happened boom boom boom and I was left feeling like I wanted more. But that is the only thing I disliked. It was still really fun and I would definitely want to read any sequels.

This was a very fun story with great and art but it just felt a bit incomplete. I did really like the lore of the story and would love to learn more about it.

Thank you for allowing me to read this, but at 55 pages... I am just not going to finish this one. None of the characters are interesting to me, in fact I don't like any of them that much, especially Charlotte is just terrible. The story is OK-ish, but I am very much confused on how things work and why they aren't sharing it with their grandmother who owns the hotel and knows about the portals.
The art is gorgeous though, that is why I kept reading so far.

This book is so much fun! It has magic, wizards, monsters and family secrets. The Dare family must work together to solve mysteries, reunite estranged family members and prevent the end of the world! I highly recommend Hotel Dare to all ages.

"Gravity Falls" meets "Coco" in this out-of-this-world adventure!

Adopted siblings Olive, Darwin, and Charlotte Dare have been sent to spend time with their mysterious grandmother, Mama Lupe, whom their father isn't on the best of terms with. Mama Lupe lives in a run-down hotel in Mexico, and the three are quickly roped into cleaning the place up. However, Olive wants to know more about why her father and grandmother don't get along. Could it have something to do with the mysterious portals that lead to other worlds in each of the hotel's rooms?

A marvelous tale about found family--especially in relation to transracially adopting older kids--"Hotel Dare" is full of action, adventure, and magic. Beautifully illustrated and wonderfully written, I hope to see more from this duo and more adventures exploring alternate worlds.

A pretty cute graphic novel. Not really what I expected, and that's both good and bad.

I expected more of a horror story taking place in the hotel, not dimension- hopping to fantasy worlds. And that's the "bad" part of my review: I'm not a fan of those stories. I don't like fantasy worlds, I don't like dimension- travelling, I'm not interested in that kind of worldbuilding, and definitely not when it's based on "A family has hidden depths and secrets that kids stumble on and then they all work it out by cooperating". WOW, never seen THAT before.

Not to mention that the writing was pretty cliche. For example, Charlotte, the blonde kid on the cover, is adopted, and she gets to say "You're not my real sibling!" pretty early on... it was uncalled for and extremely cliche, especially because this is one of those "Your family is the people you choose and home is where those people are" stories.

On the other hand, the art is pretty great (apart from some clearly rushed panels), and I liked that Grandma Lupé got to kick ass. You don't see old women being badass a lot. Also, the fact that (SPOILER!) Grandpa Lupé was the "damsel in distress" in this one, and not his wife. (END SPOILER) Now THAT was a cliche that the story completely subverted, I was very happy about that.

All in all, not a bad story, just not the story for me.

I loved this one. The story, the art, the characters. I kept thinking that this needs to be an entire series or even a TV-series, because of the worlds that was displayed.
Okay, three siblings (one newly adopted) moves into their estranged grandmothers old hotel. Soon they get up to no good and the newest sibling, Charlotte, breaks into a room she shouldn't. Touching things the shouldn't, soon they end up where they definitely shouldn't be.

This was a great story blend of family and magic. Of loss and gain. Of love and grief. The end left me a bit wanting, but mostly because I really wanted to read more about their lives and adventures.

Thank you Netgalley and BOOM! Studios for the opportunity to read and review this advanced copy. These reactions is entirely my own.

/ Denise

What an interesting graphic novel! Hotel Dare focuses on family by weaving four stories together to teach everyone just what family is and what it can do. For me, the pacing was too slow in the beginning and too fast at the end. It seemed everything was too convenient, but the story was still good. I would have loved to see more of the pirate's story though.

Thank you NetGalley and Boom! for the opportunity to read an advance reader copy.

The illustrations are fantastic and the concept behind the story was good, but I did not connect with the characters and it seemed very rushed. It could be so much better if it were expanded and had more backstory development and depth to the characters.

I received this book in exchange for a honest review from NetGalley.

I really loved this story. The art was very cute and well done, and the plot was interesting while having an important lesson that family is about love and not blood. I definitely am interested in reading the follow up to this story and continuing on with the Dare family.