#MartianGhostCentaur is a graphic novel that talks about passion and love, not only to a place but to what you do in your life.
It is a perfect story for young adults who are in the transition to enter or not to a university, who have changes in their lives or simply want to read a funny story of a small town, its legends, and the people who live in that place.
One of the things that I liked the most about the story is art, it feels like watching a children's animation, but with typical YA problems.
The story starts off well and kept me entertained, the only thing that made me predictable and a bit cheesy was the ending, but that's always a matter of taste.
thanks to #NetGalley for the e-Arc.

Martian Ghost Centaur is an enjoyable read. The art style lends itself nicely to the humorous narrative, and the plot beats are fun. Having grown up in a small town myself, I found Louie, the protagonist, relatable, and the quirky town’s extras, familiar. The premise was interesting. As Louie attempts to save her home, I admired her unwavering faith, that she was doing the right thing, and her refusal to give up when all hope was lost.
Standing on the precipice of adulthood, and coming to grips with what to do with your life is also a relatable theme throughout the story. Louie is standing somewhere between childhood and becoming an adult. For those of us who have been there, it’s a scary time. I found Louie’s antics and attitude toward life believable.
Ultimately, however, the story fell flat. Louie’s success came too easily, and the happy ending did not feel earned. The antagonist was also very uninteresting, and not well characterized. I realize that the “tech guy” was supposed to be funny, but there wasn’t enough character development for him to feel grounded in reality. I think if more of the characters were fleshed out, and if the narrative had bigger stakes, then the story would be more gripping.

I loved this book! I found this to adorable but with a solid message. The whole story was so much fun I couldn't put it down. I just had to know what was going to happen now. The book had some great serious undertones as well which is what really sold this book for me. I would 100% recommend this book and I can't wait to get myself a physical copy when it comes out!

*Actual rating is a 2.5*

MARTIAN GHOST CENTAUR had an incredibly cool concept, fantastic art, and a strong sense of place. Southborough reminded me of the small towns I know and love (though sadly none of them are known for Sasquatch sightings), which made Louie's determination to save its quirky charms a compelling story.

As a protagonist, I found Louie to be a bit frustrating at times. She spends a lot of the story either upsetting or alienating most of the people in her life, which is accurate teenage behavior but made it a bit hard to root for her. It was nice that the lessons she learned are sweet without being saccharine and felt like they made sense within the context of the story.

Overall, the story was fun and I think my issues with Louie are due more to bad memories of my own teenage behavior than anything else. If you like lighthearted, whimsical stories about finding your passion, definitely check out MARTIAN GHOST CENTAUR.

I like the story. Brave, fun, friends, a friendly village life.
Just I think 2 dads, and girl dates girl, boy dates boy thing has been taken into this book too much.

I really loved this graphic novel! I definitely gave me Gravity Fall vibes with the small town and weird creatures. It was cute and gave that inspirational message at the end that was quite wholesome. I would definitely read more about this town and characters if there was ever more to it.

This was such a fun comic, and I really enjoyed the art style.
The solution for the town’s difficulties was a bit too simple in my opinion though, I would’ve preferred a more interesting alternative.

This graphic novel celebrates the good things about a small town while delivering a message of finding and following your passions and protecting the things you love. It is filled with friendship, family and humor and the straightforward graphics and coloring supports the storytelling. Louie, the main character, can also be rude and blinded by her crusading spirit to the hurt she sometimes causes by her actions and words to those around her. Overall, a positive book delivered with heart and humor.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is such a cute graphic novel!

This is about the town of Southborough. It used to be a tourism destination cause it was the place where the famous Sasquatch was spotted. It's been many years since the last time someone saw it and people are losing interest in it. Then one day some tech guy starts buying up most of the town places cause the town people need the money. This is also Louie's home. She's determined to prove that the Sasquatch is real so that tourists can come back. She teams up with her best friend Felix and they both start planning how to help their town. But when Felix tells her he's thinking of leaving for college soon, Louie starts to question her future.

This was so much fun. Louie comes up with great ideas! I love Louie's parents (even though they don't notice all of those people in Louie's closet!). And the people in town are amazing. It was a quick read and I really enjoyed it.

I also really loved the conclusion. It was a beautiful read.

I LOVED THIS STORY! The title is just as chaotic as this story was. I absorbed this story in a little over an hour, as I was soo engrossed in the story, I couldn't put it down. It follows a girl named Louie whose town is known for the Southborough Sasquatch sightings. As a lover of weird sightings (UFOs, Big Foot, Loch Ness Monster, etc.) this book was really calling out to me. This was such a heartwarming story on family and finding your passion. The overall story is great and the art is fantastic! Will most definitely be reading this one again!

"People put so much importance on jobs. Maybe we'd be better off focusing on happiness?"

LOVED this graphic novel by Mat Heagerty. Martian Ghost Centaur is focused around Louie, who lives in a small town famous for their sightings of Sasquatch. The town itself is described in such loving detail, full of unique characters and interesting buildings. The "villain" is a rich guy buying up all the land for his new start up.

Louie is such a fun lead, warm and fierce, she loves her home town and would do anything to save it. Her money-making schemes are hilarious, and it all comes from her warm heart. I loved the queer rep of her dads, who are their own characters and play a big role in the overall story.

I also loved the message of this graphic novel- the importance of following your passion, while also tackling not fitting in, how life changes as you get older, secrets kept and finally revealed, and love being the most important thing. And the ART is stunning, I love everything and was immediately swept into this world, the town and the characters. I did wish for a little more depth from the rich kid, but his comeuppance was entertaining.

This graphic novel was so good! I'll definitely look forward to more stories from this author!

Thank you Netgalley for this ebook arc in exchange for an honest review.

Martian Ghost Centaur was well it definitely wasn’t written for me. The graphics are fantastic, the characters are intriguing but the plot was just all over the place. It’s very rare that I say this but I think this would have worked better broken into separate books and with a little more filler. The reason it felt so all over the place was it jumped from one to another with no in between adjustments.

Martian Ghost Centaur is a tongue in cheek slice of life New Adult graphic novel. I had no idea what to expect from the cover, there was something definitely going on in the imagination arena which got me on board, and I liked the cute character design so I gave it a go, stepping into the waters blindly.
The story features recently graduated Louie, the greatest supporter of her sasquatch-sighting-previously-famous country town and a whole cast of sweet and slightly off beat characters. The goal is to save the dying town from being brought up by corporations and becoming a soulless place. The whole tone of the comic is very upbeat and perky, making me think it was like the big sister of a My Little Pony cartoon. It’s very LGBT friendly (the two dads of Louis are adorable). The feel of the book is trendy and at the same time poking its tongue at trends, airbnb strange couch seekers, youtube stars have an oscillating representation, and the techy bad-guy is really a toddler in the body of a grown man. The messages of “your job doesn’t define you, your passion and authenticity does” is cute and one young people probably need as they struggle leaving home, learning new things and trying to figure out who they want to become.
The point is to poke gentile fun and run around a lot. The story is full of events keeping the reader entertained. It wasn't quite for me, but I’m sure lots will love the silliness and aloofness of it, it's charmingly childish, and I recommend it for fans of the cutesy rainbowy “Youtube poop” culture.

3.8/5 stars.

This was such a cute read! I really loved the artwork and the story, it was quirky and interesting. The whole monster truth was resolved quicker than I expected but the story was so much more than that. I didn't expect it to revolve around gentrification but I really liked it did! It was very truthful about what is happening in small towns. And the ending was so sweet! I loved the message behind finding what you're passionate about, which doesn't have to be your profession!

The artwork is really fun and bright which sets the tone of the book well. I loved the character designs and the characters themselves are a wonderfully diverse group of creative weirdoes. I love the quirky town, it’s a great setting and really brings together. I enjoyed the story line; it was interesting how the book showed the influence of cell phones and social media on the cryptid myths. I also thought the story had a great overall message about finding your passion and following your dreams. All around it is a really fun and well done book.

This graphic novel was a blast to read! Fun, quick, cute, and funny, I was captivated from start to finish. The representation was wonderful, and I was delighted to see it in a work aimed for younger audiences. The art was super cute and I loved all the subtle visual gags laced throughout!

The story itself gives vague Gravity Falls vibes, although they're more present in the first half for reasons I'll abstain from relaying for spoiler purposes. If you're looking for a smooth, relaxing read, I definitely suggest Martian Ghost Centaur!

Martian Ghost Centaur tells the story of Louie, a seventeen-year-old living in the small town of Southborough, a once popular tourist destination that has fallen on hard times. The town had a boom decades before following the sighting of the famous cryptid Sasquatch, and the subsequent tourist attention that it generates. However, with fewer and fewer sightings of the mythical creature the tourism has all but dried up, and many of those who live and work in Southborough are struggling to get by, especially when a tech billionaire comes to town and starts buying up all the properties so that they can convert the place into their new corporate headquarters.

Louie convinces herself that if she gets a popular web monster hunter, Para-Norma, to come to town and capture evidence of Sasquatch it'll bring tourists back to Southborough. Unfortunately, instead of proving to the world that the monster is real it's revealed that her parents were behind the original sighting. Now angry at her parents for lying to her, and facing the end of Southborough Louie comes up with an even riskier gambit, convincing people that a new, real, monster has arrived in town; the Martian Ghost Centaur.

You can probably tell from the title of the book alone, but Martian Ghost Centaur isn't a story that takes itself too seriously, it's full of ridiculous situations, over the top jokes, and crazy characters; and it's all the better for it. The book embraces a sense of whimsy that informs every plot point, every character, and much of the art too, with silly little references and Easter eggs hidden in the backgrounds of scenes. It's not a parody by any means, instead walking a fine line between good humour and pure silliness.

The book is pretty well paced, with quite a lot of the story actually taking place before Louie makes the decision to make her own fake monster, something that I was expecting to come up a lot earlier in the plot. Instead, the book takes its time getting to that point, focusing instead on Louie and her family, their relationships, and the people of Southborough. Because of spending this time getting to know the characters I found myself caring about them more than I was expecting, and would have enjoyed several volumes of just following these people around and seeing the weird little things they got up to on a day to day basis.

I also really enjoyed the amount of time given over to Louie's relationships with her parents, and the fact that she has two fathers in a loving relationship and it's never once made a thing of. No one even points out that two men are married to each other with a teenage daughter as being out of the ordinary in any way, and I feel this is something a lot of other books fail to do. Good representation doesn't just mean including queer characters like this, but treating it as normal too, it means not sensationalising things or going 'look at our progressive characters'. The gender of either of Louie's parents wouldn't have changed a single part of the book, any of the plot or the way a single character reacted to them, and that's great.

I had a great time with this book, I found it to be a lot of fun and it really got me invested in the characters and the world. The artwork is pretty simple, but it has a lot of details in the backgrounds of scenes, small jokes and gags that you'll miss if you're not looking out for them. The whole thing was a delight to read.

Such a fun story and a quick read! I loved the art style - it reminds me of the Lumberjanes comic book series - and the messages conveyed throughout the novel are relevant for readers of all ages, especially for pre-teens/teens. If you’re looking to get your kid something new to read, I recommend this!

Graphic novels are a kind of a hard thing to crack for me. There are some times when I can read 10 a week and there are months when I don't pick up a single graphic storytelling medium. That's why I started reading Martian Ghost Centaur as soon as I got my hands on it. And I freaking loved it. I'm kind of a cryptid freak and I always get disappointed when someone is trying to prove it's a fluke. Deep down I know they're most likely not real but you know... (insert a sparkly I WANNA BELIEVE sign here). That's why Martian Ghost Centaur hit so close to home.
This graphic novel has a charming small-town feel, a cute but simple art-style, characters full of personality, and wholesome community dynamics. Not to mention a great message about job vs passion and how you don't need to make a living out of your hobbys and stuff you love. The fact that it's just a one-shot was a big plus as well because at least to me, often the first volume NetGalley offers is hard to judge in context of the whole story. This story is full from the beginning to end and I absolutely recommend. it.

I LOVED THIS!!
This was such a fun story about a teen girl living in a town famous for its Sasquatch sightings. Over the years, tourism has died down and the town is in need of funds. A tech company struts in with plans to bulldoze the town for its headquarters and our main character must figure out how to save her town, while also dealing with normal teen problems like figuring out who she is and what she wants to do for the rest of her life.

This book takes many important topics, from friendships, the unknown of our futures, the struggles of our neighbors, what makes a person happy... the list goes on. Each topic transitions seamlessly to the next. Complete with hilarious dialogue and beautiful + fun art. Highly recommend.