Sadly I was unable read this book since it was not compatible with my kindle or NetGalley app. From the reviews it seems to be the kind of book I would love, so I am giving it 4 stars in advance with a hope to but it in the future

I received Nightmare in Savannah by Lela Gwenn from Diamond Book Distributors via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Nightmare in Savannah is basically The Craft with fairies. Like, some of the things that happen are derivative to the point of wondering if they are supposed to be parodies. To be honest, it didn’t do it as well and the only reason I finished was because it was short.

The characters are pretty uninteresting aside from the fact that some of them are fairies, the plot (as mentioned) is pretty uninspiring, the art isn’t a style that I personally find appealing, and the pacing is way off.

I will give it to Nightmare in Savannah that where it delves into its own, there are some good scenes. However, because of the pacing issues it’s difficult to really flow into those scenes enough to appreciate them.

I didn’t despise Nightmare in Savannah but I wouldn’t read it again and wouldn’t really recommend it to anyone as my first choice in graphic novels, fairy representation or original content.

Nightmare in Savannah is a revenge fantasy gone wrong: when a group of social outcasts discover that they're all fae, they immediately get to work wronging everyone who has ever wronged them. It's a fun premise, with memorable characters and interesting, complex relationships between them.

The writing here is unfortunately 3-star writing. The setup is great, and the way the fae lore slowly unfolded was fantastic. But Lela Gwenn's dialogue hews a little too quippy to be natural, to the point where I made faces while I was reading. The story is interesting, but the pacing is breakneck - even another 20 pages would've helped loosen things up - and the ending ultimately felt rushed and unearned because of it.

Luckily, Rowan MacColl's art is 5-star art. The visual storytelling here is impeccable, and the art style flows from high school romcom to genuinely unnerving horror with ease. And there IS a horror element - not gross, although there is mild blood and some hair/eyelash picking, but more tension and unease that would've been fine in written word but that I found delightfully unnerving with MacColl's art. The visual element brings the rating up to a solid 4 stars. Great graphics, so-so novel.

3.25/5

I really enjoyed the diversity within this graphic novel and was very compelled by the plot. In addition, a Savanah with a fairy world is so much fun to read about. My complaint is that the plot moved a bit fast at times and was hard to keep up with.

Overall I would recommend this book!

3 stars *may change

Graphic novels are so easy to read and I am so extremely lazy and simple... I've also got no real clue what happened here. I forgot how fast-paced western comics are, Jesus, it's like everything was just bam bam bam and hey, there's also boom boom boom but that's not important to the plot and we're just going to whom wham crash and overlook all of it. That sounded a lot like nonsense, but to be honest this was also a lot of nonsense. I mean, I don't think it really matters. Do people actually read graphic novels for some sort of mind-breaking plot and pacing? I don't.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing an advanced reader's copy.

i didn’t really enjoy this book. definitely a new and interesting concept, but was very hard to keep up with. i feel like the plot and characters were telly vague, so i wasn’t sure what was happening for a lot of it. and the plot needed to be more fleshed out. maybe adding a lot more pages would have helped - it seemed rushed.

i think the author’s goal was to make almost none of the characters “good” and they definitely achieved that, but i feel like the characters should have been explored more, as it was really confusing in certain segments.

This story is incredibly fast-paced, and honestly? I enjoyed that. The storyline is made clearer by reading the snippets of the Fay Hunters guide that’s included. I will say, the ending was a little bit confusing to me, but that could just be me. The story could have benefited from a little bit more detailing, but for a quick one-shot graphic novel, this was really solid.

Alexa's teen years are not going so well. She moves in with her grandfather after her parent's criminal history comes out, but with just a quick search on the internet it isn't hard to find out. Hoping to start over, she instead finds herself as an outcast. The good news is, the most amazing people at her new school are also low on the social ladder. Fae, Chole, & Skye love to party, and Alexa is definitely part of their team. However, after a night of acting out, they find out that they've been affected by the Fae, and all bets are off.  They begin to transform in small ways, like sharper teeth, and changes in eye color. There's also something very bizarre about the woman Alexa's grandfather is dating. Will they survive high school and a fae uprising?

Nightmare in Savannah is fun, and LGBTQIA+ inclusive, bit it doesn't make a big deal of it. This graphic novel is definitely more focused on the fae and survival.  

Nightmare in Savannah is available October 26, 2021 from Maverick.

[arc provided by NetGalley]

I loved the art in this comic!

The story though was kind of jumpy from scene to scene and I really thought my computer was as lagging and I missed a page more than once while I was reading.

The ending seemed to come out of nowhere, as in the story wrapped up very quickly with not many pages left to conclude everything. I was left wondering “why” and also just unsatisfied with the ending.

First of all, thank you to Netgalley and Diamond Book Distributors for making this ARC readily available to read through their site!

Trigger warnings for this graphic novel include: [death, blood, attempted suicide, hair pulling, bullying

Nightmare in Savannah features high school student Alexa Bowman, who moves to Savannah to live with her grandfather after her parents are imprisoned for embezzlement. There, she meets Fae, Chloe, and Skye, three social outcasts who are eager to make her part of their group. After a night of drinking in the woods, they find themselves deeply entangled with the Faerie world.

I originally picked this up because I loved the art style on the cover; it gave me very big Hex Girls vibes. That love carried through during the entirety of my reading experience. I really loved the sketchbook style and the way emphasis was placed on certain characters in certain scenes based on whether they were colored in or whether they were drawn out completely or only sketched. It made it easy to see who was important at what points in time and who was able to stand in the background as support. I also think the same goes for the color scheme. It makes it super easy to see the mood of particular scenes. It was also just really pretty.

I think the main characters Alexa, Skye, Fae, and Chloe were super interesting. I liked seeing each of their stories and how their past traumas (bullying by a best friend, parental care, neglectful parents, and more) culminated into how they act towards others and what their motivations are throughout the plot. Their lives aren't perfect and that's what makes them feel more real. I also like how it isn't revealed all at once, it's revealed in several sections throughout. However, I felt like the other characters like Jen were a little too one-dimensional and static and some of them such as Lucas seemed to serve no purpose to the plot.

I also loved all the diversity! It was amazing to see characters of color, characters with birthmarks or blemishes, LGBTQ+ characters, and more. It made the universe feel even more immersive and special. I also like the faerie lore and how they're portrayed in a more sinister light than a lot of popular media nowadays.

My biggest issue with the novel was the pacing. It was extremely fast-paced, and especially in the very beginning and the very end, it was hard to keep track of what was going on and why. The transitions between scenes and events was extremely choppy, so it very much felt like I was being jerked around from scene to scene which made it a little harder to enjoy at points. The passage of time is also affected because of this, because I can't tell how much time actually passes from start to finish and calls into question whether the strength of the friendships and romances actually makes sense. If this were longer or were in multiple volumes, that would definitely be preferable.

Overall, despite the drawbacks, I had an extremely fun time reading this. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes graphic novels, YA fantasy, mysteries and gothic horror without the "extremely scary" element.

I thought I would be able to read this through the Netgalley App, but I can't. So I am unable to download and read it. I'm writing this review so my feedback ratio isn't effected.

3 changing stars

This is the story about Alexa who goes to live with her grandfather and has to start a new school. She makes some new friends and then something strange starts to happen.

I was very drawn to this book because of the beautiful cover. I liked the art style and the colors that were used really fitted the story really well.
I loved that there was a f/f romance in this book, but the plot and the plot line just went way to quick for my task. I think the pacing was very rushed and I would have liked to get a more flushed out story.

TW: bullying, mind control, death of a friend

Alexa moves from Chicago to Savannah to live with her grandfather after her parents are convicted of wire fraud. She instantly becomes a target of the "mean girls" at her new school and is thankful to find a quirky new bunch of girls willing to accept her. Things quickly become complicated though, as she finds that she has feelings for one of her new friends and also for a boy on the football team. Additionally, her new friends may not be as friendly as they seem! The entire town is in for trouble. A color palette of purples with shades of white, tan, and black enhance the eerie mood—especially the purple-hued eyes of beguiled. As the guide book warns, beguilement is "a fairies greatest weapon." You've been forewarned.

amo a las lesbianas, amo a las lesbianas, amo a las lesbianas.

Gracias NetGalley por enviarme una copia de esta novela gráfica a cambio de una reseña honesta.

¿Faeries? ¿Mean girls? ¿Adolescentes sedientas de poder? Los invito a conocer a nuestra protagonista Alex, la chica nueva en el pueblo, al llegar a la escuela conoce a un grupo de chicas que la recibe de manera acojedora que por un extraño motivo terminan siendo un grupo de faeries, obvio como toda adolescente byscan sacar provecho de la situación pero todo se les va de las manos cuando comprenden que algo más grande y oscuro está sucediendo por ellas.



Amé a todas las chicas aún con sus aciertos y errores, incluso a Fae y Chloe, adolescentes vueltas locas por el poder quizá sea mi nuevo trope favorito, si. El grupo en sí da unas lesbian vibes, las amo

This was one of the most enjoyable graphic novels I have read in a while. The artwork was appealing to me with a nice balance of dark and light colors. The plot was certainly unexpected and the ending was perfect. I just wish there had been an A-HA moment in the story.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Thank you Netgalley and the author/publisher for the chance to review!

After Alexa's parents went to prison for embezzlement, she went to live with her grandfather. She befriends a group of outcasts and soon after they all realize they were born on the same day and are fairies. I did enjoy this book, however some parts were just blah and pretty predictable.

Unfortunately, this book was just okay for me. It had an interesting premise, but I think it would have benefited from more development. The story felt very choppy, and with a lack of world building, I was often puzzled at what was supposed to be happening. I really felt no connection to the characters, which was unfortunate because I think they’d be interesting with more development. The art was okay, but again, more often than not, I was left surprised and mildly confused by sudden scene changes. The potential is there but this ultimately fell flat for me.

First off, thank you to NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors for the ARC of Nightmare in Savannah!

The cover and title both caught my eye as I haven't seen much in the way of YA horror, and I've seen even less with a diverse cast, (possible) Southern gothic vibes, or in graphic novel format. That leads me to my favorite part of this graphic novel: Every character has a very distinct look, with an array of ethnicities, skin tones, ages, facial expressions, and hair types. I found myself enjoying the art for the most part, too: There's some variety in the staging of each panel, and the story has a muted color palette that leans towards purples and soft reds. The text was small, however, and I struggled to read it in places, especially when letters were bolded and italicized as they appeared blurry.

What I didn't enjoy as much:
1. The antagonists. The adults and bullies are written as one-dimensionally awful people. As soon as our main character steps into her classroom, another student Googles her, finds out her parents are guilty of embezzling, and turns the class against her. The teacher then leads a discussion about familial sin. Not long after, the teacher sends out an email to several students telling them that the main character is now failing his class. The grandpa shouts at her and disciplines her after one mistake after being set up as a sentimental, benevolent character. In a book about fae, I would have liked to see some more nuance and moral grey areas rather than characters like the teacher being senselessly awful.

2. The pacing: There's little time made for transitions between scenes, causing the story to jump hours and between locations between two panels. Exposition is provided in the form of pages from a book detailing facts about the fae, and they're inserted mere panels before the characters learn things about themselves. While it made the story easy to follow, it removed a lot of suspense and made reading the story a lazier experience as I didn't have to do any of my own thinking to form connections.

Who would I recommend Nightmare in Savannah to? Mature middle school or high school readers would enjoy this with its great art and exciting plot. The strength in this book is in the intrigue of the mystery more than its plot structure, making it a fun, quick read for some light horror.

I liked the art style and I enjoyed the overall story line of this graphic novel. After Alexis moves in with her grandfather and makes friends with three other girls, they find out that they are actually changelings. Fae children swapped out to be raised by humans. When they discover what they are capable of they use their powers like most teenagers would. By taking revenge on people who were mean to them, and teachers who won't even give them a chance.

However I did feel like I would have liked it more if it were longer maybe stretched out into more volumes? It seemed to jump around quite a bit, it left me feeling like I was missing things.
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I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I was honestly not a fan of this graphic novel. From the description, I was very interested in reading this graphic novel. The plot was definitely interesting, 4 high school girls finding out that they are changelings with the powers of beguiling their teachers and classmates. Things go wrong and it's up to Alexa to try to understand and fix them. The story line was lacking and overall confusing. The scenes would jump from one to another and didn't really have any sustenance. A nice start but not for me.