A House Divided has quickly become one of my favorite middle school graphic novel series. The Lost Daughter, the fourth and final installment, is filled with twists, turns, and plenty of adventure. A lot of loose ends are tied up into a very satisfying conclusion. As always, the artwork is bright, colorful and fully engaging. Like the rest of the series, the story is heavily plot driven but fully supported by the artwork. The cells support the action of the story without becoming to overly crowded with action to make it hard to understand what is happening. The characters are interesting and dynamic. Overall, a fun and wonderfully visual read.

I didn't realize that this was the conclusion of the story when I picked this to read. With that, I was impressed by how well the creators filled in the gaps without making the story feel repetitive. It was entertaining, had a good message, and overall a well done story. The art was bright enough to accurately see the action without making the story too cartoony. There is some violence and death but it was respectfully and does not come across as frightening or graphic. I would say this would be appropriate for middle grade and up. More sensitive readers may want to wait (or have a parent/friend go through the story first).

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the advanced electronic review copy of this book. This action packed graphic novel is the last in the series. Even though I didn’t read the first three books, I had no problem understanding the plot. I enjoyed the well-drawn illustrations and the nonstop action. I’m sure my upper elementary students would enjoy this series.

This was such a fun series! My inner child had a great time reading these! Adult me had fun too. Fun story nicely contained and wrapped in the four books. If the author went back to this world I’d be more than happy to read the further adventures of Henrietta! Or any adventures the author wants to write in this setting or any other. Cute and fun feeling art that suits the story and the target older kid to preteen audience. Give these to any kid that loves fantasy stories.

Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

I am trying to expand yet am more unfamiliar with the graphic novel format. I am unsure how much I understood or comprehended when I finished. I enjoyed this graphic novel. It was action packed.

A mostly satisfying conclusion to this series, but there were way too many twists, turns, and reveals. The story careened from one to the other non-stop with little time for any to have an emotional impact. That said, the art was a great mix of cartoonish and fantasy action and the ending tied up most of the loose ends and left room in the universe for more exploration.

I really enjoyed the story and graphics. I didn't realize when I requested the book that it was the 4th book, but that just made me want to go read the first three. Good lesson and enjoyable characters.

What a fantastic end to a wonderful graphic novel series! Everything comes full circle with such splendor that I know the future will be bright for Henrietta and her friends. I'm sad to know the story has ended but I can't wait to see what Hornig does next.

Thank you NetGalley and Lerner Publishing Group for the opportunity to read an advance reading copy.

This is the fourth book in The House Divided series. As an incoming reader, there was definitely a lot of context I was missing. However, the story concept was interesting - I am a big fan of the generational rift and healing theme and I think it's a great theme for middle grade reads.
The characters seemed developed by this volume. Resourceful, fun, silly - it would have been cool to read the other books first and see the ways in which these characters developed and grew together, but even without the context, some things are obvious.
Art was dynamic, endearing, etc.
My one critique, and this may be affected by the fact that I didn't read the previous books, but I thought the pacing was a bit awkward. We're immediately thrown into the action, but it also takes about half of the book for the castle to be breached. Then everything kind of happens at once - the death of the magic cat, the reveal of the mother, the reveal of the grandfather, some smatterings of fights and the arrivals of several other characters. These issues won't be problems for younger readers and they probably wouldn't be problems to dedicated readers of the series.
Overall, I'd give it a three out of five.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

The Lost Daughter by Haiko Hörnig and by Marius Pawlitza is a YA fantasy graphic novel that will appeal to fans of Amulet, Avatar: The Last Airbender, or Disenchantment. This book is also the 4th book in the series. I don't think reading the 4th book before reading the first 3 inhibited my understanding of the story, but I would probably have enjoyed the book more if I had read the first 3 books. If you think this book is right up your alley, I would recommend that you read the first 3 books first.

The story revolves around Henrietta, whose home is being attacked by stone warriors. In order to defeat them and protect her house, she will have to use magic. Overall, the story is decent, and the artwork is also decent. The characters are relatively well-drawn compared to other similar graphic novels. I will have to say though that nothing about this book really stood out to me. There wasn't anything that made me go "wow!" If you're intrigued by the description, or if you're a fan of fantasy graphic novels, you can check out this book when it comes out in April!