Review: Night's Dominion Vol. 2

Night's Dominion Vol. 2 by Ted Naifeh
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Disclaimer: I received a free ecopy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Night's Dominion is basically a mix of a superhero comic with a Dungeons and Dragon game. The first volume served to bring the heroes together, falling on some fantasy and superhero tropes. This volume was a little harder to get into for me. The heroes have gone their separate ways and the story takes a step back to introduce a new threat to the city these characters call home. I like that it mixes in some political aspects and builds on some of the issues from the first volume. It takes some time to reintroduce all the characters and bring them headlong into the problem.

Part of what I didn't like actually made me enjoy this book a lot more in the end. Although it is slow to get going, I thought Naifeh did a nice job creating a believable setting and establish some motives for the heroes rather than just tossing them at a problem because it is there. The writing can be a little clunky at times, so I don't think he is entirely comfortable with this particular format yet. I did enjoy the art too. The images aren't always well defined and that seems to fit in with the uncertainty caused by some of the events of the book.

Even though this volume leaves the story unfinished, I still liked it. I am interested in seeing how things progress in volume three.

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