Heart Eyes: The Complete Series by Dennis Hopeless centers on a young girl, Lupe,l who wanders around San Antonio in a post apocalypse world. The world has been taken over by monsters that consume humans and their brains. Humanity is at the brink of collapse with the few remaining survivors focused on surviving instead of fighting back.
Rico spots another person, Lupe, wandering around the rubble. He is curious to know how she survived and why she is smiling. He knows that no one smiles and laughs anymore, especially in the streets where the monsters can get you. Rico finds himself attracted to her and wants to know more about her. How is Lupe able to walk around in the open without being food for the monsters?
The graphic novel was a quick read but I thought the story didn’t explain much. The ending was predictable and a bit of a let down. I wish the story went into more detail about why Lupe was able to do certain things. I didn’t really care for any of the characters mostly because they didn’t seem developed enough. The graphics were realistic and well drawn. The graphic novel has gore and adult content that might not make it suitable for young readers.
**Disclosure - I received a free in copy in exchange for an honest opinion**
About The Book:
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Authors: Dennis
Hopeless & Víctor Ibáñez (Illustrator)
Pub. Date: July
18, 2023
Publisher: Vault
Comics
Formats: Paperback,
eBook
Pages: 144
Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/HEART-EYES-The-Complete-Series
A post-apocalyptic monster story
teeming with horror, Lovecraftian-inspired monstrosities, romance, and one
devil-may-care teenager named Lupe who is much more than she seems.
SMILES HIDE WHAT LURKS BENEATH.
Sanity-eating monsters ended humanity. The unlucky few who survived now hide in
the cracks of a broken world. And yet somehow, beneath the graveyard that used
to be San Antonio, Rico met Lupe, the girl of his dreams - and an enigma. How
did she get here? And why is she smiling? No one survives out in the street. No
one smiles where the monsters lurk. But Lupe does.
Join teenagers Rico and Lupe as they journey through a the desolate landscape
of monstrous devastation - and their own obstacle-ridden relationship.
Heart Eyes explores themes of loneliness, mental illness, being your own worst
enemy, and human connection reflecting the pandemic and post-pandemic world in
which we live.
For fans of Lovecraftian monsters and horror, weird romance, post-apocalyptic
fiction,Caitlin R. Kiernan (Houses Under the Sea ,The Tinfoil
Dossier series, Vile Affections, Tales of Pain and Wonder,
Daughter of Hounds, Alabaster, Comes a Pale Rider), the Ellen
Datlow-edited Lovecraft's Monsters, James Tynion IV's Something
is Killing the Children, Robert Kirkman's Oblivion Song, Scott
Snyder's Undiscovered Country, Bad Girls, Rick Remender's Low, Justin
Jordan's The Spread, and Human Remains.
Collects the complete five-issue series.
About Dennis Hopeles:
Dennis Hopeless is a Harvey Award-winning writer from Kansas
City, MO best known for Marvel titles such as X-Men, Avengers, Spider-woman,
and Captain America. Hopeless has also written for DC Comics, Image Comics,
BOOM! Studios, and is the writer and co-creator of HEART EYES for
Vault Comics.
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Victor Ibanez is a
critically-acclaimed illustrator based in Barcelona, Spain.
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Giveaway Details:
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