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Suki Alone Review – Avatar: The Last Airbender
This review contains spoilers for Avatar: The Last Airbender Books Two and Three. Set during Book Three: Fire of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Suki Alone serves as a side story; answering questions left by the original series. We follow Suki after her encounter with Azula seen in the episode Appa’s Lost Days. Azula takes Suki to the boiling rock and that’s where the story takes place. We see Suki’s time in prison all the way until the events of the two-part episode, The Boiling Rock. Faith Erin Hicks serves as writer with illustrators by Peter Wartman and Adele Matera. The trio have written a series of books in the Avatar…
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I AM NOT STARFIRE Book Review
Spoiler Alert: This review contains minor spoilers of I Am Not Starfire. I Am Not Starfire is a young adult novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Yoshi Yoshitani. We follow Mandy, the daughter of the legendary superhero, Starfire, who tries to navigate the struggles of being a teenager. Being the daughter of a former Teen Titan has its fair share of problems. Mandy is supposed to have superpowers or her mother’s dazzling personality, but she’s nothing like Starfire and seems to be a disappointment to everyone around her. This novel has all of the typical story beats you’d expect to see in a coming-of-age story. Mandy is a…