Rue's world is torn apart when her mother disappears and her professor father is held on suspicion of murdering a student. She finds out that her mother is a faerie who has returned home and Rue must deal with her own identity as she starts to see strange people that no one else can see. Absolutely beautifully drawn by Ted Naifeh of Courtney Crumrin fame, a better artist couldn't have been chosen to bring Holly Black's faerie world to life. I loved this story! Rue is a totally real person with a full set of emotions and one connects with her right away. I was drawn into the story from the opening pages and had an exciting read from start to finish. The shocking ending leaves me clamouring to read book 2 ( )

Rue Silver's is seeing weird stuff, her mother's disappeared, her father's acting funny (and he's been arrested and accused of murder), and her mother's family claim to be Fae royalty. Oh, and trees and vines are taking over the city.

A coming of age graphic novel with a gripping premise, but unfortunately not much happens - oh, wait... I guess you have to read the rest of the series.

I usually like Holly Black, so maybe it's just the format here I'm not adjusting to, but I couldn't quite get into this one. ( )

Basic Reason for Beginning: Well, I liked Holly Black’s Modern Faerie Tales series, so when I saw this come out, of course I wanted to read it too!
Basic Reason for Finishing: It’s an intriguing story. Not sure a graphic novel is the best format, but yeah I liked it (enough to keep it).

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Book Rereadability: Since this only took me a little over 15 minutes to read, I’m sure I’d be happy to reread it before delving into Kith, the second book when it’s out in paperback.
Author Rereadability: I’ll definitely still be looking for more of Black’s work. ^-^
Recommendation: Oooh, toughie. It’s not as dark or gritty as her other works, though that may come in other volumes. I’d say if urban fantasy with fairies interests you, this’d be a pretty interesting graphic novel to pick up. I suppose if you’ve been enjoying Marr’s graphic novel series Desert Tales, you’ll enjoy this too. ( )

Pretty good. Story doesn't flow as well as other graphic novels I have read, but it's the first one and it was trying to set up the story series in a short space.
I look forward to reading the next one. ( )

Reviewed by Karin Librarian for TeensReadToo.com

Rue is trying not to worry. Her mother has disappeared after a terrible fight with her father. Right after her mother disappears, her father is arrested and accused of murdering one of the students he teaches at the University. Rue knows her father didn't do anything wrong, but doesn't know how to prove it.

To add to her stress, Rue starts seeing things. Things that shouldn't be possible in the real world. Things with wings. Things that look like faeries.

While Rue's father is in jail, she is taken to meet the grandfather she's never met - her mother's father. She finds out that her grandfather is one of the fey, and what he has planned for the world is a danger to all mankind. Rue is the only one who can stop him.

When Rue's mother makes a reappearance, she is extremely ill. Rue picks up some clues as to why her mother disappeared in the first place and puts others information together on her own.

In between looking for clues to the real story behind the girl her father is accused of killing, finding out about her mother, and coming to terms with her heritage, Rue is trying to maintain her life at school and with her friends.

KIN is the first volume in THE GOOD NEIGHBORS series. Holly Black wraps up this volume nicely while still leaving readers begging for more. Fans of Black's novels TITHE, VALIANT, and IRONSIDE will enjoy seeing the faeries come alive on the page of this graphic novel. Be looking for sequels in the near future. ( )