Merideth says: Riley is an introverted, bookish young girl in her first semester at NYU. An online gadfly, but shy in real life, Riley is determined to make real flesh and blood friends while at college away from her controlling parents. She reaches out to a group of fellow freshmen, recruiting them for a SAT prep course research group. The four all have very different personalities, but mesh well, and look forward to getting a place together away from the dorms.

There is much to like abou this book. First off is the cool New York setting, which is key to the atmosphere and plot of the book. Next is the artwork, which is is crisp in black and white, but not super clean, which suits the urban setting. However, by choosing to focus on Riley, and her doom texting romance, Wood shoots himeself in the foot, as Riley is the least compelling of the 4 girls at the center of this book. Savvy readers will determine the identiy of Riley's virtual love long before Riley does, and the denoument is predictably cliched. I believe Wood saw this as an ongoing series, but with the end of Minx, I don't know that there will be more volumes. ( )

One of the weaker Minx titles. ( )

No, I'm not the target audience for the Minx line, but I'm a sucker for anything by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly. This one didn't disappoint. My only gripe is how quickly the main character was taken into the fold of the other three of the Four. On reflection, that could be because I related to the character maybe a little too much. ( )

Great art, but the story is thin and riddled with YA fiction cliches. ( )

Advance copy I got at MoCCA Art Festival, yay! A lot better than I thought it would be, and I did not have low expectations, considering I adore Brian Wood. Minx is growing on me. I'm really looking forward to Water Baby, Token and Burnout. The ending is ambiguous, rather open-ended, but I like those sorts of endings. I kind of wish I had the protagonist's parents growing up. ( )