This was fun and the artwork was just beautiful and hilariously expressive. There is some lore here that was lost to me such as T'Challa's birth heritage, which comic readers may/may not know. But I was able to understand things quickly. I liked that the story subverted most clichés.

Overall, I had an excellent reading experience. ( )

Representation: Black main characters
Trigger warnings: Contagion
Score: Seven points out of ten.
This review can also be found on The StoryGraph.

This was a great standalone novel, which I think it is related to the Black Panther universe, I haven't watched the movies yet (they do sound good), but this novel worked fine without them. I liked the main characters as I read through the book, they didn't get along at first, but when a challenge arose, they forged a team and got along very well. There was one villain that was revealed at the very end, but it wasn't a person this time, but the entire Wakanda clan, there was also the false antagonist who said his clan was excluded from the Wakanda clan, the main characters didn't believe him at first, but they realised that it was all true, I liked that character and the backstory as well. The villainous clan eventually tried to reconcile the injustice they made against the other clan, called the Hyena Clan, which I liked. If you like a novel with complex character relationships, this is the book for you. ( )