Morning Glories Vol. 4-8

Title: Morning Glories Volume 4 Truants; Volume 5; Volume 6; Volume 7; Volume 8

Author: Nick Spencer, Joe Eisma

Publisher: Image 2013; 2014; 2015

Genre: Graphic Novel

Pages: 216; 136; 144; 124; 120

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Graphic Novel; I Love Libraries

Volume 4: Still reeling from the climactic events of "P.E.," the Glories find themselves lost in time and space, confronted by a new group of students who might be even more dangerous than the faculty themselves — the truants! Questions are answered and new mysteries emerge as Season One comes to a shocking end!

Volume 5: The Glories are scattered, The Faculty broken, and The Truants on the attack! Collecting the explosive, mind-bending Season 2 premiere event, "Tests.

Volume 6: The Glories are scattered, the Faculty is broken, and the Truants are on the attack!

Volume 7: The Truants are back in class, and that means new mysteries abound! And whatever happened to Abraham? The answer to that question and more as Season Two races on!

Volume 8: It's time to stop running! Allegiances are formed, rivals are challenged, and the Glories take a defiant stand against the faculty in the explosive turning point-arc "Assembly."

I am so invested in this storyline. I sped read through five volumes and am left hungering for even more. I dove into the Truants storyline and made even more connections to the characters. Irina is fascinating, Ian is an enigma, and Akiko is just plan awesome. I can't wait to see how their stories interact with the original Glories. And I think Ms. Hodge is my new favorite overall character. As to the plot, I was on pins and needles waiting to find out what happens next. I even gasped aloud at a few of the crazier plot twists. Some questions have been answered (I think), but so many more have been raised in these volumes. I need Volume 9!

Morning Glories Volume 1-3

Title: Morning Glories Volume 1; Volume 2 All Will Be Free; Volume 3 P.E.

Author: Nick Spencer, Joe Eisma

Publisher: Image 2011; 2012

Genre: Graphic Novel

Pages: 192; 168; 240

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Graphic Novel; 52 Books - W9; I Love Libraries

Vol. 1: Morning Glory Academy is one of the most prestigious prep schools in the country... but something sinister and deadly lurks behind its walls. When six gifted, but troubled, students arrive, they find themselves trapped and fighting for their lives as the secrets of the academy reveal themselves!

Vol. 2: Collecting the second story arc of the smash series in one volume. Learn (some) of the secrets in the Glories' lives as we delve into their pasts and see how it affects their present. Each chapter focuses on a different Glory while maintaining the narrative and moving the mystery forward.

Vol. 3: The critically acclaimed, smash-hit series rolls on with this collection of the blockbuster third arc, "P.E.!" The first days were just the beginning — when the faculty cancels classes and sends the students on an outing in the nearby woods, all hell breaks loose, sending the Glories on a mysterious journey through time and space. Nothing is what it seems to be as Academy's hold on the kids collapses and new threats emerge!

Picked these volumes up on a whim at the library and am so glad I did. This series is just amazing. I've heard it described as Gossip Girl meets Lost and that's a pretty apt description. We get all the drama of high school, but coupled with a bigger mystery and lots of deception. I sped through the first three volumes. By the end of the third volume, I'm still super lost as to what's really going on, but I'm enjoying the journey. Now I need to return to the library and grabbed the next couple of volumes...