Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Book Review: Brazen by Penelope Bagieu

What's up everybody! Katie C. here with a super cool book review from another author attending TBF this year: Brazen by Penelope Bagieu!

Image result for brazen graphic novel coverThroughout history and across the globe, one characteristic connects the daring women of Brazen: their indomitable spirit. against overwhelming adversity, these remarkable women raised their voices and change history. 
With her one-of-a-kind wit and dazzling drawings, Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world-famous, some little known. from Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, their stories are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.

I'm gonna be honest, this book has been on my TBR pile ever since I first heard it was coming out. I absolutely love graphic novels and this book was no exception. 

First off: the art style. I love it so much!!! Each panel is so simple, and yet so pleasing to look at. It's such a cute style and very good at entertaining the eye through the story of each story. Not only that, but the last page of each section is a two page spread of a picture portraying a part of the previous story. These two page prints are my favorite part of the graphic novel because of the energy and spirit they give off, not to mention they have so much more power once you know the story behind the woman being portrayed. My favorite one is Nzinga's! The color scheme (and her story in general) is so fresh and inspiring!

However, Brazen is more than just the art. Brazen is a collection of stories about powerful, spirited, historic women all around the world and throughout time. Even if you're not a graphic novel person, I would still really recommend this book. There's so much history packed inside, and most of the stories are about places and events that the average high school history class never taught me. In addition to that, each individual story is different, refreshing, and most importantly, true. Reading about the lives of these women and their stories about how they against all odds changed the world is inspiring and brought me so much joy reading this book.

My copy of Brazen was an ARC, but you can expect to pick up this book at your local bookstore or library on March 6th. And if you need one more reason to read this beautiful book, while looking for the release date, I stumbled across multiple articles about how this very book is currently being adapted into an animated series! And as someone who loves animation and wants to have an animated series of her own someday, this is beyond exciting!!!!! 

Hope you all are having a great valentines day (I know I am)!!! This is Katie C. signing off!

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