Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Mapmakers and the Flickering Fortress by Cameron Chittock and Amanda Castillo - ADVISABLE

Mapmakers and the Flickering Fortress (Mapmakers #3) 
by Cameron Chittock, illustrated by Amanda Castillo
, 234 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL RH Graphic Penguin, 2024 $14 

Language: G (0 swears) Mature Content: G Violence: G 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE 

APPEALS TO: SEVERAL 

In the third book of the the trilogy, Alidade and Blue reach the land of the Night Coats and discover a sinister power lurking beneath the surface. The magic of the Memris may be extinguished for good if the Mapmakers can't come together to fix the ever encroaching darkness the Night Coats have unleashed. Alidade and her fellow Mapmakers are intrepid and care for the world around them. They are not afraid to use their gifts to help others. Even though there are over arching themes of environmentalism, the mystery of the Night Coats will keep you reading. There is a lot of jumping back and forth between characters and worlds, so that could be confusing, but the page colors help. Nice resolution to the trilogy and it wrapped up before getting too drawn out. Though no culture or race is specified, Alidade and her Mapmaker friends seem largely South American. 

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