Mark of the Succubus, Volume 1

by Ashly Raiti, Irene Flores

Overview

Maeve, a succubus-in-training, is sent to the human world by her mentor, Veril, to learn how to blend in and hone her skills of seduction. However, things get a little complicated after she meets Aiden, a smart but unmotivated student at her new high school. Unfortunately for her, Sylne, the head succubus of the Demon World, has set a spy on her former protege to catch any missteps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781427864819
Publisher:	TOKYOPOP
Publication date:	04/15/2020
Series:	Mark of the Succubus manga , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	101 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

Editorial Reviews

Unmotivated high school student Aiden meets Maeve, a succubus-in-training sent from the demon homeland to learn about humans in this OEL manga. Just when the situation is getting interesting, with Maeve being told to target Aiden, the book ends with a promise of more to come next volume. Aiden's got a neglectful father who wants him to ignore his music and go to law school. Aiden's best friend, Devin, hates his pushy girlfriend (who's more demonic than Maeve and jealous of her). Maeve's being spied on by a former teacher, convinced she'll break the rules by becoming attached to a human. Too many elements like these are raised but not sufficiently dealt with. The character design varies from panel to panel-classical fantasy, cartoony exaggeration, thick-outlined oversimplification, old-fashioned big-eyed manga-but somehow it all hangs together, even though the artist hasn't yet synthesized all of her many visible influences into her own style. She also can't pull off sexy well enough for the subject matter; instead of looking seductive, her scantily dressed Maeve resembles an overstuffed sausage bursting from her clothes. (It doesn't help that she looks about 12.) The boy's very cute, though, and very realistic in his attitudes and poses. (Dec.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly