Broxo

Broxo

By Zack Giallongo

Published by First Second

Broxo is interesting. Set in a medieval(ish) world, Broxo stars Zora, exploring a place for some reason that isn’t made clear. There She meets the namesake of the book, Broxo, and discovers that in this place, the dead are restless and bloodthirsty. She teams up with Broxo, and together they must find a way to put the dead to rest.

This book has some solid ideas, but a lot of it is murky. By that I mean many of them aren’t fleshed out enough. I think Broxo’s backstory is interesting, as is the lore they have surrounding the area. I think the characters are good, and have good chemistry with one another. But there are places were it falls flat. The tone is unfocused, swapping from darkness to lighthearted joking from time to time. 
The “Villain” (I put air quotes around that since she isn’t properly villainous for most of the book) is flat, and needed a bit more fleshing out, but over all I enjoyed it.

TLDR: 7/10

Should you do the buy: Sure