Lisa Sterle - Blog Posts

Squad || Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Lisa Sterle (Illustrator) ★★★★☆ Started: 15.12.2024 Finished: 15.12.2024 When Becca transfers to a high school in an elite San Francisco suburb, she’s worried she’s not going to fit in. To her surprise, she’s immediately adopted by the most popular girls in school. At first glance, Marley, Arianna, and Mandy are perfect. But at a party under a full moon, Becca learns that they also have a big secret. Becca’s new friends are werewolves. Their prey? Slimy boys who take advantage of unsuspecting girls. Eager to be accepted, Becca allows her friends to turn her into a werewolf, and finally, for the first time in her life, she feels like she truly belongs. But things get complicated when Arianna’s predatory boyfriend is killed, and the cops begin searching for a serial killer. As their pack begins to buckle under the pressure—and their moral high ground gets muddier and muddier—Becca realizes that she might have feelings for one of her new best friends. Lisa Sterle’s stylish illustrations paired with Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s sharp writing make Squad a fun, haunting, and fast-paced thriller that will resonate with fans of Riverdale, and with readers of This Savage Song, Lumberjanes, and Paper Girls. Squad is, as advertised, very Mean Pretty Little Liars of Beacon Hills. Compels me, though. Lisa Sterle's art style is vivid and vibrant, and really brought the story alive. That being said, at times the story was almost too fast paced for me - I wonder if it would have lent itself more readily to prose - if a little more descriptive text would make the foreshadowing a little more subtle. Still a worthwhile read, though.