I am not starfire author6/10/2023 Not to mention, Starfire is dating since she's a single mom and Mandy is really mad at her for that but it doesn't get expanded on and her own daughter slut-shames her as a result. I absolutely loathed how mean Mandy was toward Starfire, she was a pretty decent mom throughout the book but Mandy acted like she was terrible. Starfire: Really sweet much like her cartoon counterpart, I didn't really have any complaints about her. I really haven't read such an awful protagonist in a while, so this was hard to get through. It's not fun to read about a really mean protagonist that thinks it's cool to hate everyone. I know she's a teen and all be mean to everyone? There's a reason she only has one friend in this entire book.she's nasty to everyone else. They were usually saying stuff like "Hey, please tell your mom thanks for saving Chicago!" As a result of people asking her about her mom, she decided to be mean to every single person she meets. Now, I can understand her being frustrated by idiot kids always harping on about Starfire's popularity, but except for one kid, everyone was pretty chill. Mandy: Uh.I'm going to be as nice as I can but Mandy is an outright mean person. Sometimes she looked outright terrifying in the art, not sure why. Especially Mandy, but it might just be I don't like her hairstyle at all, ha. Kory was perfectly drawn in every panel and the eventual villain (no spoilers) was drawn very well too! Everyone else was kinda.off. The art: It kept flip-flopping at some points. I love Kami Garcia's Raven & Beast Boy series as well as the other Young Adult-geared Graphic Novels that DC has been pumping out lately, but this one is the worst I've read by far for a multitude of reasons. Now, I will concede I have been a long-time Teen Titans fan so it's fair to see my review as biased, but hear me out! I have a ton of qualms about this book, unfortunately. Thanks to DC & NetGalley for the early copy in exchange for an honest review. I Am Not Starfire is a story about mother-daughter relationships, embracing where you come from while finding your own identity, and learning to be unafraid of failing, if it was even failing in the first place. Claire seems to like Mandy for being Mandy, not the daughter of Starfire.īut when someone from Starfire’s past comes to disrupt Mandy’s future, Mandy must finally make a choice: give up before the battle has even begun, or step into the unknown and risk everything. But when she is partnered with Claire to work on a school project, their friendship develops into something more and a self-confidence unknown to Mandy begins to bloom. While Mandy continues to tell Lincoln her plans of moving to France to escape the family spotlight and not go to college, she secretly hides a fear of not knowing her identity outside of just being the daughter of a superhero and who she will become. And while Mandy usually avoids spending too much time with her alien mother, she’s been particularly quiet as she’s keeping one major secret from her: Mandy walked out of her S.A.T. Dyeing her bright orange hair black and sticking close to her best friend, Lincoln, Mandy spends her days at school avoiding Teen Titans superfans and trying to hide her feelings for the gorgeous, popular, and perfect Claire. Daughter of Starfire and high school outcast, Mandy is constantly trying to get out from under the shadow of her bright, bubbly, scantily clad, and famous mother. Seventeen-year-old Mandy Koriand’r is not her mother. From New York Times bestselling author Mariko Tamaki ( Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass) and artist Yoshi Yoshitani ( Zatanna and the House of Secrets) comes a story about Mandy, the daughter of super-famous superhero Starfire, and her desperate attempts to get out from under her shadow.
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