Title: Fatale: The Devil's Business Volume 2
Author: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Sean Phillips
Genre: Suspense / Horror / Noir / Crime / Supernatural
Year Published: 2012
Year Read: 1/17/2015
Series: Fatale #2
Publisher: Image Comics
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 16+ (Gory Violence and Strong Language)
Introduction:
After reading Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ fantastic
first volume of “Fatale,” I just
knew that I struck gold when I picked up this graphic novel series and I was dying
to read more from this series! So, that
is why I picked up the second volume “Fatale:
The Devil’s Business: Book Two” and man was it just as exciting and
frightening as the first volume!
What is this story
about?
In this volume, Nicolas Lash continues to search for more
clues about the mysterious beautiful woman Josephine, as she has ties to his deceased
relative Dominic Raines and he is more determined than ever to discover
Josephine’s secret identity. Meanwhile,
part of the story flash back to the late 1970s as Josephine tries to hide herself
from the world as she believes that any man that comes near her always suffer a
gruesome fate. Unfortunately, when a
former star actor named Miles finds out that his friend Suzy had murdered
Brother Stane at a Method Church party, he unknowingly runs to Josephine’s
house and begs her to save Suzy from the Satanic Cult of the Method Church,
which is led by none other than Hansel, the devil from the first book being
reborn in another body.
Can Miles and Josephine escape the clutches of Hansel?
Read this book to find out!
What I loved about
this story:
Ed Brubaker’s writing: Wow! Can I just say that this volume
was just as intense and exciting as the first volume? Yes I can! Ed
Brubaker has really outdone himself in this volume as the story is full of
drama, horror and forbidden love and these elements all mingle together to
create one horrifying and exciting story for this volume! I loved the way that Ed Brubaker made Josephine into such a mysterious person as we
still do not know about her true identity and how she is able to possess the
power to mind control people. I felt
like Nicolas Lash in this story as I also want to know more about Josephine and
why the Devils are searching for her and it makes me sit at the edge of my seat
trying to solve this mystery myself and see who Josephine really is! I also loved the way that Ed Brubaker wrote the horror elements
in this graphic novel as I did find myself cringing at a few scenes where
various people are killed in a gruesome manner and I think that it greatly
captures the horror element of this volume!
Sean Phillips’ artwork: Sean
Phillips’ artwork is as usual gorgeous to look at as the characters’ features
look truly realistic and I loved the way that Sean Phillips made Josephine look so gorgeous throughout the years as
it really made her stand out from the other characters and shows us that she
has an unnatural quality to her character.
I also loved the dark and gritty tones of the city of Los Angeles as it
really brings out the horror elements of this story.
What made me feel
uncomfortable about this story:
For anyone who does not like strong language and gory
violence, this volume does contain many scenes of characters getting killed in
gruesome ways and it does have some strong language such as the “s” word and
dropping the “f” bomb popping up in the dialogues a few times.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, “Fatale: The
Devil’s Business: Book Two” is truly a fantastic volume that anyone who is
a fan of Ed Brubaker’s “Fatale” series
or anyone who is a fan of horror and noir graphic novels should definitely
check out!
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