Crossing Midnight: A Map of Midnight (by Mike Carey, Jim Fern, Eric Nguyen and Mark Pennigton) picks up where Cut Here leaves off so it was great to be able to sit down and essentially read them together. I actually liked this volume a bit more. There was less exposition to wade through because that was all set up in the first volume so this one could get down to the story that Carey wants to tell. And it's a great story.
The twins get pulled further into their respective courts and further from each other. The world was better merged than in the first volume. There was more of a feeling that the real world and the world of myth and legend existed not just beside each other but with aspects dipping in. I really want to learn more about what's expected of Toshi and just what is expected of Kai.
The gifts of the twins are starting to become more defined and there seems to some kind of destiny attatched to them. With their birth status, one on either side of midnight, I'd expect there was something tied to that. I found the end of Toshi's story in this volume a little predictable, it makes sense that she'd be set against her brother, but I was intrigued by the direction that Kai seems to be taking. I thought he'd just be her protector but it seems as if someone has plans for him too.
For just being tighter and more focused (the art seems to be settling down as well) I'm giving it a 5.
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