4 out of 5

Dreamy vignettes, introduced by Kate Lacour’s studied but fantastical bisectional diagrams – of unicorns, of faeries – somewhat focused (in my mind) around themes of theft, or displacement.  Not, of course, in a traditional sense, but via Lacour’s body horror manifestations: Tooth faeries building homes out of their procured teeth; cherubim-esque creatures treated as food for angels.  As the majority of these scenes juxtapose some type of “majestic” creature with such an act, the opening ‘tale,’ which seems more consensual in nature, feels oddly placed.  But admittedly, that’s probably my own interpretational limitation.  Fascinating stuff, regardless, beautifully illustrated and colored.