Jim Pascoe's Cottons: The Secret of the Wind is beautifully written. The story is engaging and makes me want to read more. Heidi Arnold's illustrations are so full of life and emotion; they are a great accompaniment to Pascoe's story. Initially, I was concerned about being able to become vested in bunny and fox characters, but Pascoe creates a world that is believable and enchanting. I look forward to reading the rest of the Cottons' stories.

Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

Wow, Cottons: The Secret of the Wind is surely something else. Pascoe has done an amazing job at creating this rich and old world, its history and the possible future. The details are breathtaking and makes this almost like living history even when we are talking about rabbits. Or are we? Cottons tells the story of rabbits who harness power, cha, from carrots and foxes want that power too. Our main hero is Bridgebelle, a rabbit, whose history isn't that clear and there's lots of mysteries and shenanigans around everything. Pascoe manages to create this amazing world and oh how the history of that world looks like that of ours. Industrialization, art and weapons all play a great role in this societal story that seems to tell more than meets the eye. The anthropomorphic animals are the perfect solution and the plot is multifaceted and complicated like our world. Amazing. I would've wanted this first part to be a little longer though, so we could've got acquainted with the world and characters better, although the info at the back was great.

The art is beautiful and the colors fit with the emotions in the panels. The animals look like animals too, which is wonderful, even though they represent people in a way. The religion and everything are so deeply rooted in the story that it's just pure wow. The line art is thin and precise and works with all the settings so amazingly well. Cottons: The Secret of the Wind could actually be worth of five stars even, but I want to see how this will evolve even more. I'm not a fan of animal comics and this was just pure awesome, so that should tell a lot.

A great graphic novel with good characterization and a solid storyline.