Excellent graphic novel! I've always been a fan of Scott Westerfeld, and this just solidifies why.

I really enjoyed the first book of Spill Zone and this second entry is satisfying, with the same mildly disturbing illustrations and radioactive creepiness. If you liked the first, you'll enjoy the second. Recommended middle school and up.

This was a great graphic novel. The first, Spill Zone, was weird yet fascinating. Broken View had big shoes to fill and did so wonderfully. With the disproportionate creatures and mysterious. More insight was given to the night of the spill, yet I still want more. I hope this is not the end of Addison and Lexia. I want to read more!

I really, really enjoyed this continuation of the Spill Zone story. This volume wraps up a lot of story lines and leaves just enough of an open end to leave you with the hope that there will be another volume. In this volume we get an explanation of what has caused the zone to happen, and what the creatures that exist there actually are. This is a great graphic novel series for kids who already love graphic novels, and a great way to introduce graphic novels to kids who love Science Fiction.

Addison has completed what was meant to be her final journey into the Spill Zone. She's recovered something rare and dangerous, been paid a million dollars for her work, and now all she has to decide is what to do next. But her little sister Lexa (and Lexa's doll, Vespertine) know that things aren't as simple as Addison believes. The Spill Zone in Poughkeepsie is active, unlike the zone in North Korea, which has brought a young man named Don Jae to America. Meanwhile, Wiley isn't the only person who's noticed that something strange is going on with Addison. How has she changed after her last trip into the zone? And after Addison's plan to get rid of Vespertine backfires, she's left to wonder: if Vespertine's betrothed finally catches up with her, what will happen to Lexa? Full of great characters and mind-bending art, this second volume is a satisfying conclusion to a fantastic sci-fi tale.

Spill Zone is an exciting new graphic noel by acclaimed author Scott Westerfeld, featuring a spunky anti-heroine who is a photographic mercenary. Set in the near future after a strange and disastrous event, this fast and compelling read is great for reluctant readers and lovers of the strange and sci-fi.

This was possibly the most jacked up digital ARC (format wise) that I have ever received from Netgalley but I was able to “read” it enough to understand the story.

This volume isn’t as robust in story as the first. But it does move the story forward with some momentum and it answers some questions that readers will be looking to answer. It also leaves the reader with questions and sets up a possibility of a potential third volume. And I think readers will also like that Lexi and Vespertine are still hella creepy (and get creepier if that’s possible).

A nuclear explosion turns planetary invasion in the action-packed sequel to Spill Zone. Addison's earned a million dollar payoff, but her sister Lexa is finally talking, and Addison may not like what she knows. The secret of the spill is revealed as Addison, Lexa, Vespertine, and the mysterious Don Jae are drawn into a conflict bigger than they ever imagined.

I powered through Spill Zone and when I saw the Broken Vow on NetGalley, I couldn't wait to read it! I set some pretty high expectations for this book and it lived up to them. (I am now in for a long wait to see if there is going to be a third and when that third will happen) The art is a little jarring, though not any different from the first, but that doesn't detract from the book in any sense. The art heightens the tension and the strangeness of everything. The characters all have distinct personalities, even the ones who are not human at all.

I read the first one and was immediately hooked and looking forward to the second installment. This is a great looking comic with a colorful style. There is enough plot and story to keep the reader movie forward. The possibilities for the next installment are intriguing and I look forward to a third volume.

I would recommend this to YA and older children. I enjoyed it as well as a fan of series like Saga and Wayward.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC to review! This is a YA graphic novel, the second in a series.

In the first book we met Addison (Addi), a young woman who is raising her younger sister, Lexa, after her parents are killed the night of "the incident" that creates the Spill Zone. Was it a nuclear plant accident? Was it an alien invasion? No one knows. None of the children who survived that night can speak anymore, including Lexa.

To earn money Addi sneaks past government blockades into the Spill Zone, and takes photographs of the mysterious creatures and nightmarish madness that lives there now. Swings always swinging with no one in them; an area where everything flattens, including people; bodies floating in the air, dead but still watching...I ate the weirdness up with a spoon!

The Broken Vow starts up right where the first book left off. Don Jae, a survivor of a different Spill Zone in North Korea, has developed strange powers after the night of his "incident." (The way Don Jae was drawn looked like The Scream painting to me sometimes.) Addi, who stayed safe during so many visits to the zone, messed up her last trip in and is now experiencing weird side effects herself. Weird side effects like levitation. The zone is changing her. And Addi and Don Jae aren't the only ones with odd reactions - Lexa's bizarre connection to her doll, Vespertine, intensifies.

When Don Jae and Addi eventually meet up, everything goes sideways and the Spill Zone spills again.

In this book we get explanations about the cause of the Spill Zone and the identity of Vespertine. I think I enjoyed the first book a bit more because it was mysterious and unknown, more interesting not to know why. I really liked the bizarre, colorful imagery and insanity of the Spill Zone, and I wish more of the story had taken place in that world.

I think if you like the novel Annihilation and its Area X, you'll enjoy elements of The Spill Zone.

I ordered a copy of the first one for my library and can't wait to share it with my teens later this month. A bit sad this is a duology because I could definitely spend more time in this world(s). 3.5 stars, rounded up.

This graphic novel is an interesting young adult story that is able to cross audiences to include an adult audience who should be able to be complete immerse in this world.

This is the second in the series and unfortunately, I have not read the first in the series which I will soon remedy. The story tells the story around a young cast in the near future. With an involving premise and a dark twisted sense and intrigue that pushes the story forward. Having not read the first in the series, it didn’t take me long to be able to pick up the thread.

The story does have some strange twists dealing with demonic dolls and such but with the added graphics, the reader is able to be thrusted in this world with an abandoned enjoyment. The text does have some loose threads which I am assuming there will be another instalment at some point but Westerfeld’s vision does have some closure.

If you are a graphic novel fan or like an interesting dark tale, this should be able to award you to no end. With intriguing storylines, a science fiction thread that runs throughout and well developed characters, this should make a fan of the series. I would suggest reading the first book in the series, which I have now ordered to give the story more depth but it can work as a stand alone.

A really intriguing story that just keeps growing! I need to know more about the other world!! The art work is incredibly vibrant and perfect for the story.

A well-plotted, well-illustrated graphic novel for young adults. I wasn’t aware it was the second in the series and really wish I’d read the first as I didnt’ have the character background that would flesh them out. As always, Westerfield creates characters who do more than simply react to circumstances. There are enough plot lines coming together to keep the reader turning the pages.

Thanks, Netgalley, for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

DAAAAAAAAAAAANG. DAAAAAAAAAAANG.

Better than book 1? Hard to say - creepy, dark, and insightful. The world of Spill Zone is uncomfortable in the best of ways.

3.5 stars.

Events begin immediately after the first Spill Zone – e.g., visitors from North Korea (as well as the mysterious, levitating Don Jae) are under surveillance by the government, National Guard member Wiley is now wise to Addison’s photography trips, and Lexa is still sugarcoating her conversations with Vespertine, the entity inside her doll. Addie feels different, but the ramifications of having “touched the bad stuff” are unknown.

After a successful rendez-vous to deliver the Zone item (the “dust”) to the art curator (and a less successful attempt on behalf of Addison’s former agent to extort her), Addison is roughly one million dollars richer and ready to beat it out of Poughkeepsie.

Lexa, however, is a tough sell, scared of what moving will mean for Vespertine (who needs to “charge” periodically by visiting the Zone). Addison burns her Zone photography and throws the doll into the fire. Addison’s Vespertine problem increases exponentially as the displaced entity finds a new vessel in Lexa. Creatures from the Zone – including Vespertine’s betrothed – demand Vespertine return and be wed . . . which means that, if they get their way, Lexa is along for the ride as well.

To his credit, Westerfield does reveal many things readers of the first Spill Zone have probably been chomping at the bit to see: Don Jae’s origin. The secrets of the mysterious Korean Spill. The fate of Addison’s parents. The catalyst for Vespertine crossing into this world. No stone is left unturned, and, per usual, Addison’s neverending reservoir of intrepidness, quick-thinking, and general badassery propel the story along to a satisfying conclusion.

There is a lot of story here – and it goes by so quickly that you may not truly appreciate how much is packed into this volume at first glance. As soon as you’re introduced to a new scene, appreciate it: you only have a few panels before we jump to the next. I like the tension dialed up a little more throughout, but true to comic format, the true cliffhanger turns-of-the-screw are saved for the end of each segment, and are true back-against-the-wall, Oh, shit! NOW what are they going to do? moments.

Part of why the Zone is so deliciously creepy in the first Spill Zone is because its elements are mixed with elements we recognize: floating people, rats, distorted wolf-looking creatures with impossible joints. When Don Jae and the curator interact with the dust and view the origin place of the Spill, color is well-used to demonstrate two factions, but the forms created by the lines and shapes are a little too vague, leaving the supposed turmoil and insurrection a challenge to visualize.

I generally don’t wish for something to be more slowly paced, but the Spill Zone is something I want to savor, and it felt like the content of a trilogy was crammed into a duology. Critical moments weren’t foreshadowed (c’mon . . . gimme a through-the-bushes stalker POV view of Addison, cut to a zoom-in on sinister eyes, then reveal that her former agent is coming for her . . . don’t just have him appear casually coming down the street against a backdrop of sunshine). Similar for when Addison sees her parents: I loved the panel work of that moment, but I would’ve rather seen more internal conflict from Addison as she weighed her decision, not just a simple point-and-shoot. She also never seems at odds with her Zone powers, which would’ve given a little more depth to her journey. Toward the end, when the gigantic, ominous white wolf-creature speaks with Vespertine, the “your parents killed mine” seems more like an aside than a climactic reveal.

Overall, a worthy sequel, although not quite as ominous as the first.

So it’s been awhile since I read the first volume in this story and I wasn’t sure how much I’d remember. Thankfully the story picks up in such a way that all the important things came back at least and I didn’t feel lost in returning.
Addie has returned from the Spill Zone and finally gets some answers to questions she and we as readers have had. She makes a new... friend? Can we call Don Jae a friend? They have a vested interest in each other at least, someone like themselves.
We get a little more on Vespertine and her connection to Lexa, though I still have so many questions about that and with that ending? Yeah, answers are still needed, Addie claims her contact with the Spill Zone is over after her last trip there and she’ll never go back but I have a feeling the Spill Zone isn’t done with her... also the ending told me as much. Can’t wait for the next volume.
Also, kudos to the artist doing the colors, Hilary Sycamore. They have a great eye and the use of color, especially pertaining to the Spill Zone does a great job showing how wild and unnatural everything about it is. Fantastic and beautiful.