(3 stars) 

Points I Noticed:
- I found that the plot progression, while logical, was clunky.  With actions, dialogue, and reveals developing in a stilted fashion .  While I always kind of expect that with graphic novels at least a little bit, this one was slightly more than usual.  
- The main character read very self-centered and naive.  She had dramatic reactions to things that weren't that big of a deal (i.e. her fight with her best friend at the beginning), she largely ignored other people's wishes/desires in favor of her own, and was just generally childish.  I hope that this becomes a part of her character arc in the following volumes as it took away from my ability to connect to and care about her.
- I enjoyed how the backstories of the ghosts were sprinkled in at the beginning of each issue/chapter.  I found myself more interested in learning about them and their different powers, than I was in reading about the main character.  I largely wanted to experience more of her interactions with them and delve into their stories than watch her talk to her ex and go to dances with douchy boys.  This is another thing though that I expect I'd find in the following volumes as the plot develops.
- I found the art style very pleasing and easy to follow.  It definitely added to the story without being distracting (as can sometimes happen in graphic novels)

over all i would give this a 4 out of 5 stars 
i really enjoyed the art style and i think it was a solid start for the first in the series i will 100% be picking up the paper copy of this. 
i think the main characters point of view was really fun and i think the story itself is different from anything ive picked up before

First off, the art is amazing! The story line is definitely a eye catcher. This book was a good read but the ghost introductions were a little scattered and I’m not sure where the story is going from here.

I enjoyed this fun comic about a student finding a house full of ghosts that had nice art, queer characters and a vibe that reminded me of Angel: The Series. It doesn't feel like one I'll particularly remember but it was an enjoyable read.

I haven’t picked up a graphic novel since I was a preteen. Those times were just for leisure and even then, I was fascinated by the visuals. Combining artwork and an entire story. Years later, after reviewing countless of books, I’ve decided to give YA graphic novels a shot. 

Thank you to NetGalley who approved my request for my first ever graphic novel review! Also to BOOM! Box, who provided the digital copy. 

Ghosted in L. A is the first volume out of four. I hope to read the next volumes as I really enjoyed it. The comic was fast-paced and got right to the ghosts at the right time. The fact that each ghost has its own backstory really contributed to their personalities. I’m really excited and intrigued by how far we’ll get to know them. 

Our main character, Daphne, is a bit of something. She’s pretty, that’s for sure! Yet I couldn’t connect myself with her or even sympathize with her when she got into trouble. I was mostly there for the ghosts, but I guess her demeanor fitted the storyline. 

The artwork is amazing. I love the vivid colors when we’re in the present, then the sepia, dull color scheme when we’re in the past reading and discovering the lives of the ghosts past. I also noticed how the speech bubbles differ from when a human is speaking compared to a ghost. That part had to secretly be my favorite and I have this feeling it will contribute to the story further in the volumes. 

Another thing I liked and spoiler alert—was that each ghost had their own powers. I think you can call it that. That’s what makes them unique apart from their life story. I was definitely more interested in the ghosts than Daphne at one point. Daphne’s life seemed to be the conflicts that the ghosts also have to face. From her jealous best friend back home to her boyfriend breaking up with her. Daphne’s life is just starting to turn upside down. 

With this being my first review on a graphic novel, I’m proud to give it four out of five stars! I hope to read future volumes and get more into graphic novels!

Ghosted in L.A. is the first volume in a comic series. It follows Daphne who moves to L.A. to start college and be with her boyfriend. But then she gets dumped by her boyfriend and her roommates hates her. She then comes over a house full of ghosts… and decides to live with them.

I love the art in this! I really like the idea of all the ghosts in this house, and why and how they get there is answers I would like answers to. I feel like since it was just the first volume we didn’t get answers or see that much of the story and how it will develop. It is a good start and with interesting characters, so it is for sure a story I would like to see the continuation of. However, I do question WHY Daphne had to live there so badly… like, I just didn’t get the hard appeal. Maybe… she is a ghost and doesn’t know it?  It was good, but it was just an introduction! 3/5 stars.

I really enjoyed the art style of this graphic novel. It was beautifully drawn and so engaging. The premise of this graphic novel is such an interesting concept but the execution was less so. I didn’t like where the story went and I would have loved more backstory for each of the ghosts. A lot of the storylines felt forgotten half way through and I would have loved to see more of her spending time at school. It was cute but superficial and tried too hard to incorporate important topics such as harassment on a date and drugging someone.

This graphic novel is all about a girl who follows her high school boyfriend across several states to California and once there she gets dumped. While trying to understand what happened she comes across a mansion that is inhabited with ghost. These ghost help her to navigate the local area while she gets them things they miss from their lives. It is a cute book but you can clearly see that it is setting the foundation for the graphic novels that will be coming later. I will be excited to continue this series.

Thank you to the Publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I am writing this review within minutes of reading the graphic novel because I really quite liked it. I have decided to give it a four out of five stars, as it ticks all the boxes for a cute and fun graphic novel. Although Daphne is definitely not a perfect character, I appreciate that she is self-aware and someone who I would like to be friends with in real life.  The art style is very cute and does not distract from the story, and I really like the cast of characters we are introduced to in the first novel and hope to see more.

I definitely will be interested to see where Daphne's story will continue!

I had so much fun reading this book, the characters are done well and it is a very fun coming of age story. The world building was great and the Art was beautiful

Starting with the art, I liked it a lot to this story. The sweet was sweet, the funny was funny, the scary was scary. The facial expressions let us know a persons feelings without them having to express them. 
The story, then. The premise of a young woman in a new city, recently dumped and feeling lonely, just to stumble upon a haunted house where the ghosts let her stay is an intriguing one. I had high hopes! It did fall a tiny bit flat, though...
What did I like? I loved seeing the flashbacks of the ghosts -  it made me feel for them and get to know them more. I also liked the art, as I said before. And how one of the ghosts turned out to be a big, scary, awful ghoul.
Other than that, though...
First of all, I didn't like any of the human characters. They felt shallow and self-centered and strange. The ghosts were way better. The one I disliked the most was Daphne, which is bad, since she's the main character. I'm all for a not-quite-likable heroine with flaws and a redemption arc, but I couldn't find much that made me feel like I wanted to get to know her more. She's petulant, selfish and dramatic. Very suck in her own head and doesn't seem to value privacy of others or respect how actions have consequences.
The ending kind of made me want to read the next, one, but mostly because something finally happened. It was a whole, long intro, basically.

Sadly, not for me.

2 of 5 ghouls

/ Denise

The art in this is gorgeous!! This was such a nice cute story and I really liked the friendship Grace created between our main character and her ghost roommate lol. I definitely want this in a finished copy cause it's just so nice to look at. I am excited for the next volume! I'm new to graphic novels but this one is just so nice

With stunning art and an enticing setting that I want to visit immediately, Ghosted in LA is both effortlessly romantic and a compelling coming of age tale that captures the imagination.

“Daphne. I’m dead. Believe me when I say that I have experience on things I regret.”
This is not a spoiler-free review!
Unfortunately, Ghosted in L.A. just didn't do it for me.  I was attracted to the gorgeous art style (and believe me, it is gorgeous) as well as the fascinating premise – ghosts that help a wayward uni student with her love life? Sign me up! - but consistently shallow supporting characters and confusing dialogue made it impossible to fully enjoy.
The basic plot structure for this volume is promising: university student Daphne Walters moves to a new state to follow her boyfriend, only to be left to her own devices when he dumps her. From there, she discovers a manor housing ghosts, and this is where the story is supposed to take off.
As I mentioned, the art style is adorable and well-done, and the concept is one that I love. It’s also nice to see a main character who’s casually Jewish – it’s not her only identity, but it is a core part of her, which I like.
There were key moments and decisions within the formatting of the comic that I thought was well-done: for example, I really enjoyed the “flashback” sequences that began after the first chapter, allowing for a little more backstory for the ghosts. However, I can’t help but think how interesting it would have been to have started with a flashback in chapter one – prior to even meeting the ghosts – as a strong hook for the story.
As for scenes that I really liked: I thought Agi – one of the ghosts living at Mycroft Manor – and Daphne’s bonding scene in chapter two was sweet, and a good way to complicate Agi’s character. Bernard, another ghost, had a great intro sequence prior to chapter three.
Despite these great aspects, too many other things fell flat for me to fully enjoy this volume.
The biggest issue is that the cast of characters is far too large for them not to all have been given explicit introductions in some way. I could not for the life of me figure out who was who among the ghosts when names were being thrown around, especially when they weren’t done very well. For example, I learned the names of Boyd and Maurice long before I learned Ricky’s name, and Ricky was the first ghost other than Agi that had drawn out scenes with Daphne! I spent half the volume thinking every other name that was said might be Ricky, purely because he seemed to be bigger role than he ended up being.
It’s a problem when you find the main character unlikeable. Daphne came across as obnoxious, overly dramatic, and selfish. She also read as inconsistent; for example, she <i>hated</i> the attitude Brint, a stereotype of a misogynistic type – and yet she immediately agrees to go out on a date with him right after he makes a pass at her sexually.
This segues easily into my next point: she doesn’t think anything through and comes across as ditzy, which is frustrating to read. In some ways, she reminds me of Rebecca Bloomwood from Confessions of a Shopaholic, but with less charm. After said stereotype-man tries to dance provocatively with her at a concert (that she invited him to, knowing his intention to be sexually inappropriate – and of course, simply responding to his advances at said concert with “can you not?”) and after getting thrown out from the concert because he tries to pick a fight with a random bystander, and after asking blatantly if she “had rubbers” at her place, saying exactly what he intended – she allows him to walk her home, not really putting her foot down that she wants to be left alone. Then, when she’s at the manor, she acts as if he followed her completely against her will. During this time, she’s also texting her now ex-boyfriend frantically. When Ronnie, her ex, shows up to make sure she’s okay, questioning why she’s at an apparently abandoned manor (completely reasonable concerns, if you ask me), she flips out, yelling at him that she doesn’t owe him anything and acting as if he were the one overstepping. Why is he the bad guy for showing up when she texted him, begging for help? Of course, she never apologizes for that behavior, and it’s never addressed.
I also felt uncomfortable with what felt like overly-sensitized dialogue. I don’t necessarily have an issue with modern politics coming into play, and many of the topics coming up are reasonable to want to address, but having it saturated within the first four issues really drained me. It felt very in-your-face. For example, the following dialogue, which to me is just a bit over the top (not to mention, a little ridiculous):
“I could hug you! If you were corporeal and okay with physical acts of affection, of course.”
I understand that consent is important even in little things like this, but it felt like such an unnatural way to phrase that that it just bothered me. In the same vein, the “she said no” sequence with the ghosts involving Brint was way too cheesy and blatant, in my opinion. “Mansplaining” was a word tossed around, and “slut-shaming,” all within one issue. Again, I have no problem with these issues being tackled in a work! It just felt like it was being crammed down my throat all at once, rather than naturally playing out.
Ronnie’s coming out was treated very casually by Daphne – there was no surprise at all that a man she’d been planning to spend her life with came out as gay, none at all – and that bothered me. Even as someone who is LGBT myself, I would be a little shocked if my male significant other dumped me out of nowhere and then soon after came out to me. Supportive, of course, but still shocked.
I felt like many of the things that were done in the story to make Maurice (another ghost) out to be a bad guy were…reasonable things for him to be upset about, so I had a major disconnect with him being made a villain. I also felt that his “meltdown,” for lack of a better word, didn’t make any sense at all, and only cemented that the author’s intent with his behavior was to make him appear as an unlikeable villain. It just fell flat to me. He brought up great points on how selfish and airheaded Daphne is, and I sympathized with him far more than I did her.
No one seemed super shocked that there’s a manor full of ghosts. Daphne was bothered for five minutes, and Ronnie didn’t even flinch. Just unrealistic. In the same vein, every single non-ghost supporting character other than Ronnie felt like a stereotype. Brint, Daphne’s roommate Michelle, everyone.
For formatting, it was a bit annoying to have cuss words completely starred out with asterisks. I’m not sure if that was required by the publishing company, or a personal choice, but it didn’t work for me.
“Agyness” is an awful way to spell Agnes, prove me wrong.
I guess…there just really aren’t any stakes. Daphne proved that more than once, breaking Agi’s rules over and over (one of the main things Maurice was angry about – and, again, reasonable) throughout the course of four issues. When Daphne questions whether or not Agi is who she seems at the end of the fourth issue (wondering if, perhaps, she is in danger by staying), I couldn’t get into it because…she isn’t being forced to stay there. She isn’t in a situation she can’t leave; she’s got a dorm at her school! She’s choosing to stay. I can’t feel bad for someone who is choosing to put themselves in a possibly dangerous situation, especially when we see more than once that she doesn’t ever learn from her mistakes.
Last, of course, it ends on a frustrating note: Kristi, the friend that Daphne got into a fight with and hasn’t been talking too much – if at all – over the course of the volume suddenly shows up in the last few pages, talking about “coming to visit” Daphne because Daph wasn’t calling Kristi back. And yet…I don’t recall seeing a single mention of a missed call from Kristi. I think I would have noticed.
Many thanks to Netgalley for providing a free copy in return for an honest review.

I loved the concept of this, the artwork is pretty and it has some nice LGBT representation. I can't say I enjoyed it that much though, and I won't be reading the next in the series. The protagonist is a bit of an idiot, and makes a serious of stupid decisions for no apparent reason. She's not the only one: most of the characters' actions are bizarre and make no sense. The story also didn't move forward much from the initial setup. It's a shame as it's very pretty and it's a good concept – it just didn't really come together.

This comic series centers on a girl following her boyfriend to L.A. for college. Not long after she gets there, he breaks up with her and she wanders around by herself at night. She comes across a large, abandoned mansion and ventures inside. She quickly realizes that she isn't alone; there are about 6 or 7 ghosts living inside this house. The other 3 issues focus on her interactions with these ghosts. There are flashbacks that show how they died and what their lives were like before. 

I think the premise is really interesting but overall, I didn't love this volume. The main character was not very street smart. She is completely new to living in L.A. and decides to go into a mansion that looks empty and slightly creepy without telling anyone where she is. I would like to think that in real life, people don't do that. At least I hope that girls my age are smart enough not to wander around by themselves in cities they don't know. She was also annoying at times. I feel like she got over the fear of the ghosts far too quickly. 

I would consider reading another volume in the future.

This was good fun with great artwork and colouring, and an engaging story that drew me in right from the beginning.

Daphne Walters moves to Los Angeles for college, but after breaking up with her boyfriend she finds that her new life at college isn't that great, especially with her unfriendly room mate. Everything changes when she discovers a quiet empty mansion which is full of ghosts. After her initial shock Daphne decides to move in with them and that's when the fun starts.

In this story we see how Daphne survives college, friends, life and ghosts, and does so by learning a few things along the way. I thought it was very entertaining and colourful without being too wordy which is what I like in a graphic novel. Definitely a series to follow.

Copy provided via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

3.5 stars!

This was a great introduction to the world! I liked the main character and I'm very interested to see the backstories on more of the ghosts! There was great LGBT+ representation throughout the volume, and the artwork was fantastic! Can't wait for the next one!

I really enjoyed this graphic novel! I was looking for a lighter read and found that I needed a break from regular books so took a chance on this. The story itself was pretty good although I found the pacing a little off which made it harder for me to follow the story. I absolutely love the color scheme and art in this book. That alone makes me glad I picked it up! Also props to the author for a very diverse group of characters. Definitely nice to see a book that reflects the diversity of the real world. I would definitely be interested in picking up future volumes to see where the story goes because I felt like this left me wanting to know more. 3 stars for story but adding a 4th star for the art.

I really enjoyed the way ghosts were woven into this story. Daphne is an interesting character that has a lot of growing to do, but I kind of wanted the story to slow down a little but to let things develop more in between major plot points.