Received an e-ARC copy from NetGalley.

This was a funny and interesting graphic novel. The concept was very original and I really liked it. It was light and easy to follow. Plus the art is amazing. The characters were super interesting and I'm willing to keep discovering about them.
All in all, I enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to the next volume.

Absolutely loved the artwork. 5 stars for that!
It was definitely a cute story.with an interesting plot. I loved the side characters more than the main character Daphne. This is only vol 1 and I believe the story will grow more on me in the upcoming books where I hope we get to know about all the ghost's pasts.
Ghosts + LA + amazing art + fun. If you like to read comics with all these mentioned , then this book is for you.

While I loved the art style and appreciated the Jewish/Queer representation, the story ended up not being very captivating and didn't have enough substance to allow me to continue being interested in it. Unfortunately, I decided to DNF it 75% of the way through.

Thank you to Netgalley and BOOM! Studios for a copy of Ghosted in L.A. Vol. 1. This volume was incredible! We are introduced to the main character, Daphne who is about to move to L.A. to go to school and be near her boyfriend. As she makes the adventure of starting college and being dumped, she immediately falls upon a manor. Things take a weird turn as Daphne meets the ghost that inhabits the manor. We are only given a glimpse of three of the ghosts' backstory - which totally makes you want more! I would have to say that the plot of the graphic novel was intriguing and the illustrations were perfect. I do love when a graphic novel volume leaves the reader with SUCH a cliffhanger, which is exactly what Sina Grace does at the end of this one. Definitely excited for the new volume!

I really enjoyed this book. I found that I was disappointed when the story ended. Each ghost seems to have quite an interesting back story and I’m curious to learn more about what exactly is going on.

I thought this graphic novel was just okay. Daphne, the main character, was a little annoying and naive but I did like the Jewish representation and the LGBTQ rep was done well. I was just hoping for more content but this graphic novel was only 120 pages so there just wasn't enough. The art was absolutely stunning and the story was interesting enough, I just want to know more about the ghosts and their unique powers. Overall, pretty decent and I will be continuing with this series!

This is my honest review of Ghosted in L.A. Vol. 1 by Sina Grace. I was able to be able to read an advanced copy of this graphic novel from the publisher via an ebook through NetGalley from the publisher.

Let me start out by saying I adored the art in this graphic novel. I thought the main character was drawn super cute and adored her outfits. I thought the flowers with the content pages was cute and I liked them – I am a fan of flowers, so I am partial.

The story follows a young woman by the name of Daphne who follows her boyfriend to a college in LA. She soon Is dumped upon moving down there and finds her way into an abandon manor, except it is not abandon and instead has a ghostly resident. The story follows Daphne as she navigates her breakup and her new ghostly friends. Through the first volume you get a little of their back stories, which I am sure will continue to develop in the later novels.

Overall, this graphic novel is a cute young adult comic with the promise of future installments developing the story further. I’d like to see her develop more relationships with the ghosts and realize her place within the manor.

Representation: Bi Jewish main character & gay side characters

This was really fun and has such a interesting premise!

I too, would love to live in an old L.A. manor with a variety of ghosts from decades past.

I can't wait to learn more about each of the ghosts pasts! And Daphne's college roommate, Michelle.

Ghosted in L.A. is the story of Daphne, a young woman moving to college thousand miles away from her home for a boy. And yes you guessed it, things are not going to be the way she was expecting
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Side note I would have gave it 3 or 3.5 stars for the plot but the illustrations were so good and I would have gave them 5 stars so this is why I gave the overall 4 stars.

So yeah 3 stars is not bad but for me it's not that good. I really wanted to love this graphic novel, I was really enjoying it but I have to say that it was way too quick.
Daphne encounters this ghosts and she never questions it, she just right away accept it and I would have liked a bite more of resistane from her. ( A whole chapter about the fact that the situatin is weird would have been great)
I know this is a graphic novel and it can't go too much into details and feelings but I just needed more of the story for it to make sense in my head.
Nevertheless I loved seeing the background of some of the ghosts. Yet I didn't really connect with any of the characters, I think I just need more volume to be able to connect with them so I'm really looking forward for the second volume.
And just one more thing: this needs to be translated in french because we just need more stories with this type of rep in France!!

2.75 Stars

CW: sexual misconduct

Thanks to Netgalley and BOOM! Box for giving me an eARC to read and review!

Quirky college freshman Daphne Walters moves to LA to start college and keep things going with her boyfriend Ronnie. But, soon after the move, Ronnie breaks up with her and it's unclear why did it. Daphne's roommate is secluded and doesn't like her much, and Daphne quickly feels all alone in a big city. That is, until she stumbles across a mansion with a big group of zany, ghoulish tenants.

This was a cute story. There's really good queer representation, and I mostly enjoyed the camaraderie between the characters. Daphne was a great protagonist and I really enjoyed her, too. However, the plot and story overall fell flat for me. It's a short narrative, and I felt that it really just scratched the surface of where the plot and characters might go. I know that this will be a series, but I still just wanted a little more in this first volume so that I could feel a stronger connection with the characters and the plot. This seems to be more of a slice-of-life story, and, though I'm unsure what will be explored in the next installment, I'm also not terribly excited for it.

the story is so charming: i really loved seeing the archetype ronnie takes up being flipped on its head. the colouring is just breath taking, all in all a really fun & quick story.

This story brings a whole new meaning to the term "Ghosted". I love getting to know all of the side characters, but hopefully we will get more main character development in the upcoming issues. I will definitely continue reading this series as it comes out.

I feel that there is a good story somewhere at the heart of Ghosted but it never made it onto the pages. Reading more like someone was inspired after binge watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer (or especially its spinoff Angel), the book meanders quite a bit and never solidifies either the protagonist or the plot. I wish the writer would have taken a cue from manga and learned to evolve the mysteries in a vertical (and therefore more organic)fashion rather than a rambling horizontal fashion. That might have kept the focus cleaner and left room for more surprises and reveals.

Story: Daphne is moving from Missoula to Los Angeles to go to school with her boyfriend, Ronnie. But when she arrives, all she finds is a hostile roommate and a boyfriend who dumps her so he can 'find himself.' Depressed and running away from a bad date, she ends up on the doorstep of a seemingly abandoned mansion called Rycroft Manor. What she finds, however, is that the manor is definitely inhabited - by ghosts.

Right off the bat, I had a lot of problems with protagonist Daphne. She is consistently rude, obnoxious, or nasty to everyone with whom she interacts - her best friend, her ex, her roommate. She's a self absorbed walking ball of selfishness and melodrama. She also spends most of the book doing actions that are incredibly stupid and creating melodrama or conflict that could easily be avoided. E.g., the first time she so lightly betrayed the ghosts' presence I was annoyed but the second time meant I was kind of hoping she'd get eaten by one of the ghouls since she was such an idiot. I kept wanting more show and less tell about her. E.g., Daphne is told repeatedly that she just does what others tell her and molds to their personalities and likes. Yet through this whole book she does nothing of the sort with anyone - she does her own thing, gets mad and yells at people, or insults them under her breath. I was hard pressed to find one instance of this personality trait that the characters kept saying she does but we never actually saw happen. I imagine that Daphne will have room to grow as the story progresses but for now she is not a character I want to follow or will cheer.

The plot is similarly problematic. It is like reading several short story vignettes that sort of tie together but whose purpose is only to push a plot point rather than to give an organic story. There are no 'little moments' or bits of saving grace to elevate the storytelling - just Daphne doing selfish and thoughtless things that cause problems for others, scene after scene. Even her voice feels wrong; instead of sounding like someone from the midwest, she has all the hipster quirks of a Santa Cruz native. Not to mention the believably issues - e..g, that someone would chance upon an empty and seemingly abandoned mansion and just walk in, take off her clothes, and go swimming (without even knowing if the pool is cleaned or chlorinated!). Ghosts I can believe but still there has to be some grounding in reality to keep the story relatable.

The oddest aspect was the very strange 'character' of Los Angeles. While there are some nods for natives (e.g., a thinly disguised Amoeba Records and Rycroft's distinctly 1930s Fairfax district type of house (homes to movie stars of the era)), LA just isn't featured. No palm lined streets, quirky Melrose storefronts, Santa Monica strip malls, etc. It's a faceless LA - one that you can unrealistically walk around in easily (the city is sprawling!) or take the bus (who takes a bus in LA?) and end up somewhere within a few minutes. It wasn't an LA that had a character so much as a bland nod. That loss was such a missed opportunity here.

The side characters were a bit more interesting than the main but there are several and so they all get short shrift. I can't help but feel it would have been better to start with just a few characters and let the others come out of the woodwork as the story progressed. Then they could have had been developed more distinctly and independently from each other.

The artwork was quite lovely - probably the best part of the series. It is clean and easy to follow, though admittedly I always prefer a bit more detail in the background (especially for a story set in a city with so much dynamism). The inside art is a bit different than portrayed on the cover and in my opinion much nicer.

In all, this needs much more focus, a more interesting main character, a plot that doesn't feel stilted and vignette-oriented, and a richer and more interesting take on the milieu of Los Angeles. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.

A cute, ghostly slice-of-life comic about a naive college freshman who moves to L.A. and into a "haunted" manor.

The main story revolves around Daphne, the somewhat clueless freshman who moves into the mansion. Like many 18-year-olds, Daphne makes a lot of questionable decisions and at times can be a bit annoying. But with that comes a lot of room for character growth. The ghosts, meanwhile, are all from different time periods and have their own quirks. Some of the issues contain flashbacks to their pasts, and it's clear there's more going on in Rycroft Manor than meets the eye.

If I had one complaint, it's that there's no real sense of time and it's at times unclear at points just how long Daphne has been staying at the manor and how well she knows the ghosts.

That said, the artwork in the comic is beautiful and the mystery surrounding Rycroft and the ghosts compelling. I'll be looking forward to reading future issues of this one.

I really liked this comic! The story was super charming and relatable - I also would choose to live in a haunted apartment complex instead of with a snooty religious roommate. Daphne was a treasure, although I admit that she could use a bit more development. However, this is the first volume so she has room to grow! And at the end of volume 1 you can see that Daphne has grown some already, and I can't wait to see where she goes next. The plot was a nice blend of young adult drama, ghostly shenanigans, and mystery so it's really compelling - I read this in one sitting. Something that I also really liked was the LGBT representation, quite a few of the characters are queer and I love seeing that as part of a story.

The art was gorgeous! On literally every page I was taken aback by how beautiful and captivating the art was. The style, the colors/inking, everything about it was perfect.

I'm super happy I was able to get the opportunity to read this and I can't wait until the next volume!

I was provided this e-ARC on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This comic book is unlike most that I usually read, but the ghost element pulled me in. Daphne, for the most part, comes off as a smart girl who has lost sight of what she is doing; which is very reminiscent of a young adult leaving home for college. She moves all the way to Los Angeles to go to the same university as her boyfriend, angering her best friend in the process, but things don’t go as planned. Everything is a mess and her dorm roommate kind of hates her. She exhibits the loneliness we all have felt when we move across the country to set up our own lives, disconnected from our past in a jagged way; yearning for it, yet still wanting to get away. She is looking for friends, but also hesitant because she has been burned before. Amidst all this Daphne finds herself making stupid, albeit sort of funny, decisions and moving into a house filled with ghosts.

The story starts out slow, setting itself up, which seems a little boring. Its flow changes from issue to issue, which is sometimes staggering, but it is knitted together by the wonderful illustrations and coloring. The design for each character immediately invokes something in your brain–whether it be a touch of their personality or which era they are from. The dressing fashion of each ghost instantly transports you to the time they belong and makes you feel connected to them. The scenery of L.A. is also remarkable and the colours remind you of every movie/TV show you have seen.

Apart from human-ghost shenanigans, we also get to see the motivations of the undead as we blink into their past and learn about it; which was my favourite part. As we move along these four issues of the comic book, the story gets more interesting and ghost-ly, which is fun. we also get to see Daphne go through some good character development as her self-esteem emboldens and she becomes more empathetic to those around her.

The story ends on a cliffhanger and it has me hooked. I cannot wait to see what happens in the next volume of Ghosted in L.A.

An intriguing concept, similar to the BBC show Ghosts, which is why I was interested in checking this one out. I would say if you liked Ghosts you would definitely find enjoyment in reading this. The ensemble of ghosts added a really interesting array of characters and character designs which I am sure will be fleshed out more as the volumes continue.

I am always interested in the art when it comes to graphic novels/comics and safe to say the art was really pretty and the colours in the pages set at night were so beautiful!

But, that; "Now that you're gay" line really left a bad taste in my mouth. A characters sexuality shouldn't be a twist, and I personally don't think having this character as gay added anything to the story aside from maybe one story beat. Also, the story itself didn't really grab me, I enjoyed it but it wasn't anything spectacular.

Absolutely obsessed with the illustrations in this book. I think the storyline is fun, fresh, and perfect for both teenagers and young adults. The main character has a personality that jumps of the page, just like the illustrations. Thank you for the opportunity to read this.

This wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. I would definitely continue with the series, but I'm not dying to read them. The art style was absolutely amazing, but the characters and plot fell really flat for me. The main character was pretty unlikable and acted childish in a lot of ways. The plot was really rushed and certain elements were not explained the way they should have been. Again, this wasn't terrible, but it could use a lot of improvement. I would continue on to see if that improvement is made, but definitely not a new favorite series.

The art style thooooo! 10/10

*Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an open and honest review.*

Ghosted in LA was a treat! I think the art and coloring were absolutely gorgeous and the story and characters were a blast to follow. This volume left off on quite a cliff hanger, so I can't wait to see what kind of ghosty hijinks Daphne gets up to next.