This gives me some strong X-Men vibes, as the story surrounds the Psiots, humans with evolved psychic/mind-based powers. I picked this graphic novel up without any pre-knowledge about Livewire. I figured this would be alright, since the Deluxe edition collects the first 3 volumes of the series. But now, I feel like it might have been better to read the pre-stories leading up to the events of this collection. It might have saved me a lot of confusion throughout the first volume in the collection.

But nonetheless, I got into the story pretty quickly and it captured my attention right away! Livewire is on the run from the american government, aber a catastrophical black out that she caused, hurting thousands and thousands of people, and not even her friends seem to want to help her. But right from the beginning we see that she's a really strong character! She never stops wanting to save her fellow psiots or help somebody out if she thinks they're being hurt.

Livewire goes on a very long soul-finding adventure in this collection and learns a lot about her past mistakes and how she could have acted differently. She fights some bad guys, and sadly there is still more death involved than there should be. But, she goes through a major character development, which I really liked. I think she has great potential and I would like to see where her story leads to next. The artwork in this graphic novel is amazing and really captures the vibrancy of her character (see what I did there...? Livewire ... vibrancy). So yes, I would recommend this to other graphic novel fans, but maybe bear in mind to look up other parts of the story first before dedicating your time to this collection.

Thanks to the publisher for providing an eARC of Livewire in exchange for an honest review.

So maybe I should have known more about Livewire before getting into this, but considering it's a compilation of the first 3 volumes, I figured no background information on the character or world would be needed before getting into this. While you can definitely still understand what's happening, a lot of this (basically all of volume 1 and at least most of volume 2) seem very, very dependent on you already caring about Livewire so spend their time throwing her into dangerous situation after dangerous situation which could be impactful if you were already a fan of the character but if you're not, the lack of in-comic character development before that makes it hard to get invested in anything that's happening.

I loved the way this started out and slowly unfolded - I am a sucker for superhero-ish stories and this was right up my alley. I thought the story was told very nicely and I got a good feel for all the characters that were important and how they interacted with one another. I also really liked how the MC got their redemption they needed while still staying true to themselves.

The art style was nice, although nothing special, but it helped keep the story feeling consistent and fun to read.

Overall really great story, something I probably wouldn't read again but I would recommend - I think especially for fans of Renegades, it shares some similar themes to that.

I got an ARC of this book.

I wanted to love it, but I am not the audience for it. I really don't like super heroes so I felt like I had to force myself to keep reading even though I loved the cover. The plot was complex and interesting, but it wasn't enough for me. It felt like I was dropped at the middle to the end of a story and told to catch up.

So I know this book will appeal to some, but I really just didn't enjoy myself. The art was amazing though.

Livewire was a quick and fun read. It was a character driven book with a strong character as main. At times I was confused but that is on me because I didn't know you had to read a previous book by the author. I loved the art too

I had trouble reading it, i liked the premise but the execution wasn’t there for me, it was either slow or really fast.
I do like Livewire , she was an interesting character. The art was throwing me off, it looked over saturated and wasn’t easy to read

Livewire was such a quick and fun read for me. It was a perfect sunday/monday read. I loved the artwork. I could tell the detail that was put into each character really made each character unique and fleshed out. I will say that I did make the mistake of not reading the previous iteration of Livewire's journey, but I did go back and read a general idea of the events that took place previous to this book. As a result I did find myself scratching my head in confusion, which was my own fault . The basics are this Amanda McKee also known as Livewire is a psiot with technopathic abilities, which by the way is such a fun and different concept that I found to be very engaging. She has used her powers before this book to decimate the power of the United States. Livewire now finds herself a fugitive running from the law.
Despite my idiocy in not realizing I needed to read the other books before hand, I did like this book and would give it four stars.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the chance to read this in exchange for an honest review
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The story itself speaks so much about what has been happening lately in some parts of the world. It is about our main character, Liverwire, who went rogue and turned against the government she once served. This snowballed into her turning against her former allies, for she chose to secure the welfare of the few over the majority of the population by turning the whole nation into a total power blackout.

Liverwire is a balance of character-driven and plot-driven stories where the character was so empowered and is in control of her own fate. She was well developed and her choices in the story were all consistent with how well she developed from the start. This deluxe edition graphic novel is fast-paced and full of entertainment. The special abilities of the characters were not original, something we have seen before, but it was well executed that it all tied the story well all together.

The thing I didn't like about the piece was the side characters. They fell flat for me. I wish that they were developed more or flesh out more so that they could have added something grander in the story. Their relationships towards the main character were okay, but nothing really stood out and left memorable. Another minor thing that turned me off was how the story started in the beginning. It was so fast and we didn't get a chance to brace ourselves first of what to expect. It really went full force that I caught myself really overwhelmed after reading the first 50 pages. It got better eventually though. The very aggressive start just made sense as I progress in reading the story.

Overall, I love it and I would highly recommend this to all those that are looking for a fast-paced graphic novel that delivers relevant and timely socio-political themes.

NetGalley ARC Educator 550974

There are some who will do whatever it takes to save their family. There are others who will do whatever it takes to be number one. This is a continuation of a series. Can be read as a standalone but you'll be missing context.

Love the diversity and art within the graphic novel. The story is solid and fits in with current events. Hope there will be more added to the story.

3 stars

I should have known I had to read something else before diving into this because I was lost in the beginning and had to go back and asked around friends about what was going on before continuing this book.
I have to say, the art style was interesting and beautiful but the plot... was a but messy and sometimes hard to follow.
I did like the character's arc though even if the story didn't fully convinced me.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the chance to read this in exchange for an honest review

I knew nothing about Livewire before I read this book, so when I first started reading this book I felt a little lost as it just jumps straight into the story after a huge event happened. Amanda McKee aka Livewire is a psiot with technopathic abilities. Before this book, she used her powers to turn off the power in the entire United States to protect her family of psiot kids. This caused untold destruction and loss of life. As a result, she is now on the most wanted list and on the run from the government she used to protect. She is also actively working to protect other psiots and to change views about psiots in general.