Thank you so much for providing me with this comic. The story is fun and cool and the artwork is beautiful and worked really well for me.

An interesting premise, and I have a soft spot for any book where the cool best friend is a Librarian, but it's a little slow and not the most exciting thing ever. Props for including a non-neurotypical heroine though!

You're expecting a genie from that title, right? "Yes, there are genies. The lamp thing. The flying carpets. They put so much effort into the publicity side. But fairies have been in the business of granting three wishes since the Neanderthal era. (They wished for mammoths. And sloths. So many sloths. It was a different time.)" And who should know better than Oberon, freshly freed and now owing the traditional three to his liberator? Oberon who is here depicted as a large, hirsute gent who is very keen on cheese ("I remember when they invented cheese. It was like: 'Whaaat, the milk went off and it turned into THAT?' So then they tried letting everything else go off, and that wasn't so great."). Not to mention certain other appetites: "I'm wondering about a situation where one could have sex with a lot of people at the same time. And possibly there could be chemical stimulants? And also music, and food, and perhaps a recitation of traditional poetry? Is that all still a thing?" Put it this way: I've never felt so represented by a character in anything Paul Cornell has written, and one of them literally had my name. As a pedantic sod, I also very much identify with Oberon's delight in doing the traditional dick move and granting wishes exactly as stated, generally to the disadvantage of the wisher. Except that this time he's been released by Kelly, a punctilious lawyer who very much doesn't do spontaneity, so when she wishes for world peace the wish has six clauses, thirty-four sub-clauses, and works exactly as intended. Putting some very powerful noses out of joint, but even when they hire the world's greatest assassin, he hasn't got many options beyond disconsolately asking whether she's ever considered suicide. Still, it's annoying, so Oberon and Kelly go on the run, along with her best friend Annie, who has been trying for ages to convince Kelly to be more spontaneous and whose own ideas for the wishes are somewhat less altruistic, not least because as a librarian she understands that "People, Kelly, are ignorant, selfish and awful." On the other hand, she's also the one whose tweet alerted the establishment to Kelly being the one responsible for the new dispensation...

And that's all in the first third of this. It's a wonderful romp, Cornell letting his comedy side off the leash, and Steve Yeowell meeting that with his best art in years which, OK, may not be up there with his Zenith/Invisibles pomp, but is leaps and bounds beyond the sparse, barely-there stuff he's been 'phoning in to 2000AD in recent years. If I have a quibble, it's that while a lot of social commentary arises naturally from the set-up and from Oberon's status as an outsider in the modern world ("this 'money' thing that seems to have got really out of hand"), every so often the needle screeches off the record as Cornell feels the need to crowbar in a bit he seemingly couldn't have arising naturally but was too fundamentally nice to drop. The energy does flag a little towards the end, as the story does a Death Note and gets caught up in the technicalities of its magic system, but where that was multiple volumes of excessive 'Aaaah', here it's only for 20-odd pages, so the charm of the whole enterprise carries it through.

(Netgalley ARC)

I’ve been trying to get into graphic novels more recently and I do appreciate the art and concept of this one however I felt as though the story line lacked something. It was rather short and rushed and in places the story just didn’t satisfy me as a reader. I wanted more from the concept and found that the heavy politics really took away from the fantasy of a fairy king who granted wishes. The humour of the characters was apparent and they played well off each other but some of the side stories such as Michael didn’t seem necessary and although I understand his relevance and significance to the theme of wishes I felt his character lacked muster and need. I didn’t really connect with Kelly as a main character and felt as though her friend Annie would have been a more interesting MC. I did enjoy Pigeonly’s scenes as he made for an entertaining addition.
Overall the characters alone were well formed and connected and interacted well but the general story just didn’t feel like it lived up to the concept.

I DNF'd this one: I couldn't follow the jumpy dialogue and really didn't like (and never have the liked) the American style of comics.

Take a very, very uptight lawyer, add in a chance for only 3 wishes, and watch the squirming begin. Only this time it is Oberon twisting in the wind since Kelly Clarkson specified exactly what the wish should be with exception clauses and no loop-holes for tricky Fae to create mischief with. But all is not peace and good cheer! Nope, the animal waste has hit the proverbial fan when politicians try to horn in and love enters the fray. Will Kelly Clarkson manage to get exactly what she wants with her 3 wishes or will Murphy win again? An enjoyable fable nicely done. Not often do you get to see a lawyer as a hero! Also nice to have a helpful librarian along!

Thanks Netgalley for the chance to read this title!

This graphic novel takes the three wishes trope and turns it on its head.

Kelly works hard and isn't really convinced her life is missing anything. Then her best friend challenges her to do something rash and stupid...

Enter the last fairy, with wishes to grant. Things don't go according to plan; readers should definitely toss their preconceived ideas into the wind on this one. 😉

The writing is quirky and engaging, the artwork is bright and bold, with that old-Hollywood vibe, and the ultimate ending is worth the time.

Comic fans will definitely enjoy this.

I was looking forward to reading this graphic based on the book description, but it fell flat for me. I feel like Kelly needed more of a backstory before finding Oberon. Many of the characters and their stories felt rushed.

I wasn’t really a fan of this book. I really liked the premise (a lawyer gains possession of a vengeful wish granting fairy) but it didn’t quite work as well as I would have liked. The humor did not work for me. For example, the main character was written to be an overthinker which I believe was supposed to be humorous. Instead she comes across as annoying. A lot of the dialog does not feel believable. I really like the art and enjoyed the character development that came later in the story but it took too long to get there.

This was a good story line, but I wish that the characters were more developed. The main character found the bottle within the first 3-4 pages and so we didn't really get a lot of background information on who she is, why is acts the way she does, and why she was interested in auctions to begin with. The same goes for the other characters- their personalities were too quickly thrown in and not fully fleshed out. The plot seemed to get a little hectic halfway through and so many things were happening.

When Kelly Castleton—a real type-A lawyer—finds a Fairy king trapped in a bottle, she gets three wishes. Her detail-orientated and organized personality helps her to use all of them VERY wisely. This comic book was okay. It was a little cheesy. The characters weren’t very developed. It was predictable. And, honestly, a fairy (instead of a genie) granting three wishes just wasn’t an original enough plot. I finished the book, so it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever read, but it just was sort of “meh” overall.