Unfortunately this fell very flat. Little to no real plot but has a lot of potential so I’ll stick around for #2. The graphics were good tho!

With a title like this, you sort of know where the story is going. The art was great and colorful with the left shades for the tone of the chapter. I liked all the little nods to the real Mouse supreme, whether it be with the name of the characters or ways to 'tell' you without copyright infractions.
One thing though. This is NOT for kids. This is rather violent and is definitely for adults who like slasher movies or dark retellings (ish).
Overall, it was wild and kept my attention through the story!

Tanith should be at college, but instead, she’s working at her local Storybook Kingdom to find inspiration for her dream job as an escape room designer. However, after the former Briar Rose has a meltdown and vanishes, Tanith is suddenly tasked with taking on her role as the new Briar Rose. The story takes a dark turn when she and a friend discover the grisly remains of Briar Rose. As the park attempts to cover up the murder, Tanith embarks on a quest to uncover the truth.

After following a lead that ends up dead right in front of her by a girl with no hands. Tanith and her friend soon realise these murders mirror the original fairy tales. With the park trying to cover it up before word gets out and more and more cast showing up dead, each more gruesome than the last, can Tanith find the killer before it finds her?

I really enjoyed this story, I liked how they didn’t just stick with the more common stories but branched out to some of the less known ones. The characters were engaging and interesting, and the art was phenomenal and perfect for this story.

This is a fabulous story that is perfect for anyone who loves a good murder mystery, thriller, or the original fairy tales.

I’m not sure what I was expecting with this book - but it was better. As weird as it was - with a spooky murderous Disney-like park - the story was highly entertaining!

There is a serial killer on the loose on the park, and the crimes are following the story tales’s trajectory - but the original stories, filled with death and revenge. You never really know who the killer really is.

Very entertaining and a great way to get curious about more fairytales.

I gotta admit that this one had a lot of potential because the plot was really interesting & unique but the execution fell flat.

To explain a bit, we follow Tanith who works in the Storybook Kingdom theme park that is fashioned upon the fairy tales and is focused on giving the children the place of their dreams. But when a cast member is murdered according to the original Grimms' Fairy Tales, Tanith is forced to fight for her life and also find the culprit because if she fails, she could end up as the next victim, so she must run against the clock & capture the culprit red-handed.

Well, I think the plot sounds really fun & exciting esp for a thriller or horror fan like me cuz the book combines Agatha Christie vibes with the Slasher vibes perfectly in idea, but on paper it doesn't translate well as lots of dialogues are left incomplete & are incoherent which creates this loss of understanding to the readers.

Still, I'd say that the artwork is amazing & perfect for this plot as it embodies the grotesque aspects of a Slasher very well and the characters were also done to look unique in their own ways. In a way, it was nostalgic to see the OG Grimms' Fairy Tales in here cuz I'm someone who likes dark tales than the diluted & pure version of these days.

Overall, I'd recommend this if you're looking for a gory mystery comic with some nostalgic vibes in it.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for providing a free e-graphic novel arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The concept of this graphic novel was great. A knock off Disney based around The Grimm fairytales where cast members all of a sudden start getting murdered. Seemed like a great idea, but it was poorly executed. The story kept jumping around a bit too much. The characters didn't seem to have any depth to them whatsoever, and you can pretty much guess what's going on.

The dark humor and random quips throughout the story were good, but not enough to save it. There is a continuation of the story that will be coming out, but I don't think I'll be reaching for it.

This sounded fun but honestly it wasn't really for me. There's nothing wrong with it specifically I think I'm just not the target audience

This one wasn't for me, but I'm sure it's for someone. It's not poorly written or anything, it's just a little stranger that I prefer.

A very interesting look into a twisted world of fairy tale deaths.

The artists use of color is fabulous. The use of heavy contrasting colors to set of key moments of tension works visual wonders. Some of the dialogue between characters can be stagnant, but it is a quick, and overall interesting tale.

2.5

This story feels too highly of its mystery. It feels like a bunch of bland murder mystery cliches interspersed with extremely graphic gore. I was startled by just how gore-filled this comic was! I knew it involved a lot of murder, obviously, but the deaths are so gore filled that it completely distracts from the plot. This plot also had so many moving parts that tried to be crazy plot twists that just felt boring. The art style was fine, but it also felt very basic. This story was just a massive flop for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!

I did not understand anything that was going on !!
liked the gore and the colour palette but the storyline lost me from page 5 !

Murder Kingdom #1 is a wild ride from start to finish. The theme park setting, with its eerie behind-the-scenes chaos, is both ridiculous and taken to the extreme—in a way that makes it irresistibly entertaining. The “killer among us” vibe adds a refreshing twist, blending gore, dark humor, and clever nods to a certain famous theme park. Fast-paced and thoroughly engaging, this first installment delivers exactly what you’d hope for: thrills, laughs, and a good dose of carnage.

This was a pretty fun upper teen comic.

As someone who knows a great deal of people who either currently or formerly were employed at an infamous mouse theme park, I really enjoyed the nods to how a theme park of that scale operates.

For adults the messaging might be heavy handed but a lot of today's teens haven't really grown up experiencing the original eras of Disney so it might feel pretty fresh to them!

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me an ARC of this title.

Murder Kingdom is just plain fun!

I didn’t know I needed to read about a serial killer in a copy right safe version of Disneyworld until I picked this title up.

In Storybook Kingdom, a theme park built around public domain fairy tale characters (sweet idea), actors start dropping left and right, mysteriously murdered in the same grisly ways their characters died in the original Grimm’s Fairytales. Our main character, Tanith, is a park employee playing Briar Rose (a legally separate entity from Sleeping Beauty) is going to get to the bottom of things…. if it kills her.

I greatly enjoyed this comic. I found it to be a refreshingly original idea executed with competent artistic flair and well-seasoned with whip smart, pitch black humor. Honestly, the Disney jokes alone are enough to make this book. But beyond the comedic elements, smart writing, and interesting characters, Murder Kingdom is also a well-crafted murder mystery à la Agatha Christie. Like the best mysteries, there are hints sprinkled throughout, no shortage of suspects, and you’re given all the information needed to solve it before the case is closed.

Pick this title up for a good mystery, a few laughs, and a bloody good time.

What an absolute ride this was! From the first few pages I knew I was going to love this.

The concept was so fun yet gory. It was the perfect mix of comedy and slasher horror. Using characters we know and love worked really well as did the setting of a character based theme park.

The characters, whilst lacking depth, keep me entertained and I'll be interested to see what the future brings for them.

The plot was fast meaning there was no opportunity to grow bored or frustrated with nothing happening.

Overall this was a really enjoyable read and I look forward to future volumes!