Katie is edging towards thirty and keenly setting up her second restaurant, only things aren't going according to plan, with a blown out budget and more work than she'd expected. That changes the night Lis appears, sitting on top of her dresser with a mushroom, a notebook and a promise. Write down your mistake, eat the mushroom, and get the chance to relive it.
I love love love Bryan Lee O'Malley's earlier series, Scott Pilgrim Versus the World, and Seconds is such a compelling follow up. It explores a lot of the things O'Malley clearly loves - stranger magic, comings of age happening later than you'd expect, friendships and lost moments. It's all beautifully told through Katie too, who's flawed and angry and more lost than she realises. Her actions are never unbelievable, even if they do make you cringe, and her slow burn towards adulthood happens so perfectly. Plus the illustrations are wooonderful.
4 out of 5 layered up house spirits.
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