Unnatural, Vol. 2: The Hunt

The second volume of this trilogy is not as strong as the first, largely because it's moved away from the social commentary and exploration of the setting and into a relatively straight-up action story. For the whole of this volume, Leslie is on the run, so that it largely consists of a series of captures and escapes. That's perhaps the sort of thing one gets in the middle volume of a trilogy and, in fairness, there are other plot developments as we learn more about the wolf in Leslie's dreams and about the people chasing her. There are dystopian elements, and we can sympathise with Leslie's response to the frequent bloody violence of this section of the story. And the artwork, of course, remains excellent. Just enough to nudge it into 4-star territory, but it's still something of a let-down after volume 1.