Received for free from the publisher via a Goodreads giveaway.

From inside cover:

"This is an advance, uncorrected proof."
"Finished book will print in full color."

So, yes, the book is in black and white for this copy. The only full color pages are the cover and the inside of the front and back cover.
This proof's cover feels like a comic book; I don't know if that's how the finished book will feel and look.

Suee and the Shadow by Ginger Ly

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


**Received via a Goodreads Giveaway**

Suee and the Shadow is a cute and somewhat dark story of a 12-year-old transferring to a new school who distances herself from the other students. She makes excuses for not becoming anyone's friend and so attracts something dark and sinister to herself.

All-in-all a good story despite some loose ends/unanswered questions. Why can Haeun see the shadow? SPOILER-->Why didn't anyone try to help the potter's daughter? I know she did a lot of evil things, but she was a child when this happened to her and she was trapped in that pot for a very long time. The psychological torture of being alone and thinking no one cared about you. Very sad and now, still no one cares. All she wanted was to have a friend. Sure she went about it the wrong way, but a friend could mellow her out and keep her out of mischief. <--END SPOILER

There was also a parallel story going on in the "adult world" that you see along the way, but it's not fully acknowledged by Suee or the other students. At first, I thought this was due to trying to tie up the story too quickly at the end. But then I thought it had more to do with how kids view the world. They see some of the things going on in the adults' world but they don't really care? acknowledge? or maybe recognize what is going on and it just plays as a backdrop to their own story.

The graphics were excellent, and even though this was an unfinished proof (the finished book is to be full color), I felt the black and white graphics were perfect!

Sent to my niece in Ohio. Hope she likes it!