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“Light Carries on” is a supernatural queer romance set in Chicago by Ray Nadine. The story is about Leon, a young man battling PSTD from his time in the military and trying to follow his passion for photography. When his camera gets damaged, Leon takes an old one from his mother’s antique shop, only to realise that a ghost called Cody is tethered to it. At first Cody hijacks Leon’s body and goes for a spin around town, but the two eventually become friends & decide to uncover the mystery behind Cody’s death.
While the artwork is nice and nostalgic, the story isn’t as riveting. There’s something about the lead protagonists that doesn’t feel authentic, despite there being plenty space for their character development in the book. The plot is somewhat like “Cemetery Boys”, also a queer supernatural romance, but with younger protagonists.
While I wasn’t invested enough to read the whole graphic novel at one go, the plot did keep me around till the end. So, it took me almost a week to finish the book and the ending was the kind of cliched climax you’d expect from a story like this. It’s a 3 on 5 from me.