These are the children. This is their world. A haunting graphic novel, what if you had Lord of the Flies but made the kids vampires?

This is one of the books from my Comics Plus app I got through my Library #4 subscription in January (and I also read the book in January, haha, yes, my blog is a bit full). It sounded absolutely awesome, and I can tell that this one is definitely one of my favourite books of 2025.

In this book we meet 8 kids, Romie (the eldest though they look the youngest), Billy, Yui, Bats, Vickie, Lucas, Ronnie & Raymond (twins). They live in the ruins of a city (hello to the end of the world). Having fun. Making the most of their days. But these kids are not just any kids. They are vampires. They are having a pretty good life, but they are slowly questioning where their elders went, why they have to follow the rules, they are getting tired of the games. Well, everything changes. Because one day they find a human. And that day is when everything goes topsy turvy. That is when we discover why the elders set the rules, and most specifically the ones saying they shouldn’t feed off humans. Several of the kids try out the man’s blood and well throughout the rest of the story we see how that affects them and sets them off differently from the ones who didn’t drink, the ones who keep following the rules set. Billy was already the most horrendous character, but with the blood drinking he turns totally wild and even more infuriating. It was horrific to see the kids, who used to be such close friends, turn against each other. One group against the other.

Not to mention the addition of humans. Because those who drank blood are unstoppable now. They want more. They need more. And we see the consequences. One of the surviving humans is out for blood. The other is child who is becoming friends with the non-human-blood drinking group and we see how they try their best to keep her alive. To keep her whole and herself. It is a struggle, there is a lot of pain. A lot of action. A lot of OMG, what will happen now. I just couldn’t stop reading.

Out of all the kids I think Yui was my favourite, followed by Romie (especially after their backstory and what they know). As you can see, even I was leaning towards the good group. Though the twins from the bad group also didn’t see the worst at times.

I loved that as the story continues we get a glimpse in each of the kids’ backstories. How they were found. Who was the first. Who the elders are. How they meticulously found each child in various eras. From Romie in 1763 to Yui in 1945 to more recent Billy who lost family in the pandemic. It really gave an insight in each of the kids and I was just crying at quite a few of these. But it was also haunting. Because here you have kids in their deepest despairs, at the end of everything, and then there is a strange man or person (and sometimes even taking the kids who got turned with them) who offers you a chance, never hunger, never alone, no death. What would you do? Though I wonder how much choice the kids truly had. Again, none of them were doing fine, some even at death’s door.

Plus, we also find out why the elders disappeared and why the rules are there. I was gasping. I had expected the whole reason on why the elders left, but the rules? Nope.

Things get quite scary, full of fangs, full of blood, full of terror. I was so into it, I just couldn’t stop reading. I had to go go go, hurry hurry to the end. See what would happen. Who would survive, what they will do when they find the truth. And what would happen to the girl they befriended. The ending was a shock, but a good one. While it was also sad, I think this one was the best course of action in the end. The absolute last bit, oh my gosh. That is all I will say, and I am sure more readers will go OMG as well.

The art was fantastic, haunting, terrifying, beautiful. It is mostly black and white, except for Romie’s art and the blood. That made things just pop out.

All in all, I would HIGHLY recommend this one, if you are in the mood for a Lord of The Flies x Vampires x End of the world, be sure to check it out.