The pictures are super cute and the message is pretty good, not much violence or anything like that, just some kids wanting to win a band contest. I don't have kids, so this is like me seeing "what the kids are reading." Overall, I'd recommend this book to someone's child, esp if their parents are goths or reformed goths. I got another teen book where the same thing happens, so I guess a lot of teen books add chats into the mix. I liked the pages that were brown with the type over it. And this is nice because it shows kids they should be who they are inside and not just to fit in, even with the kids' cliques who aren't popular. But this book starts out as saying "you are your scene". Well, even in adulthood, cliques rule, you either just forget them or fit in somehow. It might sound stupid to adults, but as a kid, cliques rule. I did like the message that you should be your own scene. Many illustrations of the cute Darq girls at school, in the graveyard, shopping for vintage clothes. Mostly, people my age were called freaks in high school and didn't have literature other than E. It's a simple enough story of a two girls who form a goth band, well Darq band, with the new kid who comes to school. I wish the business books I read followed the lead of DarkStarz Rising, unobtrusively placing the website on a cool picture on page 20, instead of every page saying, "go to the business website.or else." The last chapter of the book is a preview for the next installment in the series, A Light in the Darq (Scarlett and Crimson). It also subtly integrates in a supportive website. These girls are true heroes that you'll want your kids to emulate. Chapter 4: No issues, works perfectly Chapter 5: No issues. DarkStarz Rising is actually totally the opposite. Sadly, DARQ doesnt support ultrawide resolutions, those are not selectable from the. From the cover, I thought this book would be like Emily The Strange, depressing and anti-social. Darq is cool because it includes everyone, and it's about creating, especially music. And, Scarlett and Crimson are creating a new scene called Darq, which is different from the other scenes in their school which exclude everyone else. In my junior high, the only scenes were farmers or heavy metal kids, but today's schools are much more complex. The book uses the word "scene" a lot, which means clique or group. It's a girly book, focusing a lot on relationships, and the group, or "scene" that Scarlett and Crimson are putting together. The themes tackled in this book are lessons I wish I could pass on to kids without sounding like a stodgy, pompous adult: *Be yourself *Do cool things *Don't let people bully you *Stand up for yourself *It's okay to be who you are But instead of sounding outdated like I would, Black does an excellent job with this book communicating those things in a way that's not preachy and that's really relevant to kids.
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