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It’s the end for Haru

Haru Book 3: Fall by Joe Latham

June 5, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In volume three of this series, Haru Book 3: Fall, our hero Haru must follow one of the last troupes of mythology and the journey of the hero. Haru is a non-binary blue-colored bird (with a younger sibling, a pig best friend, and a ghost robin mother) that has in volumes one (Spring) and two (Summer), traveled and fought the evil of the land, but in three we must take the trip to the Afterlife to be reborn. Joe Latham’s characters continue the journey started […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: animals, friendship, Joe Latham, LGBTQ, siblings, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:291 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: animals, friendship, Joe Latham, LGBTQ, siblings, Social Themes ·
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Second Verse, Same as the First! But a little bit louder and darker

Haru Book 2: Summer by Joe Latham

August 30, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In February 2024 I read book one of Haru by Joe Latham (or Haru 1: Spring). In August of 2024 I read Haru Book 2: Summer still by Joe Latham. Both were read via an online reader copy but I was thinking I would purchase copies of both when book two came out. However, it is not due until October 2024 and I am glad I did not wait. This is because Book Two is much darker than Book One was. Things are more layered […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: family, folklore, friendship, Joe Latham, Journeys, magic, mythology, siblings, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:422 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: family, folklore, friendship, Joe Latham, Journeys, magic, mythology, siblings, Social Themes ·
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Outside of their comfort zone

Haru: Book 1: Spring by Joe Latham

February 9, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Haru: Book 1: Spring by Joe Latham is a fantasy story with the fantasy elements of adventure. There is a ghost mother, a cursed artifact, and magical and magical-like situations. We also have a coming of age aspect with the bullying Haru faces at school. Then there is the character The Dark. It is creepy AF. But also, due to the way Latham has created it, it can be seductive, or at least is (pick one or all that fit), beautiful, romantic, dark, scary, creepy, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery Tagged With: animals, bullying, coming-of-age, family, friendship, Joe Latham, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:60 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery · Tags: animals, bullying, coming-of-age, family, friendship, Joe Latham, Social Themes ·
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