The first half of the book is almost leisurely, with the first dates and sightseeing only broken up by occasional interruptions by Slade’s henchmen and appearances of the two leads’ powers.
With several days until they meet their mysterious benefactor-who neither knows is the same person-they start to bond. That rough start leads to one meeting after another where he finally convinces her he’s worth the time of day.
As if it wasn’t hard enough to try to find vegetarian options in a BBQ joint. The two meet-cute in a restaurant, where a misunderstanding involving Gar’s monkey leads Raven to think he’s a creepy.
The problem is, this segment goes on essentially for most of the book. We follow their train journey and their early awkward days in Nashville, which will be familiar to many flat-broke teen road-trippers. The book starts off with little action in sight, save for Max following Raven to try to keep tabs on her sister while not being seen. This is a very deliberately paced book, following Beast Boy and Raven as they make separate trips to Nashville to meet up with the common thread between the two books-Slade, the mysterious handler who no doubt has sinister intentions for both of them. Kami Garcia has mostly written for adults before, which is why it’s surprising just how easily she slips into the YA format. Neither of them are really the characters we know yet-but that’s part of the appeal. Beast Boy, meanwhile, joined the story as a vegetarian teen with an odd medical condition and very secretive parents. We first met Raven as a troubled teen who recently lost her mother and gained a new foster sister, as well as some creepy powers and a tagalong demon. Ray: The first long-form narrative to come out of the DC young-adult graphic novel line concludes this week, with crime writer Kami Garcia and fanartist-turned-pro Gabriel Picolo uniting one more time to finally team up their two heroes. Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven – Kami Garcia, Writer Gabriel Picolo/Rob Haynes, Artist David Calderon, Colorist Ray – 8/10 Beast Boy Loves Raven cover via DC Comics.
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