Allie has grown up fencing and is really good at what she does. Perhaps too good. Perhaps more people than she knows have taken notice of her.

Chris said in his review that this was a strange book all the way through, with a twist near the end so that the book became VERY weird. That is 100% true. I admit, I like the first three-quarters of the book better, where Allie is fencing and dealing with her first real crush at school. I loved her awkwardness and quirkiness, and how she threw herself into her fencing because she didn’t identify with anyone else around her. I loved the art, especially the strange crows flying around in half the panels. The guy she’s interested in, Avery, is so creepy, but it’s hard to tell if he’s just an odd person or something dangerous.

The last quarter of the book, yes, got weird. And colorful, art-wise, opposed to the gorgeous blue monotone of before. I didn’t like the story or the art as much at this point, nor did I like which direction the story went. I would have preferred something much different, but I suppose that was to be expected. It seems to be a pattern for me with most of the graphic novels I’ve read this year – that I really love them to start, and at their climax, they shift and fall short of my expectations. But Foiled was better than most. I can accept the end, even if it’s not the way I wanted it to be. And I really did love the lead-up. It scores higher in my book because of that.