This graphic novel series, far better when taken as separate parts to a greater whole, are beautifully written with very appealing art. These are the perfect graphic novels for someone is skeptical about attempting the medium for the first time.

This book was wonderful, and my only complaint is that it ended too abruptly. I hope these characters are brought back into the series at some point soon.

I enjoyed this novella even more than the first one in the change series, London Orbital.

I like the fact New York: The Queen of Coney Island is stand-alone. Although it’s set in the world after the change it’s unrelated to the first book and offers a completely different story rather than a continuation of the same story.

As a series, I was sort of expecting the books to be small parts of the same story and I like that they are quite different.

New York: The Queen of Coney Island is even darker than the first book. The story is better and the characters are better written.

I like how the author continues the mythology of the change and how it affected the world.

I really liked the way the story concluded when Grace and God go to Dreamworld and are lulled into thinking the place is safe. When things so bad it happens fast. I wasn’t expecting that.

This wasn't really my cup of tea. I found it very hard to follow despite it being a short read.

A strange but interesting novella about the surreal state of the world after a mysterious event that changes it.
Anything is possible it seems as things which shouldn't be alive animate themselves and weird and creepy happenings are abound.
Easy to read, the author has some good descriptions and I would like to see how this series wraps up

Who would expect to be begging a Queen in a bouncy castle for safe passage through post apocalyptic cannibal territory in order to reach a prison likely full of corpses? Not Grace, but here she was standing with God, doing exactly that in Novella #2 in Guy Adams' YA horror/action/scifi/wtf series The Change.

In The Change: New York, the same ultimate premise as the first. Everyone sees something in the sky and their lives end instantly. Those who missed the event but see it on film, they go wonky in the brain. Folks like Grace, kept in a cage by her hyper religious uncle, missed it all until his corpse was bloated on the floor and scooted close enough to grab the keys.

On exiting her uncle's remote cabin, Grace finds the world forever modified. Fire fights in the streets when mythical creatures are not stalking humans for a blood and sinew dinner. She is heading to Rikers Island to see if her incarcerated brother is still alive, her last family she is aware of. It is a long shot, eight months after the change, but she is compelled to try, no matter the danger.

How do you get to Rikers? According to Foogs, a talking Puffer Fish creature guarding the gates to Coney Island: ‘Ah... once upon a time that would have been easy, all you had to do was shoot someone in the head. I hear it’s more complicated now. If she likes you, she’ll help.’

The Queen of Coney Island. Once a homeless woman who seems to share the underlying architecture and a historic psychic bond with Coney. Grudgingly willing to help, but everything has a price.

Book two in The Change series followed the same vein as the original. It is YA but highly adult accessible and entirely enjoyable. This book also proved that these Novellas, while a series, are solid stand alone books. If you want to try one out, pick any in the series and give it a shot.

To be honest, this specific book was not my favorite in the series, but it was by no means a poor showing. Each of the novellas are as different as can be, so anyone who reads them all will find themselves hard pressed to not play favorites.

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Disclosure: This book was provided by the publisher for review purposes. As a result, I read it and am providing the above review which may or may not age well in the cellar and get a future generation drunk while looking for home made review juice and not recognizing they grabbed an alcoholic one. Sometimes the review juice is sour. In this case it was sweet, aromatic, and had great mouth feel.

I think this book was put together much better than the first in the series. Overall I'm really liking the story line, I just hope we do get to eventually find out what happens to these characters. This specific book was less graphic than the first and felt much more like I was reading an almost alternate version of "Alice in Wonderland." I'm looking forward to reading the third in the series.

Reading this book is a mixed emotions. I don't know if where will I draw the emotions.

The Change: New York is different story which is more hype than the book 1. I love the setting in which it builds the storyline.

Okay. I get it. The Change is all about apocalypse and weird things during.

I don't see the point of it. Yes, the change. Weird things happen. Weird people haunts everybody who is seems normal. Weird creatures begins to kill people. Okay.

To summed it all up. It was a good read, Fun to read. But one disadvantage of the book is the thought of "where will it get me to end?","The change. Okay. Then what?".

Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read and review the second book in Guy Adams's "The Change" series.
In "The Queen of Coney Island", Grace - after surviving The Change in her uncle's cabin (what really happened is revealed far, far into the book), Grace wants to get to Riker's Island to find her incarcerated brother. Along the way, she's joined by God, and has adventures galore.
From the fertile (and, I'm pretty sure borderline mad) brain of Guy Adams, comes the sequel (sort of) to "London - Orbital". None of the characters re-appear, but the same Change has occurred, and apparently wreaked havoc on Coney Island.
Along the way, we meet some truly weird and wonderful characters: when you meet 'the babies' you'll know what I mean.
All in all, this is truly inspired mayhem. And definitely recommended.

The Change 2: New York is the second installment in Adams' The Change series. The story takes place in New York City where once again the Change has brought with it some incredible and twisted modifications to reality. Grace is a young girl trying to make her way through the chaos to Riker's Island where her brother was last known to reside, pre-Change. The trouble is, getting to Riker's requires the Queen's permission. Yes, that's right- the Queen's. As Grace attempts to make her way and get the necessary permission she befriends "God". God is a kindly but seemingly somewhat delusional man, who takes it upon himself to accompany her on her journey, so as to help protect her and try the human experience on for size. Together they face down a multitude of insanity which includes a living house, fish people, and a bonafide ghost park.

I throughly enjoyed this second book. The humor was amped up and the bulk of the storyline, while still following the basic framework set in book one, was completely fresh and different. I also found the characters and their stories more interesting in New York than those in London's tale. I'd definitely be up for seeing where the author could take each of these stand alone story ideas, to see how each of the storylines plays out in the end.

Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for this early review opportunity.