You know those stories about ladies who deserve the throne but men think they’re the worthy ones? This is one of those. And that’s great – I love a good return to power story.

But, to have a good story in those molds, we need to love no tonly the princess, but her companions too. I did connect with the princess, but her companions felt more like something to fill pages with.

The pages were full enough with beautiful art, the colours made everything make sense, there was no need to have characters as set dressing.

Rating: 4 stars – a really fun ride

By the description I thought I'd really enjoy this, but it didn't live up to my expectations unfortunately.

It’s really hard to summarize this book. The story is not very extent but it’s hard to say what it is without spoiling too much. Basically, it’s about a princess who has lost her throne. She is captured but two of her friends are able to save her.
The first thing I noticed in this graphic novel was how gorgeous the art is. The colors are different and the drawing style is beautiful.
The characters had potential but, because of the way the story was presented, I did not connect fully with them. The story also ended too early. I know this is only the first part of the first volume but it should have a better ending, a more exciting one to make the readers want to pick the rest of the series. But that did not happen. It ended mid-story, with only a few high-action events.
Maybe if I read the full volume instead of only the first, I would have enjoyed it more. But I didn’t.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a earc of this book.

This was only the first part of the first volume. I liked the art a lot except how the faces were drawn. I thought the text was a bit small though. The story line was okay I guess I was expecting something different. I could see it getting better with each parts and volumes but I wasn’t hooked to want to keep reading.

I loved the artwork of The Golden Age. I also enjoyed the world of the story and its ideas, but it felt a little short. I wish either more character could have been explored in this volume or more plot. That said, I will be looking out for the next book.

Such a beautiful graphic novel - I love that the artwork was significantly different from most others published these days. I also really appreciated the depiction of the Middle Ages, which is also not usually the subject of a graphic novel.
It did, however, feel somewhat incomplete; I think the setting was well developed, but characters and actual plot left something to be desired. Maybe in the following volume?

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the free e-copy to review


Let me begin by saying I absolutely adored the artwork, I love graphic novels and the art alone kept me reading this even though I wasn’t that drawn by the story of the book. I found the story to be a bit chaotic, I liked the basic premise of the story, the royal betrayed and having to take refuge in a village of women. However, I just felt the author couldn’t decide where he wanted to go and kept getting sidetracked and distracted in the story, hence feeling it was a bit chaotic. It would have got 2 stars for the story but I loved the art so much it deserved 3 stars for that.

Eine Prinzessin, ins Exil verbannt. Ein Ritter, der ihr den Rücken deckt. Sein junger Knappe, der ihnen folgt. Nur gemeinsam können sie Tilda den Thron zurückgewinnen, den ihr Bruder ihr gestohlen. Doch auf dem Weg zu ihrem Ziel müssen sie sich Revolten und Gefahren stellen, von den sie noch nichts ahnen. Jeder von ihnen muss Prüfungen bestehen, die seine Gesinnung auf die Probe stellen – und eine mystische Schrift über ein Reich der Freiheit könnte das gesamte Land verändern …

Der erste Part von „The Golden Age“ hat mich mit dem bezaubernden Cover angelockt, das mich an die alten Anfänge der Disney-Filme zurückerinnert hat. Der Zeichenstil ist sehr opulent und ausgeschmückt, vielfarbig und altertümlich, sodass man sofort in die mittelalterlich anmutende Welt eingesorgen wird.

Tilda und ihre Gefährten, die ihr helfen wollen, ihren rechtmäßigen Platz auf dem Thron wieder einzunehmen, fand ich sehr sympathisch. Schnell wird klar, dass hier viel mit Schwarz-Weiß-Gesinnungen gearbeitet wird und die Charaktere relativ einfach in gut und böse zu unterteilen sind. Da hätte ich mir an manchen Stellen noch mehr Tiefe gewünscht. Außerdem hatte ich an einigen Stellen ein paar Probleme, der Handlung in den Panels zu folgen, weil ich eine Weile gebraucht habe, um zu erkennen, dass Personen manchmal mehrfach in einem Panel auftreten und reden, um einen zeitlichen Ablauf darzustellen.

Die Handlung von „The Golden Age“ war ziemlich spannend und gut dargestellt und ich habe schon recht früh mitgefiebert. Es sind zwar altbekannte Motive, aber ich bin gespannt, wie sich vor allem Tilda weiterentwickeln wird und was es mit den Visionen auf sich hat, die sie manchmal befallen und sie in einer Ritterrüstung zeigen. Dementsprechend freue ich mich auf Part 2 und warte mal ab, wie es darin weitergehen wird und ob die Geschichte und die Charaktere noch mehr Tiefe erhalten werden.

An interesting graphic novel. It has a cool storyline. But the real shine of this one is in its art style. I love it.

This is an excellent start to what promises to be an intriguing story.

In this first volume a princess is betrayed by her brother and deposed from her throne. She is sent into exile but on the way she is rescued by a loyal knight and his ward. Then comes a chase through the forest and the princess is hunted by her enemies. The trio manage to escape from their pursuers and they find a refuge in community of women but there are secrets and intrigue everywhere and this community has secrets of its own. This first volume shows that this will be a dramatic and adventurous series accompanied by some great art.

Copy provided by Europe comics via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

Oh God, I love Cyril Pedrosa and his comics! He doesn't fail this time either. The Golden Age is a story set in the past when there were royals and betrayal was the norm. An exiled princess, who's lost to her brother, is now fleeing for her life with a couple of knights only to meet hardships one after the other. She ends up in a village with women only and the place seems to contain secrets, and the princess herself sees dreams and odd occurrences that seem to have something to do with the Golden Age, a lost book. Pedrosa's imagination is wild and the atmosphere is magical and scary even. The story moves in bits and pieces with beautiful pictures that end up telling so much more. The rhythm is perfect and tranquil with a looming darkness and the plot moves slowly, which makes this so juicy!

The art is purely magnificent and all the panels could be paintings on their own. The colors vary from gold to dark and murky tones with fine and simple line art. The comic looks like a wood carving and there's hardly any black lines, but instead color lines everywhere. The Golden Age looks like all the seasons mixed together and feelings take forms and colors making this a rich experience like no other. I wish this had been longer and slower even still, since I wanted to enjoy this even more. The Golden Age is surely indulgence and the cover is beautiful like no other. Still, it's scary and suffocating too and leaves you with a wow effect. I need to read more.

This could probably be an interesting title if the author could just decide what it's supposed to be about, but this first volume just seemed to meander from random thing to random thing and also didn't really feel like a complete idea either. The art style was definitely unique and I love the landscapes but the way the characters' faces are drawn is definitely not my cup of tea. I could see this getting more interesting in the future but this volume doesn't really make me interested enough to read more.

'The Golden Age' by Cyril Pedrosa and Roxanne Moreil with art by Cyril Pedrosa is a beautiful graphic novel with an interesting story at it's heart.

The death of a king seems to bring a princess the kingdom, but when her younger brother makes an armed play for the throne, she finds herself on the run. Joining her are a loyal knight and his young companion. They are pursued, and the princess is wounded. They find themselves in a hidden enclave full of warrior women who are trying to live at peace.

The art in this graphic novel is lush and beautiful. The story is interesting and I want to read more of it. Hopefully I'll get a chance to.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

This is one my first forays in to the graphic novel world. I was blown away by the beautiful, whimsical and colourful art as well as the plot. I felt immersed in the world and the story. This was a great introduction to the series and I cannot wait for the next one!

Thank you to Net galley for providing me with an arc of this book.

This graphic novel has a very original art style that I haven't seen before but I personally don't like it. The colours are very harsh and it makes spotting characters and reading the speech bubbles difficult as they're not in the usual colours. The font was also very hard to read in some places and I had to guess at what word should be used from the rest of the text.

For me, it felt like there was a chunk missing from the start of the novel to explain what had happened and it felt like I'd been thrown in partway through a story.

I also feel like this story has been done before and it just didn't capture my attention enough to carry on with the series.

DNF – singular design, but it's not a style of art that makes for an easy 'read', and the script itself is totally uninteresting, veering as it does from bickering serfs to court, and providing no context for anyone whatsoever. I don't know if it's fantasy, historical fiction, whimsy, or what – and a quarter of the way through I should at least know something about the book other than that the artwork is cleverly impenetrable.

This was a good graphic novel. The story is pretty predictable but still enjoyable and I liked the art style. Overall I liked it and I'm interested to see where the story goes from here.