Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater & Illustrated by Morgan Beem

Twins Alec and Walker Holland have a reputation around town. One is quiet and the other is the life of any party, but they are inseparable. For their last summer before college, the two leave the city to live with their rural cousins, where they find that the swamp holds far darker depths than they could have imagined.

While Walker carves their names into the new social scene, Alec recedes into a summer school laboratory, because he brought something from home on their trip—it’s an experiment that will soon consume him. This season, both brothers must confront truths, ancient and familial, and as their lives diverge, tensions increase and dormant memories claw to the surface.

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My Review 3.5/5 Stars 

A new origin story for Swamp Thing, this story follows twins, Alec and Walker Holland. Complete opposites but the brotherly connection and love for one another absolute. Both are willing to do whatever for the other and will never abandon the other. After catching Alec and Walker catch their father cheating on their mom, they leave to spend the summer with their cousins. Alec isn't great with people. He doesn't understand them much, but he does understand plants and loves to do research. But when his plants are destroyed when they arrive at the swamp, he is devastated but determined to start over and see if he can fix the damage. His experiments are basically trying to capture the memories of plants. And the more experiments done, the weirder things get. I really enjoyed this graphic novel. Especially that it wasn't too long ago that I watched the new DC show, Swamp Thing. Though very different from this novel, it was nice to see a different interpretation of these characters from the original comics. Great story!