REVIEW: Space Battle Lunchtime, Vol. 3: A Dish Best Served Cold (graphic novel, vol. 3) by Natalie Riess

Space Battle Lunchtime is a science fiction graphic novel. I bought this volume used.

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Peony has been hired to cater a party held by a semi-deity space empress. Great news! Unfortunately, while she's handling the desserts, her former Space Battle Lunchtime rival, Melonhead, is handling the meal. But they're both professionals. Surely they can handle one party without problems?

Then the space empress falls over dead while eating one of Peony's desserts...and for some reason Neptunia is the one instantly considered a suspect by the empress's guard (who happens to be Neptunia's sister). Peony somehow has to find the true culprit in order to prove her girlfriend's innocence and save her catering business.

REVIEW: Space Battle Lunchtime (graphic novel, vol. 2) by Natalie Riess

Space Battle Lunchtime combines science fiction, humor, and f/f romance. I bought my copy of this volume new.

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Chef Melonhead has arranged for Peony to be kidnapped for the show Cannibal Coliseum. All that's left behind is a note saying that she'd resigned from Space Battle Lunchtime. Thankfully, Neptunia suspects it's a trick, particularly since Melonhead has conveniently presented themselves as an easy replacement contestant for Peony.

Lil' Magicorn practically stole the show. All that murderous, happy sparkle was fun to watch in action, even if only briefly. 

Although there's at least one more volume after this that I know of, the way this one ends makes for a decent, if a bit rushed, stopping point. The only thing I could have used more of was more dashing Neptunia/romantic moments.

All in all, a fun read.

Extras:

Three pages of bonus comics, a recipe for chocolate cupcakes, bonus illustrations, and a two-page look at Riess' coloring process.

REVIEW: Space Battle Lunchtime, Volume One: Lights, Camera Snacktion! (graphic novel, vol. 1) by Natalie Riess

Space Battle Lunchtime is a sci-fi cooking/baking graphic novel.

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The little cafe Peony works at gets a strange new customer, a woman who looks a bit like a frog. The woman, Zonda, suddenly has to get a new contestant for her cooking show, and Peony seems like the best available choice on such short notice. Peony agrees to go with her, not realizing that Zonda is really an alien and that the cooking show, Space Battle Lunchtime, literally has viewers all over the galaxy.

Contestants on SBL are given mystery ingredients that they have to turn into foods (savory or sweet) the judges will like. Peony is the first human who's ever been on the show, the ingredients and kitchen tools are completely unfamiliar to her, and she doesn't even know how to use her kitchen appliances. Still, she'll try her best (and Zonda will get fired if she doesn't). Unfortunately, her best might not be good enough as one of her fellow contestants tries to sabotage her and the others.