Love and Lies #7

A red-haired, green-eyed young woman takes center stage on this vibrant volume 7 cover, her hand raised with a delicate red string tied around her finger — a quietly charged image that perfectly captures the romantic tension at the heart of Musawo's series. Love & Lies weaves together questions of fate and free choice in a society where government-assigned marriages are the law, and that small red thread says everything without a single word. A great pick-up point for readers already invested in the series, this 2018 Kodansha USA edition keeps the emotional stakes feeling refreshingly personal.