- Fantasy
- Brume collection
- Ages 7–11
Brume
Part of the collectionBrume→Best for young fantasy readers who want a funny, beautifully painted magical quest with a plucky heroine, a loyal pig and a mystery that deepens book by book.
- Books3
- Arcs1
- Span2025–2026
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
A painted fantasy graphic novel series following Brume, a headstrong girl determined to become a witch despite spells that constantly misfire. When her father slips her a mysterious spellbook, she blunders into real magic and a real mystery: the disappearance of Naïa, the great witch who has always protected the village, and eventually the secret of Brume's own origins. With her friend Hugo and a devoted pet pig at her side, she quests through fogbound villages, the haunted Forest of Lost Souls and stranger territories still, meeting dragons, the fearsome Ankou, a warm-hearted yeti and a pack of fiery fairies. Jérôme Pélissier keeps the tone light and funny while steadily unspooling the plot, and Carine Hinder's lush, cinematic artwork gives it real sweep. Translated from the French, it is an accessible, good-hearted fantasy for newly confident readers.
Best for young fantasy readers who want a funny, beautifully painted magical quest with a plucky heroine, a loyal pig and a mystery that deepens book by book.
Primary themes
Overall tone
- Funny
- Whimsical
- Adventurous
- Warm
Read in order. The three volumes form one continuous quest, the hunt for the missing witch Naïa and the truth about Brume's past, that builds across the run and pays off in book three.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- INarrative arcLow sensitivity
The quest for Naïa
A wannabe witch and her friends quest to find a vanished witch and uncover the secret of Brume's own past.
The opening Brume arc is a single continuous quest. It begins with Brume's very first spell smothering the village in fog just as a fire-breathing dragon wakes nearby, and with the unsettling disappearance of Naïa, the witch who has always kept the village safe. Determined to understand her mysterious spellbook and find Naïa, Brume leads Hugo and her faithful pet pig deeper into danger, through the haunted Forest of Lost Souls and a brush with the death-stalking Ankou, before pressing on into stranger country full of yetis and fiery fairies. Along the way the real question sharpens: who is Brume, and what does the spellbook have to do with her past? Book three draws the threads together, delivering a satisfying turn in the mystery of the young witch's origins while keeping the banter and warmth that define the run.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
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- Best fit · 7–11
- Read aloud · 6–9
- Independent · 7–11
Reluctant-reader friendliness
High
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Adult crossover
Low
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
Similar in feel
Different shelves, same wavelength.
- Hilda →
- Sorceline →
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