While the story of "Cemetery Kids Don't Die," Volume 1, follows four teenagers, Birdie is the true protagonist. Our progression through the story is guided by Birdie's internal monologue. 

The character work in this story was done brilliantly. All four characters were well developed. They all acted in ways that one would expect from teenagers, I'm glad their actions didn't feel too old or too young. The way the characters acted in the story felt realistic both in terms of their ages and the situation they had found themselves in. However, I do think the story fell into the trap which many YA and Middle-Grade novels often fall into, where the authors need the young protagonists to be the ones to deal with certain situations so the adults are unrealistically absent. In this case, the authors had every parental figure show up as little as possible and when they did, their behaviour was odd. The parents were unconcerned or uninvolved not in the way absentee parents would be but in a way where they just weren't well written. 

There was a scene in which a character states that Birdie prefers the game over real life because she has full mobility- which she no longer has in the real world due to an accident. I love how the author handled that situation. While I do not use a wheelchair or any mobility aid myself, I believe the response from Birdie was realistic and and well-done

The story itself was interesting and while I didn't feel frightened reading this book, it was the type of Horror Story where readers can understand why the characters would be terrified and would expect them to be afraid of what they are living through.

Finally, the art style. I loved it! The characters were well-drawn and the art depicted movement in scenes quite well. The art done for the scenes that took place within the game was probably my favourite. While I wasn't horrified I feel comfortable describing the artwork as horrifying and even then I couldn't make myself look away.