Having moments where Goldie is vulnerable and relatable as a young girl in love was incredibly sweet. That being said, Diane is a great character and I love seeing her and Goldie together. Volume 2 focused a lot on Cheryl and Goldie’s relationship so I guess with Volume 4 focusing more on Diane and Goldie’s relationship, it was understandable but I’ve come to really enjoy Cheryl as a character and definitely wanted more. I read Volume 2 & 3 pretty recently so the only thing that I was kind of missing from Volume 4 was more of Cheryl. For me, the original is always the one that’s the most beloved to me, but this mystery had a little bit more substance to it now that we’ve gotten to know the characters over the last little while. My order in terms of favourite Goldie Vance stories is: Volume 1 (the OG!), Volume 4 (this current one), Volume 3 (Goldie teams up with Sugar Maple), and Volume 2 (underwater astronaut extravaganza). Like Nancy Drew, Goldie Vance is a series that is meant to be picked up in any order. Within Volume 4, there is a character that comes back from a previous volume that we haven’t seen since that volume ,but, aside from some minor confusion initially (in terms of the references they were making), I didn’t find it detrimental to my reading experience. Of course, there are always nuggets that refer to previous material, but Larson (and in this book, Bell) have been good about ensuring that they aren’t essential things that you absolutely have to know. The rest just pick up where the first left off, but not in a way that makes it hard to jump in. The first volume really sets the tone and gives you a great idea of who each of the characters are, and really helps you get to know the setting. If you haven’t read Goldie Vance before, I believe that each of the trades are great to pick up and enjoy without having read the others. Goldie and her friends uncover what might be a KGB plot and Goldie needs all the help she can get to take the bad guys down! Things with the music festival take a turn after mysterious power outages start happening around the town with no explanation. The hotel is hosting a huge music festival that will draw in crowds from near and far, and everyone is rushing around to make it happen. In this volume, Goldie is back at it as a delightful in-house teen detective at the Crossed Palms hotel. That’s another thing to talk about for another day, but yeah: Goldie Vance Vol.
I honestly wish more series went to a trade-only model. Instead, the creators (and probably the publisher) opted to switch over to releasing in trade, which I think is a fantastic move. After the third volume of Goldie Vance, the series stopped coming out in single issues.
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