We are welcomed to “the Grand Bug Hotel, where the rooms are luxurious, the guests are eccentric and absolutely EVERYTHING is going wrong. “
This is a very funny graphic novel. We follow close friends Vex and Bo who think they are embarking on the holiday of a lifetime in a five-star insect resort but everything is an chaos. We follow missing luggage, strange guests, confusing room numbers and a map that is hard to follow, a moth who has seen better days, trying to comply with a dress code when you have no luggage, Maud, a Termite Queen, termites who are destroying the hotel, and a hotel manager who may not be what he seems. The story moves at a fast pace and the illustrations are highly entertaining and repay close scrutiny. My favourites are the kitchen and the ballroom. The text is witty and delicious. I loved “Time can be a terrible Diva.”, “I can’t have the closet facing the door, my chakras will never recover.” and “Celebrities never pay for anything. They’re only here for a free ride. At my expense.” A highly entertaining read for anyone aged 7 and over. I hope we see more graphic novels from the talented Ollie Silvester.
Brenda Marshall
The Grand Bug Hotel by Ollie Silvester
Illustrated by Ollie Silvester and Ziggy Hanaor
Cicada Books Limited
ISBN 9781800660687
£14.99
Published 2026
