Harley Quinn Vol. 5: The Joker's Last Laugh by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Chad Hardin, Alex Sinclair

Title: Harley Quinn Vol. 5: The Joker's Last Laugh (Harley Quinn II #5)

Author: Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Chad Hardin, Alex Sinclair
Publisher: DC Entertainment

Genre: Comic, Action

Publication: September 20, 2016

My Rating: 3/5

Source: Publisher on NetGalley

MAD LOVE!

Mason Macabre is more than just Harley Quinn s neighbor in her new Coney Island digs he just might be the man of her dreams. But to save his life, she ll have to face the clown of her nightmares!

With Harley and her gang of merry maidens battling to keep innocents out of the crossfire of her enemies latest vendetta, Mason s been whisked away to the one place our hellacious heroine never wanted to set foot in again: Arkham Asylum. Inside its horrific halls, Mason is at the tender mercy of none other than the Joker and Harley and the Clown Prince of Crime have had the mother of all bad break-ups.

Will she and the madman who helped make her what she is kiss and make up long enough for her new beau to escape with his life? Or this time will the joke be on Harley Quinn for good?

It s the reunion you ve been waiting for! Courtesy of acclaimed creative team Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, HARLEY QUINN VOL. 5: THE JOKER S LAST LAUGH proves that when it comes to true love, Harley s not joking around! Collects issues #22-25 of the ongoing series and the special issue HARLEY QUINN: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR."

**I received a free eARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**

This volume is all about Harley standing up for her loved ones and, oh boy, you don't want to mess with Harley's people all right, she'll do the craziest things just to get them to safety.

Mason Macabre is having an awful time in prison and Harley needs to rescue him. Things get even worse when he's transferred to Arkham Asylum, and you all know who's there too.

Not only are there some really good Joker references that made me feel incredibly bad for Harley.

But he also makes an appearance, and it makes for one hell of a reunion between these two! Not pretty at all, and with a lot of tension.

After all this drama, there's another story included, where Harley finds a genie in a lamp and gets all the wishes she wants, however ridiculous they may be. And most of them are ridiculous all right, it's Harley Quinn we're talking about. She even pulls a prank on the Justice League with these wishes.

And don't you just love how this woman always ends up befriending her enemies? It's endearing.

This volume was great and I loved that there was so much art included as well! I especially enjoyed seeing the sketches, so we get to see part of the process that goes into creating these comics.

I just hope we get to see more of Harley interacting with the Joker in the future.

What do you think of Harley and her relationship with the Joker?

Thank you for reading! ♥