My review of vols. 11-12 of xxxHOLiC is now up at Manga Life. An excerpt:

CLAMP’s art in this series continues to be spectacular. They eschew the use of most screentones in the art of xxxHOLiC, and the resulting combination of deep blacks and clean white space is very striking and helps establish the series’ often spooky atmosphere. The imagery is equally memorable and evocative. Sakura petals drift through Watanuki’s dreams; silhouettes of strange winged figures darken the sky; a figure dissolves into a cloud of butterflies.

For those of you too lazy to click the link, the short version is: read this series. It’s one of my absolute favorites–sometimes funny, sometimes scary, and sometimes heartbreaking.