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He thought his girlfriend kept him grounded, but he got a shock one night

Static Up All Night (volume 1) by Lamar Giles

December 17, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Static Up All Night (volume 1) by Lamar Giles and illustrated by Paris Alleyne is a nice teen superhero story. Our main character, Virgil, is trying to balance a normal life and being a superhero. Set in the DC universe, we have mutant humans (mostly still looking human) that were created by a supposedly safe gas. Afterwards, those who made it were given some sort of powers (one girl hasn’t slept literally since it happened, so she has time to study, do multiple jobs, and […]

But I’m one of the good guys.

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

March 7, 2020 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Del has it bad for Kiera Westing, and he’s crushed on her almost his entire life, from kindergarten to high school. But the girl always has a boyfriend, and he can never seem to get the timing right to snag her during the in-between times. But this time when she finally becomes available, Del may have an in. See, Kiera doesn’t seem to be in a rush to find a new boyfriend – she is taking it so slow, she has joined the Purity Pledge […]

Great premise, poor follow through

October 25, 2015 by yesknopemaybe Leave a Comment

I adore a well spun revenge tale. The premise for Endangered promised such a story, but unfortunately the follow through was… lacking. Lauren “Panda” Daniels goes to a normal high school with the usual social divisions: the bullies, the kids keeping their heads down, the popular kids, the freaks, etc. Panda is one of the students keeping their heads down during the day, but on her off time she likes to get revenge on the bullies and unprincipled by photoblogging their misdeeds. Knock down one […]

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