Super-hero – Cannonball Read 17

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Villains' Vignettes Volume 1 by Drew Hayes

July 23, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 4: Hold Steady Drew Hayes has been one of very few authors who has been both reasonably consistent and prolific without getting dull; he’s also a favorite of mine, so for all those reasons, he counts as Holding Steady. What’s new is that Villains’ Vignettes Vol 1 is a story without a connecting plot building; the three tales are a bit long to be short stories, so maybe we’ll call them novelettes. The style somehow manages to be straightforward but still have snappy dialogue […]

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Heroine Worship by Sarah Kuhn

August 15, 2021 by Dome'Loki 2 Comments

CBR 13 Bingo: Rec’d – I’m reading this series because of teresaelectro’s recommendation! Heroine Worship is the second book in Sarah Kuhn’s “Heroine Complex” series. In the first volume, Heroine Complex Evie Tanaka is a restrained, quiet assistant and best friend of super heroine, Aveda Jupiter, with a secret, she’s been hiding her own fire superpower. This time around, Aveda is the narrator and the story picks up about three months after the events in the first novel. It is discovered that a minor demon is […]

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Bones of the Past by Drew Hayes

February 7, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Villain’s Code 1 may have been the first thing by Drew Hayes that I read. Now that it was finally time for a sequel, I was kind of excited to see that world again. Villain’s Code 2 is titled Bones of the Past and that’s pretty much an accurate description on a couple of levels. First, the main focus of book 1, Tori, who is now a new villain starting to find her place in the world, is not as much the focus; but she’s […]

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Goodnight, Little Superhero by Jennifer Adams

Goodnight, Little Dancer by Jennifer Adams

February 2, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Goodnight, Little Superhero and Goodnight, Little Dancer have a simple concept. Just saying Goodnight to a couple of children while they go about getting ready for bed. Jennifer Adams’s text is sweet. Happy and bouncy. Alea Marley continues that trend with the bold, rich colors. The details are minimal but are perfect to show you the things and feelings that are going on. These books are good for the three to five age rang. The older reader could do some solo reading or might need […]

Hot Off the Presses

July 18, 2017 by sabian30 Leave a Comment

Crimson Son 2 by Russ Linten (2017) – It’s not often I have the opportunity to review a book before it’s published, but I was a Beta reader for this book, so I thought I’d kill two birds with one stone and give the author this review since it’s officially out there now. In the first book, Crimson Son, we’re introduced to the world of Crimson Mask. It’s a world very similar to ours except that governments have created super-powered heroes called Augments. But we’re […]

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