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I have no shelf control, so luckily I have a bookstore and library I can buy/borrow from books like this

Anti/Hero by Kate Karyus Quinn

January 13, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Anti/Hero is a middle school graphic novel about superhero Hummingbird and Grey Owl (formerly known as Grey, villain) coming to Gotham. First, Hummingbird is a bit of an anti-hero (she makes more destruction than save the days) and Grey is a baddie through and almost through. Yet, when an accident causes the two to switch bodies, all heck breaks loose. As I am not familiar with DC’s “Not Big Ones” (such as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, etc.) I am not sure how in cannon […]

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Haunted Heroine by Sarah Kuhn

December 30, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! This is the fourth novel in the series Heroine Complex and this review may contain spoilers for earlier books in the series. I suspect it will also be a lot more satisfying for someone who’s read the preceding three books. Begin with Heroine Complex. Official book description: Everything in Evie Tanaka’s life is finally perfect. As a badass superheroine, she defends San Francisco from demon invasion on the regular. Her relationships with superhero partner Aveda Jupiter, little sister Bea, and hot, half-demon husband Nate have […]

BFL: Big Friendly Leviathan (Or not)

Doodleville V01 by Chad Sell

December 24, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Doodleville V01 by Chad Sell was a bit of a hard sell for me (okay got that out of my system). It is by the author of a book I felt was “Okay. Not OKAY!” (A small difference, but one nonetheless.) But I was in the mood for something that felt easy but knew would not be just fluffy and Doodleville seemed to fit. And the theme of dealing with the fears and emotions of one girl was not fluffy. But it was not “heavy” […]

I’ve a soft spot for Teen Titans

Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia

November 17, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While I did not like Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia as much as the Teen Titans: Raven, I did enjoy learning about Gar and his transformation into Beast Boy. I would have to say the main reasons why I was not as big of a fan are that the transformation was too “quick” and he accepted it a little too easy (this of course is probably due to his jokey nature and able to go by the seat of his pants). I did not […]

Being a superhero can cause super problems in a relationship

Super Adjacent by Crystal Cestari

October 10, 2020 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

While this is a fun YA book about superheroes and the people who date them, it also brings up some relevant points about obsessions with celebrities. Switch out the superheroes with movie stars or singers and some of the issues that come up in this book can easily be seen in today’s society. Claire is a fangirl, no doubt about it. (She has good reason to be, up to a certain point.) She follows the Chicago branch of the Warrior Nation superhero team obsessively […]

I keep singing the title of this to the tune of “Animals” by Maroon 5 for some reason…

Renegades by Marissa Meyer

October 10, 2020 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

We’re in superhero land once again! This time Marissa Meyer is taking a stab at it. Now, this book is at a bit of a disadvantage for me, as I’ve just re-read Super Powereds, so it will probably fall short. I’m also trying to read it in 2 days for a book club, and reading a book on a deadline always makes it feel more like an assignment to me. Ok, so we have people with superpowers, and they are called prodigies. They were […]

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