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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Heroine's Journey sees the younger Tanaka sister take center stage and again we're treated to a character driven story of growth, love (familial, romantic) and friendship wrapped in a ridiculous, ceramic unicorn-embellished plot. Much like Bea's friend (and eventual something more) Sam, these books are cheesy, but you don't have to look very far to see the earnest vulnerability. They are absolutely fun, silly, and hopeful, but they don't shy away from making our heroines flawed, complex characters. So, like the heroes before her, Bea is a wonderfully messy human being who sometimes makes the wrong choices and hurts the people around her. And it is so, so good.
What I was not expecting from this was how painful this installment was. I vaguely remember Sarah Kuhn tweeting about how rough this one was, but Bea dealing with the loss of her mother and how it affected her, her sister, and their relationship somehow still snuck up on me. But it's, again, good.
This also made me cry on the bus, so it has that going for it.
(I should also note Bea is a bisexual disaster that likes spreadsheets and pretending she doesn't have abandonment issues, so I do feel a deep kinship to her. (No female love interest for her, because Sarah Kuhn blessedly does not torture us with triangles. I'm not complaining.))
What I was not expecting from this was how painful this installment was. I vaguely remember Sarah Kuhn tweeting about how rough this one was, but Bea dealing with the loss of her mother and how it affected her, her sister, and their relationship somehow still snuck up on me. But it's, again, good.
This also made me cry on the bus, so it has that going for it.
(I should also note Bea is a bisexual disaster that likes spreadsheets and pretending she doesn't have abandonment issues, so I do feel a deep kinship to her. (No female love interest for her, because Sarah Kuhn blessedly does not torture us with triangles. I'm not complaining.))
I finished the first two books in the series a few years ago and I was actually a fan of how wild and fun this series was but I was hesitant picking it up again to read Bea's story because she was so young in the second book. But I'm glad she got aged up and was on par with the same craziness and sexiness as her sister and sister's superhero friend. Bea was more relatable character and suffers from childhood trauma that she tries to fix. The main plot is that new monsters are coming out but not through the usual portal the last two books were fighting so it really sets up a new challenge and a whole new universe of problems. It's the same fun and crazy story about a soon-to-be superhero who is trying to please but stay true to herself. There's some +LGBTQ representation which was refreshing to read and cute sexy scenes with the main lead guy who is of course very lovable! Overall, very fun read and an interesting story to follow and definitely sets up more story for the future!
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced