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cherry__tomatoes's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Overall, I felt like this book checked a lot of the needs of a superhero fantasy book. The powers and characters kept you drawn in throughout the book. I loved the variety of powers and talents throughout the cast of characters, it was nice to see a variety of powers from controlling insects to manipulating poisons. Another amazing thing about this book is how the main character is a woman, it's hard to find modern-day superhero stories that follow a woman. Overall, I loved the plot and idea of the book more than the writing, the writing style was a little basic and easy to follow but it was not terrible. I have a couple of problems throughout this book, like I said the writing style was a little bland so it was hard to be drawn into the stories sometimes. There was also quite a bit of confusion throughout the book, I feel like the cast of characters was too big. I felt like the inclusion of five people on the Renegades council made it confusing to follow, and it didn't feel like they added anything to the story. I feel like the storyline would have flown better if Caption Chromium was the only council member, possibly including Dread Warden because of his relationship with Nova. Ultimately, it was an entertaining, vibrant superhero story about a young mysterious woman who trying to find her footing in a world of chaos and confusion.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Gun violence and Chronic illness
Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
love3v07's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
jordantung's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
jfield351's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This book was really good! Wow! I was hooked by the fifth chapter and it did not take me long to read because it was so easy and interesting. Shout out to Alyssa for buying it for me, can I borrow the next one please? I also loved how diverse the cast was. The end was shocking, in a good way, and I need to read the next book now! The only thing I didn’t like was some of the dialogue (just personal preference) and some of the romance . It was very interesting, and while character driven there was a strong plot with many interesting points. The start of the book was actually a bit confusing as I did not know who was who (I kept flicking back to the cast page) and I did not know what everyone’s intentions were. I read this as part of the Dymocks challenge, as ‘book with a blue cover’. Read from 29th Dec to 10th Jan
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Blood, Gun violence, and Violence
booksanna's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I love the politics and the fact how well-thought out the setting and the backstory is. This is a typical but unique superhero setting with interesting characters and plot lines. Although it has some good old cliches, I found myself not intrigued or surprised by the plot. Although I really liked seeing the perspective of both sides of the story, which compensated for repetitive plot twists. I love the chemistry between the characters and how the story is diverse, with LGBTQ+ community, POC, and disabled representation. The romance sprinkles were much appreciated throughout the book. If you love superhero comics than you will like this. And please let me Mary Nova, cause she is GOAT, GOALD SILVER and any other pretty useful commodity. I really liked her as a main character. The book is definitely almost in my favorites. Great work Marissa! <3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Medical content, Murder, and War
dwdillydally's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Torture
abby_shupe's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I will forever love this series. Of course it takes awhile to get going, but this is my second time re reading it and though everything is obviously spoiled for me - it’s still such a fun read! Archenemies, the second book is perfection and got 5 stars from me, but this is close. Top tier romance, and an amazing, unique plot. I will admit, a few plot holes I really start to see during my re read, but we’ll just ignore those for the sake of an amazing series 😂. Secret identities, friends/enemies to lovers, superheros, villains pov, and a ton of loveable characters; What more could you ask for?!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Death
cmhrogers's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
This book nearly reached 4 stars for me. The reason it didn’t is because super powers and science fiction isn’t something I’m a massive fan of but the authors writing was incredible, this society was so well depicted and the fight scenes left me on edge. Would recommend to any fans of My Hero Academia.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Murder
Minor: Gun violence
rachaelsfantasyland's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, and Violence
lindseyhall44's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Death