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3.5 but I rounded up because I really really love Cassandra Cain. Long and lengthy ode to comics below.

Anyone who knows me I ride or die for Cass, Barbara Gordon and Stephanie Brown and lucky for me this volume had all three characters in it!! #TeamBatgirl all the way.

Honestly I feel so lucky to have found this volume especially in a post-DC Rebirth universe because I think this one and its following issues have the backbone of her character's identity and that's very important to me.

As the daughter of the DC Universe's Deadliest Woman Alive and another assassin named David Cain, Cass has a lot of emotional and physical trauma she's working through at just 17 years old. I have always said that Cass is the character most like Bruce and frankly the character best suited to taking his role as Batman one day, and this volume really highlights their respective similarities and differences. I love her first interactions with both Tim as Robin and Steph as Spoiler.

Personally, Cass' determination to relieve her guilt and constantly reassure herself that she is not the assassin/child weapon she was born to be was a great arc and I look forward to seeing it continue!!!

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4.0

I really liked this novel. Love Cassandra Cain as the Batgirl and how much of a fighter she is as well as caring. Right from the start we see her fighting to protect someone that might not be worth her time, but she shows that no matter what profession, people are not always what they seem. It might not be a happy ending for said person, but Batgirl doesn't let it end there.

Throughout this comic, we see Batgirl and the story-line move along pretty quickly, sometimes being a little too fast of a movement, but it didn't take too much away from everything good going on.

Batman is also a big part of this collection along with Oracle and that makes it that much better. Of course, they are both at it with each other a bit as to what is best for Batgirl. Love that they incorporate much more of them in this issue.

Looking forward to reading more with Cassandra as the leading character and those that will also be a part of it.