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A review by aggie24
Dreams of the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
3.0
I picked this one up semi-randomly at the library during the last-day-open-before-the-library-closes-because-of-corona rush. All of the half-empty shelves scared me so I didn't look at this closely enough to realize that it was the second book in a series. Fortunately I didn't feel like there were any holes in my background knowledge or like I jumped into the middle of the story.
Celia is a middle-aged business woman in commerce city. Her parents were superheroes and she grew up immersed in the world that came along with it. Being superhuman is genetic, the result of a lab experiment gone wrong many years ago, and Celia is carefully watching her daughters, Anna and Bethy, to see if they exhibit super powers themselves.
Anna has a power: she knows the location of everyone she knows. But she doesn't want to tell her parents - although it's hard when your father is telepathic - instead struggling along with her superhuman friends to find her identity and how to be a successful vigilante. Until suddenly she is up against way more than she was prepared for.
This is a story of personal struggles, of emotions and dilemmas instead of just fire-fights and shoot-outs. Although there is certainly action as well. It's well-told, if a little slow, and a different look at the superhero world. I enjoyed it.
Content: a smattering of swearing, about 5 instances of the f-word. A mother hopes her daughter is not sneaking out to be a stripper (she isn't).
Celia is a middle-aged business woman in commerce city. Her parents were superheroes and she grew up immersed in the world that came along with it. Being superhuman is genetic, the result of a lab experiment gone wrong many years ago, and Celia is carefully watching her daughters, Anna and Bethy, to see if they exhibit super powers themselves.
Anna has a power: she knows the location of everyone she knows. But she doesn't want to tell her parents - although it's hard when your father is telepathic - instead struggling along with her superhuman friends to find her identity and how to be a successful vigilante. Until suddenly she is up against way more than she was prepared for.
This is a story of personal struggles, of emotions and dilemmas instead of just fire-fights and shoot-outs. Although there is certainly action as well. It's well-told, if a little slow, and a different look at the superhero world. I enjoyed it.
Content: a smattering of swearing, about 5 instances of the f-word. A mother hopes her daughter is not sneaking out to be a stripper (she isn't).