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A review by caitcoy
Faith, Volume 1: Hollywood and Vine by Jody Houser
2.0
In the first volume of the series, Faith is a former superhero who left her superhero teammates to strike out on her own. Working as a reporter for a smalltime website using the alias of Summer Smith, Faith works her regular job during the day and heroics at night as Zephyr. In her first case on her own, Faith runs into a rather nasty cult involved in the disappearances of gifted people. It's up to Faith and her friends to deal with the cult before anyone gets hurt.
I've only ever heard good things about this series which is why it's a little frustrating that I didn't particularly enjoy this first volume. It's good to see a female superhero whose focus is absolutely not on her sex appeal but Faith didn't have anything that really interested me and the story is seriously snooze worthy. And as much fun as it is to have a geeky heroine, when she quotes every major sci-fi show that's been on in the last twenty years, it feels a bit much. Faith has a lot of comments to make about the superhero genre and I appreciated the fresh take on it but this volume just didn't hold my attention.
I've only ever heard good things about this series which is why it's a little frustrating that I didn't particularly enjoy this first volume. It's good to see a female superhero whose focus is absolutely not on her sex appeal but Faith didn't have anything that really interested me and the story is seriously snooze worthy. And as much fun as it is to have a geeky heroine, when she quotes every major sci-fi show that's been on in the last twenty years, it feels a bit much. Faith has a lot of comments to make about the superhero genre and I appreciated the fresh take on it but this volume just didn't hold my attention.