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Fallout by Gwenda Bond
4.0

I kept my expectations low in reading this book, and they were far exceeded! Gwenda Bond has created a teenage Lois Lane who has all the characteristics one would expect: She's ballsy, snarky, and rebellious, but also intelligent, compassionate, and qualified.

It would have been way too easy to write a teenage Lois who was annoying and not worthy of her place in the Superman mythology. It is easy for Lois to smell out a story, but she struggles with everything your typical teen does: fitting in, making friends, finding a way to survive the gauntlet of high school. It's important that even though she excels at journalism, she is still human, still a girl, still trying to find her place.

This Lois is who Chloe Sullivan was trying to be in season 1 of Smallville. This Lois is the teenager who grows up to be the Lois Lane of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. This is a modern Lois, ready to fight for her home — The Daily Planet.