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A review by gaderianne
After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
2.0
If your parents were the most famous super heroes of all time...if your parents were part of a fearsome and never beaten super hero foursome called The Olympiad.....if your parents had to constantly fore-go family time to save the world....and if you had absolutely no super powers then I guess you might turn into a whiny, selfish, whiny, self-pitying, whiny, parent hating (did I mention whiny) adult...or in other words, Ceila West, the main character of this book.
The premise of this book was good. It’s about what the daughter of superheros (who are unmasked by the way) does with her life? Well it turns out she becomes a terrorist along side of “The Destructor” as a teenager (and whines about how her parents hate her), goes away to college after her parents cover up the crime (and whines when it comes out in the press), becomes a forensic accountant (and whines about how she is put on a case just because of her connections), gets kidnapped on at least a weekly basis (four times within the plot of this book alone), gets involved with the wrong kind of guy, and...you got it...whines. I liked the premise of this book, but I could not stand the heroine. Give me spunk, give me strength, give me devil may care, give me the “next generator of superheroes!” Please, just don’t give me any more Ceila West.
The premise of this book was good. It’s about what the daughter of superheros (who are unmasked by the way) does with her life? Well it turns out she becomes a terrorist along side of “The Destructor” as a teenager (and whines about how her parents hate her), goes away to college after her parents cover up the crime (and whines when it comes out in the press), becomes a forensic accountant (and whines about how she is put on a case just because of her connections), gets kidnapped on at least a weekly basis (four times within the plot of this book alone), gets involved with the wrong kind of guy, and...you got it...whines. I liked the premise of this book, but I could not stand the heroine. Give me spunk, give me strength, give me devil may care, give me the “next generator of superheroes!” Please, just don’t give me any more Ceila West.