greeneyedramaqueen's review
4.0
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for a honest review.
I honestly was pleasantly surprised by this book. I am NOT a superhero person in that I have seen some of the superhero movies, but I'm not one of those ones who is first in line to every movie and absolutely infatuated with all things superhero. The only story I expected to love was the one by Karpov-Kinrade because it was a Nightfall story, and I absolutely love those books. I don't really consider the character of Scarlett as a traditional superhero, but I guess she kind of is in a nontraditional way. When I think of a superhero, I think Superman, Spiderman, Batman, etc., and while there were some stories that could maybe fit close to that thinking, there were a lot of nontraditional superhero stories in here, and I found myself genuinely liking quite a bit of them. There were a couple stories that didn't really grab me, but I would say out of the 10 included, about 6-7 of them I really enjoyed. I think for anyone who enjoys stories about good winning over evil, a couple of bad-ass women, and intriguing plots, you would enjoy this book. If you like superheros, both traditional and nontraditional, then you will REALLY like this book.
I honestly was pleasantly surprised by this book. I am NOT a superhero person in that I have seen some of the superhero movies, but I'm not one of those ones who is first in line to every movie and absolutely infatuated with all things superhero. The only story I expected to love was the one by Karpov-Kinrade because it was a Nightfall story, and I absolutely love those books. I don't really consider the character of Scarlett as a traditional superhero, but I guess she kind of is in a nontraditional way. When I think of a superhero, I think Superman, Spiderman, Batman, etc., and while there were some stories that could maybe fit close to that thinking, there were a lot of nontraditional superhero stories in here, and I found myself genuinely liking quite a bit of them. There were a couple stories that didn't really grab me, but I would say out of the 10 included, about 6-7 of them I really enjoyed. I think for anyone who enjoys stories about good winning over evil, a couple of bad-ass women, and intriguing plots, you would enjoy this book. If you like superheros, both traditional and nontraditional, then you will REALLY like this book.
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