Reviews

Please Don't Tell My Parents I've Got Henchmen by Richard Roberts

matandrub's review

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

baronessekat's review

4.0

I very much enjoyed this book, it returned back to Earth and dealing with being a teenager having superpowers and not wanting your parents to know you are the head of a middle school supervillain team.

It got back to the feel of the first book and we get to see Penny coping with her skills, her desire to be a superhero when her powers are more villainous AND dealing with the fact that all the other super powered kids in her school are coming out into the open and wanting to be part of her afterschool club.

I am interested to see where the series progresses and has been one that I am recommending to both adult and child friends.

baronessekat's review against another edition

4.0

I very much enjoyed this book, it returned back to Earth and dealing with being a teenager having superpowers and not wanting your parents to know you are the head of a middle school supervillain team.

It got back to the feel of the first book and we get to see Penny coping with her skills, her desire to be a superhero when her powers are more villainous AND dealing with the fact that all the other super powered kids in her school are coming out into the open and wanting to be part of her afterschool club.

I am interested to see where the series progresses and has been one that I am recommending to both adult and child friends.

iceman76's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

kgrhoads's review

5.0

Some new twists, more mad science (or, more accurately, mad engineering)

Recommended.

ibri's review

4.0

I think I would class the third book as slice of life just in a super powered world. Yes there are some super powered conflicts but they don't really come from a main plot. Not a bad book though.

Spoiler

The kiss at the end surprised me. It was clear to me that she didn't just want to speak with her to get a rematch but I didn't guess romantic interest. (Well I did briefly in chinatown, just not serioulsy.) Will anything come of that is the question? Reviled wanting to leave makes that more likely, but it would require Penny to be bi which is seriously rare in fiction in main characters. She hasn't really shown interest in girls but then she hasn't really shown interest in anyone beside reviled. And ending the book with it indicates it will have some importance in the next one, of course it could be a one sided love plot. Well as much as I like shipping characters Cassie didn't get enough screen time interacting with penny normally for me to say whether I would ship them if Penny actually turns out to be bi.

koboldskind's review against another edition

3.0

Funny and full of empathy as always. And don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the much more personal plots. Especially Penny/Ray and Penny/

Spoiler

Cassie

were very well-written teenage relationships, and Bull + Claudia was great development as well.

But it missed a proper hero/villain plot! I wanted the Inscrutable Machine in action, and I didn't get it. Kai sad!!!

strina's review

4.0

I really liked a lot of things, but weirdly, my favorite might be Marcia's character arc? It was just such a nice surprise that she even *got* a character arc! She spent two books as Classic Mean Girl (Now with Bonus Combat Action!!) and then she got all interesting! That never happens. I also adored every single thing about Bull and his family's story. He is such a good dad! I need to know so much about Irene! Oh, oh, also Cassie's *everything*. Awkward teenage bisexuals who just want to superhero battle their crush = my eternal delight, more forever, I would like a whole book please.