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A review by mollymortensen
Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain by Richard Roberts
4.0
Penny, the daughter of two superheroes, can't wait to come into her powers. When she learns that she probably has four more years until they fully emerge, she's heartbroken.
Her mad scientist like powers don't take that long, only a couple of weeks, and she decides to keep them a secret from her parents to surprise them.
However in the meantime she and her two best friends accidentally become supervillains.
Most of the book was learning their powers and committing Supervillainy. (Or trying and failing to be superheroes.) The only 'bad guy' didn't come in until like 75%.
The Good:
The best part of this book is the author's imagination when it comes to Penny's creations! From giant jacks to a soda powered wand, (and those aren't even the best ones!) they were fun and always unique.
Great super powered battles! For a book full of fighting, I was never bored.
All of the characters were colorful (if slightly crazy) and the main friendship between the three was great! (The crush was cute too.)
This book had it all superpowers, magic, (though not according to Penny's Dad) a ghost, a gigantic spider, aliens, and possibly Lucifer herself. I never knew what was coming next!
The Bad:
Not really bad, because I enjoyed it all, but this book felt long. Some of the every day stuff and video game battles, though not boring, could've been cut.
For being genius' Penny's parents were rather dense. (Let's see, a new Supervillain the same age as our daughter with the same powers as our daughter, who could it be?)
Point of View: First Person (Penny)
Predictability: 2 out of 5 (Where 1 is totally unpredictable and 5 is I knew what was going to happen way ahead of time.)
Mood: 4 out of 5 (pretty light and fun)
Source: Freebie
Errors: low (32 that I highlighted on my Kindle)
Her mad scientist like powers don't take that long, only a couple of weeks, and she decides to keep them a secret from her parents to surprise them.
However in the meantime she and her two best friends accidentally become supervillains.
Most of the book was learning their powers and committing Supervillainy. (Or trying and failing to be superheroes.) The only 'bad guy' didn't come in until like 75%.
The Good:
The best part of this book is the author's imagination when it comes to Penny's creations! From giant jacks to a soda powered wand, (and those aren't even the best ones!) they were fun and always unique.
Great super powered battles! For a book full of fighting, I was never bored.
All of the characters were colorful (if slightly crazy) and the main friendship between the three was great! (The crush was cute too.)
This book had it all superpowers, magic, (though not according to Penny's Dad) a ghost, a gigantic spider, aliens, and possibly Lucifer herself. I never knew what was coming next!
The Bad:
Not really bad, because I enjoyed it all, but this book felt long. Some of the every day stuff and video game battles, though not boring, could've been cut.
For being genius' Penny's parents were rather dense. (Let's see, a new Supervillain the same age as our daughter with the same powers as our daughter, who could it be?)
Point of View: First Person (Penny)
Predictability: 2 out of 5 (Where 1 is totally unpredictable and 5 is I knew what was going to happen way ahead of time.)
Mood: 4 out of 5 (pretty light and fun)
Source: Freebie
Errors: low (32 that I highlighted on my Kindle)