What if superhumans weren’t considered heroes?

When Scarlett Marley is attacked by an illegal super with fire powers, she doesn’t get burned, but now she has a fire-like glow flickering in her eyes.

With superpowers criminalized, she has no choice but to turn herself over to the Superhuman Containment Facility, or risk hurting everyone she loves.

Her normal life seems lost forever, until she is selected to be one of the first to receive the experimental cure to destroy her powers. In exchange, she must first complete one mission:

Infiltrate and capture one of the largest gangs of supers in the remains of once-great Rapid City. 

With the cure and all her future at stake, Scarlett is prepared to do whatever it takes to bring these criminals to justice so she can return to her family. But this gang and their leader, Rez, aren’t what everyone says, and Scarlett begins to question everything she was ever told about the SCF and the fire flowing in her veins.

The cure is her only hope for returning her life to what it was before, but is that life worth returning to after all?

Y’know books that you don’t expect to like, because you’re not a fan of the genre? This was one of those. Superhero genres have been slowly ruined for me, whether it’s because of the gay romances that seem to perpetuate the industry, or the lack of actual characterization and only things exploding.

This book, however, was superior to any other superhero book I’ve read. Scarlett legitimately had an internal conflict that was not some cheap knockoff of marvel movies, and the conflict was, while not particularly unique, something I was invested in from the very beginning of the story.

I really enjoyed how Scarlett had to break out of the social mindset that her powers did not make her a villain, and I think that her conflict can be compared to people who struggle with mental illnesses. Being taught that struggling with a mental illness– or in Scarlett’s case, having dangerous superpowers– is “wrong” or “evil,” and then having to deal with the very problems that you thought made you an awful person… I can personally attest to the difficulties of that battle.

Long story short, I give the book 4/5 stars. It’s certainly a good read, and while it can be a little slow at points, it’s a book you can invest time in without coming out disappointed.

*I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review*

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Jenna Terese believes stories are powerful. That’s why she’s dedicated to creating fiction that will impact the world. You can find this INFP dreaming about the future, fangirling over her favorite books, geeking out about Marvel, playing piano, or sipping a chai tea latte as she writes sci-fi novels.

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