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Rogue Touch
"An interesting take on Rogue, as her powers take her down a path I never would have imagined." --Chris Claremont, author of Dragon Moon and writer for seventeen years of Uncanny X-Men
Twenty-year-old Anna Marie was just fired for the third time--this time from a bakery. Why can't she hold a job? Well, for starters, she dresses . . . differently. She looks like a Goth girl to the extreme, her shock of white hair contrasting with her head-to-toe black garb, her face the only skin she chooses to reveal. But Anna Marie doesn't have a choice. Her skin, her touch, is a deadly weapon that must be concealed. She accidentally put her first boyfriend, Cody, in a coma when they kissed. Horrified, she ran away to Jackson, Mississippi, where she's been living alone in a cramped apartment and scraping by on food stamps.
Then she meets otherworldly James and everything changes. He's just like her--completely alone and also on the run. To elude James's mysterious and dangerous family, the pair takes to the highway. As they cross the country, their simmering attraction intensifies and they both open up about their secretive pasts. James reveals that his true name is Touch and he christens Anna Marie Rogue. But with danger at their heels, they know they can't run forever. Rogue must decide if she'll unleash her devastating powers once again, which she swore never to do, in order to save the only person who seems truly to understand and accept her.
"A lost chapter from Rogue's past, told with elegance and conviction and attention to detail. Really entertaining." --Mike Carey, author of the Felix Castor novels and writer of X-Men: Legacy
Twenty-year-old Anna Marie was just fired for the third time--this time from a bakery. Why can't she hold a job? Well, for starters, she dresses . . . differently. She looks like a Goth girl to the extreme, her shock of white hair contrasting with her head-to-toe black garb, her face the only skin she chooses to reveal. But Anna Marie doesn't have a choice. Her skin, her touch, is a deadly weapon that must be concealed. She accidentally put her first boyfriend, Cody, in a coma when they kissed. Horrified, she ran away to Jackson, Mississippi, where she's been living alone in a cramped apartment and scraping by on food stamps.
Then she meets otherworldly James and everything changes. He's just like her--completely alone and also on the run. To elude James's mysterious and dangerous family, the pair takes to the highway. As they cross the country, their simmering attraction intensifies and they both open up about their secretive pasts. James reveals that his true name is Touch and he christens Anna Marie Rogue. But with danger at their heels, they know they can't run forever. Rogue must decide if she'll unleash her devastating powers once again, which she swore never to do, in order to save the only person who seems truly to understand and accept her.
"A lost chapter from Rogue's past, told with elegance and conviction and attention to detail. Really entertaining." --Mike Carey, author of the Felix Castor novels and writer of X-Men: Legacy
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First published June 18, 2013
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June 19, 2013
In a word this book is insulting.
Rogue is an iconic figure to those of us who grew up with her and so I know it would be close to impossible to please a long time X-Men fan like myself, but comic book fans are notorious for being hard to please, so Woodward should have seen this coming and not so completely ruined what made Rogue's youth so compelling.
Not only are there no X-Men, Roque also doesn't have her adopted mothers Mystique and Destiny. Even if you didn't want to make this a "superhero" universe (which is ridiculous, all things considered) you could have at least given the fan's a long-awaited peek into their home life, or was it that this is a young adult book and you don't want children to read about lesbian mothers?
Like most other people, I was upset that instead of Gambit being the romantic interest it some original character, but the worst thing about this book is that he becomes the story. Not just their romance, but the whole plot is based around him.
Rogue is an unbelievably strong and independent woman and you make her book about some guy we don't care about and have never heard of?
It is not impossible for a story to be about a woman and not completely dependent on a man to advance the plot, even in the romance genre.
Unfortunately, Woodward is a good writer (when it comes to technique, at least) but this is just another piece of merchandise with as much substance as one of my Rogue action figures.
Rogue is an iconic figure to those of us who grew up with her and so I know it would be close to impossible to please a long time X-Men fan like myself, but comic book fans are notorious for being hard to please, so Woodward should have seen this coming and not so completely ruined what made Rogue's youth so compelling.
Not only are there no X-Men, Roque also doesn't have her adopted mothers Mystique and Destiny. Even if you didn't want to make this a "superhero" universe (which is ridiculous, all things considered) you could have at least given the fan's a long-awaited peek into their home life, or was it that this is a young adult book and you don't want children to read about lesbian mothers?
Like most other people, I was upset that instead of Gambit being the romantic interest it some original character, but the worst thing about this book is that he becomes the story. Not just their romance, but the whole plot is based around him.
Rogue is an unbelievably strong and independent woman and you make her book about some guy we don't care about and have never heard of?
It is not impossible for a story to be about a woman and not completely dependent on a man to advance the plot, even in the romance genre.
Unfortunately, Woodward is a good writer (when it comes to technique, at least) but this is just another piece of merchandise with as much substance as one of my Rogue action figures.
November 15, 2015
A copy of Rogue Touch was provided to me by Hyperion for review purposes.
'What is it that drives a person to survive, even when she has nothing to live for?'
Can you imagine living your life being unable to touch anyone? Having to completely cover your skin even in the middle of summer because an accidental brush of an arm could send someone into a coma? Never being able to let someone touch you? Anna Marie, a Southern girl from Caldecott County, Mississppi, is forced to live like that every day since she put her boyfriend Cody in a coma when he was just trying to kiss her.
The story begins as I would have expected with Rogue discovering her latent mutant powers. But that's where the similarities end because her story then launches into a completely foreign story where Rogue is being raised by her Aunt and includes mutants that don't exist in the normal Marvel universe. This newly invented mutants name is James (or Touch) and he also serves as the complicated and awkward love interest. Awkward because, well, Rogue can't touch anyone so we're subjected to lines like:
"This time Touch kissed me. On the other side of the wool I could feel his mouth open just the tiniest bit. I had never even French kissed before [...], and I knew that if I was normal, that's what we would be doing right at this moment. But Touch was mostly getting a whole lot of wool on his tongue. He pulled away and picked a strand or two."
To be clear, Rogue was wearing a hat/mask over her face, thus the picking of the fibers from his tongue. (Awkward, right?)
The romance took up a huge amount of this story and it was severely disappointing considering what I loved first and foremost with these female superheroes was how strong and independent thy were. I'm not saying they weren't involved in any romances (Rogue and Gambit, anyone?) but there was always an action-backed story going on that added to the awesome. The romance was just way overkill and was emphasized on wayyyy too much.
When I became aware of this books existence, I squealed as loud as I could get away with since I was at work. A little background for you all, I am a HUGE fan of X-Men. Have been since I was real little. I loved the cartoon, I love the movies, I have tons of comic books and I even had huge posters on my walls. One of them was of Rogue. She was one of my favorites so I know quite a bit about her fictional background. For those of you that also have this knowledge may find yourself disappointed in this story. I know I sure was. Personally, I would have loved to see her background involving Mystique being delved into. Back before Rogue even became affiliated with the X-Men she was actually considered 'evil' and was a part of the Brotherhood of Mutants and Mystique was her adopted mother. That would have been awesome shit right there, but instead we get Rogue traveling all over the United States trying to evade the police with nothing much else happening. Well, except for some hot make out scenes with a wool mask over her face. Not.
So now that I've admitted to being one super giant X-Men nerd, I think I'm done here.
'What is it that drives a person to survive, even when she has nothing to live for?'
Can you imagine living your life being unable to touch anyone? Having to completely cover your skin even in the middle of summer because an accidental brush of an arm could send someone into a coma? Never being able to let someone touch you? Anna Marie, a Southern girl from Caldecott County, Mississppi, is forced to live like that every day since she put her boyfriend Cody in a coma when he was just trying to kiss her.
The story begins as I would have expected with Rogue discovering her latent mutant powers. But that's where the similarities end because her story then launches into a completely foreign story where Rogue is being raised by her Aunt and includes mutants that don't exist in the normal Marvel universe. This newly invented mutants name is James (or Touch) and he also serves as the complicated and awkward love interest. Awkward because, well, Rogue can't touch anyone so we're subjected to lines like:
"This time Touch kissed me. On the other side of the wool I could feel his mouth open just the tiniest bit. I had never even French kissed before [...], and I knew that if I was normal, that's what we would be doing right at this moment. But Touch was mostly getting a whole lot of wool on his tongue. He pulled away and picked a strand or two."
To be clear, Rogue was wearing a hat/mask over her face, thus the picking of the fibers from his tongue. (Awkward, right?)
The romance took up a huge amount of this story and it was severely disappointing considering what I loved first and foremost with these female superheroes was how strong and independent thy were. I'm not saying they weren't involved in any romances (Rogue and Gambit, anyone?) but there was always an action-backed story going on that added to the awesome. The romance was just way overkill and was emphasized on wayyyy too much.
When I became aware of this books existence, I squealed as loud as I could get away with since I was at work. A little background for you all, I am a HUGE fan of X-Men. Have been since I was real little. I loved the cartoon, I love the movies, I have tons of comic books and I even had huge posters on my walls. One of them was of Rogue. She was one of my favorites so I know quite a bit about her fictional background. For those of you that also have this knowledge may find yourself disappointed in this story. I know I sure was. Personally, I would have loved to see her background involving Mystique being delved into. Back before Rogue even became affiliated with the X-Men she was actually considered 'evil' and was a part of the Brotherhood of Mutants and Mystique was her adopted mother. That would have been awesome shit right there, but instead we get Rogue traveling all over the United States trying to evade the police with nothing much else happening. Well, except for some hot make out scenes with a wool mask over her face. Not.
So now that I've admitted to being one super giant X-Men nerd, I think I'm done here.
July 23, 2013
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Rogue Touch wasn’t a bad story, it just wasn’t really a Rogue story. Ful disclosure: Rogue is my favorite of the X-Men and I will adore her until the end of time. I love the emotional story arcs she has been given in the comics (though not as much recently), the sassiness and fire she had in the cartoon series, and I’m ignoring her depiction by Anna Paquin in the movies. I was expecting a lot from this book and, unfortunately, it just didn’t meet my expectations.
This book finds Rogue on the run after she has put her first love Cody into a coma. She meets up with a guy named James or Touch and they set off to outrun their pursuers. Rogue Touch was only about 288 pages but it felt like much longer because we had good chunks of the book where nothing happened except for Rogue and Touch driving through the US. Touch’s back story was unnecessarily complicated and Rogue just didn’t feel like Rogue. It was like the idea for this book came first and then the character of Rogue was just shoe-horned into the role. I think the fact that this book seemed to be completely separate from the rest of the Marvel universe didn’t do it many favors. There are very brief mentions of a school for people like Rogue, but nothing concrete is ever shown.
The story wasn’t bad and might have worked if it had just been marketed as a science-fiction romance, but this wasn’t a Rogue story. As a matter of fact, most of the book felt like Touch’s story with Rogue just along for the ride. There were moments when you could start to see Rogue developing into the woman she will become, but they weren’t around as often as I would have liked. Many things felt forced, but especially the romance between Rogue and Touch (Rogue + Gambit 4 eva!) and the time-traveling aspects of the story. Nothing ever felt truly cohesive or like Rogue was the star of the show. It’s extra disappointing for me because I love the character of Rogue so much usually. Again, Rogue Touch wasn’t a bad book, but if you are looking for a story featuring the Rogue from the comics, this isn’t it. If you just want a decent sci-fi romance that introduces little pieces of a truly awesome character that you can go on to learn more about, you might want to give this book a try.
Thank you to Netgalley and Hyperion for providing an ARC copy of this book!
Rogue Touch wasn’t a bad story, it just wasn’t really a Rogue story. Ful disclosure: Rogue is my favorite of the X-Men and I will adore her until the end of time. I love the emotional story arcs she has been given in the comics (though not as much recently), the sassiness and fire she had in the cartoon series, and I’m ignoring her depiction by Anna Paquin in the movies. I was expecting a lot from this book and, unfortunately, it just didn’t meet my expectations.
This book finds Rogue on the run after she has put her first love Cody into a coma. She meets up with a guy named James or Touch and they set off to outrun their pursuers. Rogue Touch was only about 288 pages but it felt like much longer because we had good chunks of the book where nothing happened except for Rogue and Touch driving through the US. Touch’s back story was unnecessarily complicated and Rogue just didn’t feel like Rogue. It was like the idea for this book came first and then the character of Rogue was just shoe-horned into the role. I think the fact that this book seemed to be completely separate from the rest of the Marvel universe didn’t do it many favors. There are very brief mentions of a school for people like Rogue, but nothing concrete is ever shown.
The story wasn’t bad and might have worked if it had just been marketed as a science-fiction romance, but this wasn’t a Rogue story. As a matter of fact, most of the book felt like Touch’s story with Rogue just along for the ride. There were moments when you could start to see Rogue developing into the woman she will become, but they weren’t around as often as I would have liked. Many things felt forced, but especially the romance between Rogue and Touch (Rogue + Gambit 4 eva!) and the time-traveling aspects of the story. Nothing ever felt truly cohesive or like Rogue was the star of the show. It’s extra disappointing for me because I love the character of Rogue so much usually. Again, Rogue Touch wasn’t a bad book, but if you are looking for a story featuring the Rogue from the comics, this isn’t it. If you just want a decent sci-fi romance that introduces little pieces of a truly awesome character that you can go on to learn more about, you might want to give this book a try.
Thank you to Netgalley and Hyperion for providing an ARC copy of this book!
January 12, 2016
"Fanfiction" can be used like an insult. Personally, I love it. I like seeing different interpretations of characters, I like the "what if", I like the juicy plots, the personal moments we rarely get to see in mainstream works. I even write fanfiction of my own. Why am I talking about fanfiction? Because you should find a good Rogue fanfic and read it instead of this.
May 30, 2014
Eh. The book is pretty repetitive. They steal, they run, they flirt, they fight with some baddies and have to run again, leaving all their stuff behind, they steal, they run, they flirt... Rogue in this novel reminded me more of Sookie Stackhouse than actual Rogue.
It also really bothered me that all the descriptions of the book start "Twenty-year-old Anna Marie..." when in the book it's mentioned at least a dozen times that she's eighteen.
It also really bothered me that all the descriptions of the book start "Twenty-year-old Anna Marie..." when in the book it's mentioned at least a dozen times that she's eighteen.
June 26, 2013
Since She-Hulk Diaries did not suck as I'd feared, I dove right into RT, and was not disappointed with Woodward's take on a 19-year-old Rogue.
The pace of RT is considerably faster than SHD, but that's part of the plot. This isn't the same sort of ordinary day-in-the-life story; Anne Marie is on the run, and she's on the run with someone else who is also running for his life. We see her really struggling with things that have happened because of her, particularly the fateful kiss with Cody that put him in a coma. In spite of the fact that Rogue's first comic appearance was back in 1981, this telling feels quite fresh and current, complete with a very contemporary distrust/loathing of financial institutions. (OK, that's been a problem throughout banking history, but still...) Frankly, the story is a bit of a crime spree as she and "James" try to stay a step ahead of the people who are after them. She struggles with the things she's doing, but tries to justify it in ways that are age appropriate.
Rogue's vulnerability and naïveté combined with a defiance and brashness make her a fully fleshed-out character. The worst thing that can ever happen to a character in a story is for the reader to look at them with apathy; you won't do that with Rogue. There's plenty of twisty bits, and suggestions of things yet to come, but really, this is a fast-paced and entertaining read. It took me less than a day to finish, where SHD took a bit longer. Different stories, different authors, different paces -- both are well worth reading.
The cover is much better for RT, and she appears to be wearing the leather coat described in the beginning. It's a poignant and yet dynamic portrait of her, and a much more active cover than that stagnant tube of green lipstick. Interesting, when you consider they were designed by the same company.
The pace of RT is considerably faster than SHD, but that's part of the plot. This isn't the same sort of ordinary day-in-the-life story; Anne Marie is on the run, and she's on the run with someone else who is also running for his life. We see her really struggling with things that have happened because of her, particularly the fateful kiss with Cody that put him in a coma. In spite of the fact that Rogue's first comic appearance was back in 1981, this telling feels quite fresh and current, complete with a very contemporary distrust/loathing of financial institutions. (OK, that's been a problem throughout banking history, but still...) Frankly, the story is a bit of a crime spree as she and "James" try to stay a step ahead of the people who are after them. She struggles with the things she's doing, but tries to justify it in ways that are age appropriate.
Rogue's vulnerability and naïveté combined with a defiance and brashness make her a fully fleshed-out character. The worst thing that can ever happen to a character in a story is for the reader to look at them with apathy; you won't do that with Rogue. There's plenty of twisty bits, and suggestions of things yet to come, but really, this is a fast-paced and entertaining read. It took me less than a day to finish, where SHD took a bit longer. Different stories, different authors, different paces -- both are well worth reading.
The cover is much better for RT, and she appears to be wearing the leather coat described in the beginning. It's a poignant and yet dynamic portrait of her, and a much more active cover than that stagnant tube of green lipstick. Interesting, when you consider they were designed by the same company.
June 28, 2013
There are some things you may not know about me.
I’m a dork. A big one. I want to go to comic conventions. I want to dress up. The full enchilada. Make-up. Hair. Costume. My favorite character is NOT Superman. (I rather dislike Superman actually). I collect comic books. X-Men to be more exact. :)
Which led to my interest of this book. Rogue Touch. Rogue is one of my favorite female comic characters and I couldn’t help the fascination that bubbled beneath my surface when I heard Marvel was teaming up to put out a novel about her character.
I had a lot of issues though. Mainly, this book read like a giant fan-fiction love-story to me more than anything. Maybe I shouldn’t have went into it with so much enthusiasm, but I did. If you’re expecting to go into Rogue Touch and see the X-Men Universe and many of your favorite mutants, you will not get that. Is this to say that it was a bad read? No, not really. The action sequences were well done and I was kept on the edge of my seat the majority of the read. I did enjoy reading about an early life of Rogue before X-Men, but I didn’t enjoy how her character seemed to be portrayed most of the time as I was reading. For her being one of my favorite comic characters, I almost disliked her A LOT in this book. But mostly, I just disliked the over-abundance of romance, when I just wanted the story… the action.
The descriptions were thorough enough for me to easily visualize everything, making scenes come across as cinematic. I liked that very much. The author gave me enough oomph to power through, even in times of annoyance. So that’s a bonus.
This was an easy and entertaining read. Personally, I would love to see more comic-book characters have novels like this.
<3
Pixie
I’m a dork. A big one. I want to go to comic conventions. I want to dress up. The full enchilada. Make-up. Hair. Costume. My favorite character is NOT Superman. (I rather dislike Superman actually). I collect comic books. X-Men to be more exact. :)
Which led to my interest of this book. Rogue Touch. Rogue is one of my favorite female comic characters and I couldn’t help the fascination that bubbled beneath my surface when I heard Marvel was teaming up to put out a novel about her character.
I had a lot of issues though. Mainly, this book read like a giant fan-fiction love-story to me more than anything. Maybe I shouldn’t have went into it with so much enthusiasm, but I did. If you’re expecting to go into Rogue Touch and see the X-Men Universe and many of your favorite mutants, you will not get that. Is this to say that it was a bad read? No, not really. The action sequences were well done and I was kept on the edge of my seat the majority of the read. I did enjoy reading about an early life of Rogue before X-Men, but I didn’t enjoy how her character seemed to be portrayed most of the time as I was reading. For her being one of my favorite comic characters, I almost disliked her A LOT in this book. But mostly, I just disliked the over-abundance of romance, when I just wanted the story… the action.
The descriptions were thorough enough for me to easily visualize everything, making scenes come across as cinematic. I liked that very much. The author gave me enough oomph to power through, even in times of annoyance. So that’s a bonus.
This was an easy and entertaining read. Personally, I would love to see more comic-book characters have novels like this.
<3
Pixie
August 20, 2021
This author's " take " on Rogue is enough to make Stan Lee rise from the dead just to throttle him.
I can't even call her that at this point because the character hardly is even reminscent of Rogue .
The only thing on this story reminiscent of Rogue or the X Men universe is her powers .
Not only was I dissapointed by her as a character but also her story ,and the boring course that this book took . There was so much potential for rogue as a character but the author chose to take us cross country , from atm machine to atm machine . Honestly it was dragging on . Not only that we get a unwanted romance with this James character who is MARRIED , not to mention a slap in the face to my dude GAMBIT !! The elements of this story reminiscent of Rogue or the X men universe is her powers , clothing , and her deadly first kiss .
Content ; PG -13
*A lot of " touching " over clothes .
*The thing I found most disgusting was Rogue wearing a ski mask and trying to make out with James while wearing it because she actually can't touch people .
*Mention of man's genitals coming out of his pants .
*Heavy on the language .
* Review updated in 2021
October 3, 2025
My rating for this book fluctuated several times while reading because there were so many teases and glimmers of hope where I thought, okay now it's going to get good, but that never really happened.
First, let me start by saying that I was fooled, I was hoodwinked, I was tricked in the worst way. I got this book thinking that I would get a great origin story about one of Marvel's favorite heroines. What I got instead was a love story saga starring a young woman who is completely helpless and falls for the first guy she meets because...he also wears unseasonably warm clothes and a leather jacket? I am assuming this is the reason for the attraction since Rogue mentions their matching leather continuously and the reader never really sees any other reason outside of the physical.
This book is almost devoid of any action and Rogue never steps up into being the superhero the reader is expecting. Instead she makes dumb decisions, has petty teenage lover spats, and is constantly throwing her food away, this last one actually bothers me the most since they are on the run and starving, when they finally do get food it seems like she just throws it in a jealous fit over something really juvenile.
Guess what, people already love Rogue! They got this book because of Rogue so why would you add a new MALE character to center the plot around? Insulting, truly insulting. What should have been a story about girl power turned into a sappy chauvinistic romantic romp. Awful!
Secondly, the morality of this book really irritated me. After a few pages I wondered if there was anything to this plot besides Communist propaganda. Rogue is 'good', she only steals from banks because well they are evil, oh and she steals from independent business owners but that's because she was fired first, oh and she steals from family men because 20 years ago they divorced her ex-boss, oh and she steals from random people that she doesn't even know but rationalizes it saying that since they have a vacation home they must be well off. Needless to say I was annoyed.
If you want to go all Bonnie and Clyde that's fine but all of the rationalization makes Rogue sound like a selfish stupid idiot.
I didn't like Arcadia, a place where everyone has enough and no one has more than anyone else, and due to this arrangement there hasn't been a single crime in hundreds of years? Really? Sorry I'm calling BS, a big steaming pile of it. So because people don't have to worry about money there are no other crimes? What about crimes of passion? Cheating lovers getting even? Believe me, if there was no money in the world people would still find things to argue and fight and kill over.
This book needed less politics and more action. I don't even mean ninja chops or shoot outs I just mean there needed to be something actually happening besides aimlessly driving though states and sight seeing the Grand Canyon.
Every single character was annoying, I wanted everyone to die.
First, let me start by saying that I was fooled, I was hoodwinked, I was tricked in the worst way. I got this book thinking that I would get a great origin story about one of Marvel's favorite heroines. What I got instead was a love story saga starring a young woman who is completely helpless and falls for the first guy she meets because...he also wears unseasonably warm clothes and a leather jacket? I am assuming this is the reason for the attraction since Rogue mentions their matching leather continuously and the reader never really sees any other reason outside of the physical.
This book is almost devoid of any action and Rogue never steps up into being the superhero the reader is expecting. Instead she makes dumb decisions, has petty teenage lover spats, and is constantly throwing her food away, this last one actually bothers me the most since they are on the run and starving, when they finally do get food it seems like she just throws it in a jealous fit over something really juvenile.
Guess what, people already love Rogue! They got this book because of Rogue so why would you add a new MALE character to center the plot around? Insulting, truly insulting. What should have been a story about girl power turned into a sappy chauvinistic romantic romp. Awful!
Secondly, the morality of this book really irritated me. After a few pages I wondered if there was anything to this plot besides Communist propaganda. Rogue is 'good', she only steals from banks because well they are evil, oh and she steals from independent business owners but that's because she was fired first, oh and she steals from family men because 20 years ago they divorced her ex-boss, oh and she steals from random people that she doesn't even know but rationalizes it saying that since they have a vacation home they must be well off. Needless to say I was annoyed.
If you want to go all Bonnie and Clyde that's fine but all of the rationalization makes Rogue sound like a selfish stupid idiot.
I didn't like Arcadia, a place where everyone has enough and no one has more than anyone else, and due to this arrangement there hasn't been a single crime in hundreds of years? Really? Sorry I'm calling BS, a big steaming pile of it. So because people don't have to worry about money there are no other crimes? What about crimes of passion? Cheating lovers getting even? Believe me, if there was no money in the world people would still find things to argue and fight and kill over.
This book needed less politics and more action. I don't even mean ninja chops or shoot outs I just mean there needed to be something actually happening besides aimlessly driving though states and sight seeing the Grand Canyon.
Every single character was annoying, I wanted everyone to die.
May 1, 2016
Rogue has always been one of my favourite superhero characters - possibly because the X-Men movies were my gateway to comic books, and who couldn't fail to fall in love with Anna Paquin's adorably wide-eyed and lost interpretation of the character - so I was really excited to get this book! I enjoyed it a lot; it's a thoroughly engrossing story of first love, isolation and self-acceptance, with a smart sci-fi twist.
Rogue Touch reimagines Rogue's origin story yet again, and we find her eighteen years old and on the run, with no plans and very little hope until she befriends the mysterious and unworldly young man who seems to be following her. But is he everything he seems to be, and where is this desperate roadtrip leading?
This is a lovely book: well-written, well-paced, intriguing, romantic and imaginative. Rogue's voice is individual and sympathetic, and the story unfolds with twists I didn't see coming. It's definitely worth reading, suspicious as I initially was when I first heard Marvel were publishing both this book and the (fabulous) She-Hulk Diaries.
The Marvel aspect of this novel is perhaps where it falls down a little, and is my one problem with it, actually! This is an atmospheric, gripping and moving story about first love, about a teenage girl coming to terms with an ability that could be a gift or a curse, who is part of a bigger picture that she could never have imagined. It's just not necessarily a story set in any recognisable Marvel universe. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, of course, but since the novel promises that this is a story about Rogue, it's a little jarring to read a whole book with no references to the larger universe she's in; no X-Men, no superheroes, no one else with powers like hers. It's more like a clever and enjoyable sci-fi love story with a main heroine I'm predisposed to like than a book written about a well-known superhero character.
It's for that reason I'm giving this book four and not five stars; I liked it a lot, and definitely recommend it, but as a longtime fan of both comics and X-Men in particular, I was disappointed that I wasn't given more of the wider Marvel universe to explore.
Rogue Touch reimagines Rogue's origin story yet again, and we find her eighteen years old and on the run, with no plans and very little hope until she befriends the mysterious and unworldly young man who seems to be following her. But is he everything he seems to be, and where is this desperate roadtrip leading?
This is a lovely book: well-written, well-paced, intriguing, romantic and imaginative. Rogue's voice is individual and sympathetic, and the story unfolds with twists I didn't see coming. It's definitely worth reading, suspicious as I initially was when I first heard Marvel were publishing both this book and the (fabulous) She-Hulk Diaries.
The Marvel aspect of this novel is perhaps where it falls down a little, and is my one problem with it, actually! This is an atmospheric, gripping and moving story about first love, about a teenage girl coming to terms with an ability that could be a gift or a curse, who is part of a bigger picture that she could never have imagined. It's just not necessarily a story set in any recognisable Marvel universe. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, of course, but since the novel promises that this is a story about Rogue, it's a little jarring to read a whole book with no references to the larger universe she's in; no X-Men, no superheroes, no one else with powers like hers. It's more like a clever and enjoyable sci-fi love story with a main heroine I'm predisposed to like than a book written about a well-known superhero character.
It's for that reason I'm giving this book four and not five stars; I liked it a lot, and definitely recommend it, but as a longtime fan of both comics and X-Men in particular, I was disappointed that I wasn't given more of the wider Marvel universe to explore.
February 3, 2015
Well, as an X-book this just doesn't work, but if you approach it as a time-travel YA romance cautionary tale against having a relationship with an older married man I guess it would be okay. The back-jacket calls Anna Marie (she never really gets to be Rogue) twenty years old, but it's stated several times in the text that she's eighteen. (There -is- a big difference.) It throws out just about everything that's ever been known about the character's history and substitutes a story similar to the old Carpenter film, Starman, or maybe the old Steve Miller song about Billy Joe and Bobby Sue. It wasn't a poorly written story; it just wasn't an X-book.
June 30, 2013
Better than The She-Hulk Diaries but only just. My main issues are the absence of Rogue's adopted mothers Raven and Destiny and the handling of the James/Touch character (A large part of me is also annoyed by retconning Remy as Rogue's first love). If I pick up a book about Rogue I want the story to revolve around her, not the struggles of some dude I've never heard of before and will never hear of again. These books were promising concepts that ultimately fall short of their potential. As I said in my review of the She-Hulk book, these characters and their fans deserve better.
March 4, 2019
I was surprisingly engrossed by the lonely, yet visceral narrative in Rogue Touch. I have fallen in love all over again with the character of Rogue and want to seek out more comics and stories featuring her. While it does contain many classic (overused?) romance tropes, it seemed to hit a sweet spot that I have a hard time describing. Bittersweet, but with well written descriptive language of Rogues feelings and her state of being during this point in her life, I had a hard time putting this book down and found myself drawn to it away from my other books. Time travel is a tricky plot element and arguably runs into some difficulties (as paradoxical past time travel often does). But I so thoroughly enjoyed the writing that I was able to enjoy the rest of the plot. And as much as I loathe first person narratives, this one really kept me in a reflective, almost meditative state. "Living in the moment" is not something I often find in a book, and despite some of the negative reviews out there, I found myself greatly enjoying this. Best bargain purchase (Fiction novel) I've made for my e-reader yet!
March 14, 2017
Rather fewer X-Men and rather more romance than I was hoping for, but worth checking out for a Marvel deep dive.
June 17, 2013
This is a new and different Rogue story. Yes, it starts out pretty much the same way that most X-Men stories do. Person with powers ostracized and driven on to society's fringes because of their power/otherness.
That is until she meets James.
James who wears a leather coat and whose teeth chatter at the height of a Mississippi summer. James of the glowing orbs of light that make ATMs spit money like slot machines stuck on jackpot. James who has stolen her heart. James who is not of this world?
Getting know James as he gets to know Rogue, and she gets to know him is glorious. The romantic side of their complicated relationship developers very slowly. Granted the slowness is most likely due to their inability to touch without intervening layers, but oh well.
Though this book is supposed to be Rogue's story. James or Touch and the mystery surrounding him, is the driving force behind this read.
It seems that Rogue isn't the only one on the run. That's right folks...James is being hunted by people who travel in light and have orbs that make cars disintegrate.
It is this chase that in time, starts to wear on one's nerves. While it is true that the chase both keeps the story moving and serves as a vehicle for important plot questions to be answered. It simply goes on far too long.
Meanwhile, things with the already labrythine plot just seem to get twistier.
This is an awesome read despite the chase drain and almost unbearable sexual tension between Rogue and Touch. A great thing about this story is that readers don't have to wait until the end of the book to encounter those "mouth wide open" moments.
This is a book that screams to be a Summer blockbuster at theaters near you.
It is this reviewer's sincerest hope that this is a first installment in a written series starring Rogue and Touch.
That is until she meets James.
James who wears a leather coat and whose teeth chatter at the height of a Mississippi summer. James of the glowing orbs of light that make ATMs spit money like slot machines stuck on jackpot. James who has stolen her heart. James who is not of this world?
Getting know James as he gets to know Rogue, and she gets to know him is glorious. The romantic side of their complicated relationship developers very slowly. Granted the slowness is most likely due to their inability to touch without intervening layers, but oh well.
Though this book is supposed to be Rogue's story. James or Touch and the mystery surrounding him, is the driving force behind this read.
It seems that Rogue isn't the only one on the run. That's right folks...James is being hunted by people who travel in light and have orbs that make cars disintegrate.
It is this chase that in time, starts to wear on one's nerves. While it is true that the chase both keeps the story moving and serves as a vehicle for important plot questions to be answered. It simply goes on far too long.
Meanwhile, things with the already labrythine plot just seem to get twistier.
This is an awesome read despite the chase drain and almost unbearable sexual tension between Rogue and Touch. A great thing about this story is that readers don't have to wait until the end of the book to encounter those "mouth wide open" moments.
This is a book that screams to be a Summer blockbuster at theaters near you.
It is this reviewer's sincerest hope that this is a first installment in a written series starring Rogue and Touch.
June 11, 2013
Huge thank you to NetGalley and Hyperion for an advance copy of this book!
3.5
You know what? I actually dug this book quite a bit. I found it to be a fast, engaging read, with a very dark, new adult Rogue. I loved digging into Anna Marie's past, and admittedly, I was very sold on her relationship with Touch. I feel like Woodward did a good job of balancing the romance and the action. She did a good job of capturing Anna Marie's true nature, while also giving her a sensitive side that many authors tend to do very awkwardly.
While the whole otherworldy aspect with Touch was a bit odd, I did find myself buying into it and enjoying how the two of them worked together to deal with their pursuers and their baggage. Admittedly, the two of them were also the worst criminals ever, so that aspect was very difficult and frustrating at times. I felt like at times the author had too much going on at once, so sweet tender moments were short lived. I think romance is the author's strength, because the action aspects were a bit all over the place.
In spite of the book's flaws, there's a lot of fun to be had here. I think the protrayal is quite good, even if it's hard to get preconceived versions of Rogue out of your head. I'm still 100% a Rogue/Gambit shipper, but I really did have a lot of fun with this book, and in the end, that's truly what counts here.
3.5
You know what? I actually dug this book quite a bit. I found it to be a fast, engaging read, with a very dark, new adult Rogue. I loved digging into Anna Marie's past, and admittedly, I was very sold on her relationship with Touch. I feel like Woodward did a good job of balancing the romance and the action. She did a good job of capturing Anna Marie's true nature, while also giving her a sensitive side that many authors tend to do very awkwardly.
While the whole otherworldy aspect with Touch was a bit odd, I did find myself buying into it and enjoying how the two of them worked together to deal with their pursuers and their baggage. Admittedly, the two of them were also the worst criminals ever, so that aspect was very difficult and frustrating at times. I felt like at times the author had too much going on at once, so sweet tender moments were short lived. I think romance is the author's strength, because the action aspects were a bit all over the place.
In spite of the book's flaws, there's a lot of fun to be had here. I think the protrayal is quite good, even if it's hard to get preconceived versions of Rogue out of your head. I'm still 100% a Rogue/Gambit shipper, but I really did have a lot of fun with this book, and in the end, that's truly what counts here.
June 25, 2013
I struggled through this. I love Rogue, I adore her character, love the X-Men, and this book didn't feel like any of them. As its own tale, had it been written to fly solo without actually using Rogue at all, but some other character with the inability to touch another person, it would be a decent tale. But this version of Rogue felt completely removed from every other incarnation of her I've seen, relegated to a "What if?" comic, maybe.
It wasn't that I didn't enjoy the storyline, it just felt too full of holes to belong to any X-character. Not once does Rogue seem to think she is like anyone else - where are the mention of any other mutants? You don't grow up in the Marvel world not knowing about mutants if you live in that version of America. Which again left me wondering if this was an alternate version of her, except the blurb mentioned this being a part of her past explored for the first time.
I don't know. Rogue is many things more than just one of Marvel's mutants, but her mutant ability is so key to who she is that while the story definitely fulfilled that weight, the way it was isolated completely from any sort of world-wide phenomenon fell flat. And, honestly, I was hoping for a story based in that world.
It wasn't that I didn't enjoy the storyline, it just felt too full of holes to belong to any X-character. Not once does Rogue seem to think she is like anyone else - where are the mention of any other mutants? You don't grow up in the Marvel world not knowing about mutants if you live in that version of America. Which again left me wondering if this was an alternate version of her, except the blurb mentioned this being a part of her past explored for the first time.
I don't know. Rogue is many things more than just one of Marvel's mutants, but her mutant ability is so key to who she is that while the story definitely fulfilled that weight, the way it was isolated completely from any sort of world-wide phenomenon fell flat. And, honestly, I was hoping for a story based in that world.
July 26, 2013
Wow...this book was BORING! Everything happened so...slow...ly... I'll admit, at a certain point, I just started skimming because I completely lost interest.
The saddest part is that this book could have been good. I was so excited to read a book about Rogue. And then it turned out to be a slow, romance. There are no exciting action scenes, there are no other X-men, and the love interest is some original character who isn't very interesting
The saddest part is that this book could have been good. I was so excited to read a book about Rogue. And then it turned out to be a slow, romance. There are no exciting action scenes, there are no other X-men, and the love interest is some original character who isn't very interesting
May 16, 2014
A really bad excuse for a novel about a heroine, and an even more pathetic excuse for a novel about a super-hero. It's bad if you don't know the character of Rogue, and if you do, it's absolutely abysmal.
March 10, 2018
Rogue has been my favorite character of all time ever since I was little. That said, I am guaranteed to buy anything that gives me some insight into her.
There are two things I absolutely love about this story and that is
1) The cover is absolutely beautiful and I love it.
2) Getting to read this novel in the first person was really nice. I enjoyed getting into Rogue's head. It was a great choice that showed the impact that the personalities she's absorbed on how she acts. Christine Woodward really nailed that on the head. I thought the impact of Cody's absorption and the fear she has as a result of her first kiss was wonderful.
The first person also provided a beautiful opportunity to discuss Aunt Carrie haunting Rogue's choices as she progressed through the story and the vague mentions of Rogue's parents going to the Far Banks. I enjoyed that addition immensely and I felt like there were some solid callbacks to the "Going Rogue" arc.
The portrayal of her regret and fear made me so happy and gave me glimpses of the Rogue I know and love.
This is, unfortunately, where my praise ends. The entire plot was awful. I think even if it were in a comic book I would have a hard time (and comics really push the limit of ridiculousness). The way Rogue reacted to James/Touch drove me up with wall. She is lovesick to the point of stupidity and that is not the Rogue I know. The Rogue I know keeps people at a distance (please see the entire course of Rogue and Remy's relationship), especially when she cares about them and I would imagine that would be extra true at 18 years old.
I know this sounds like a lot of personal opinions based on my own interpretation of a character that has existed in comics since the 80s but the thing is the elements of her character that have remained consistent are her strong southern sass that keeps people from getting too close.
Rogue here felt whiny and irrational, letting James/Touch get too close and then being so blindly dedicated to him even though he lied to her and really used her in a lot of ways.
James/Touch was his own issue and I did not care about him at all. I had zero emotional attachment to him and did not care if his future wife stabbed him and took their son. I would not blame her. I liked her more than I liked him. She was far more interesting.
Maybe I just want to read about an independent Rogue and that is tarnishing my opinion of this novel but I really had a hard time finishing it. I'm sad I didn't like it. I wanted to like it. I wanted to love it because a Rogue "prequel" has so much potential even so, as a Rogue fan, I did not find it here.
There are two things I absolutely love about this story and that is
1) The cover is absolutely beautiful and I love it.
2) Getting to read this novel in the first person was really nice. I enjoyed getting into Rogue's head. It was a great choice that showed the impact that the personalities she's absorbed on how she acts. Christine Woodward really nailed that on the head. I thought the impact of Cody's absorption and the fear she has as a result of her first kiss was wonderful.
The first person also provided a beautiful opportunity to discuss Aunt Carrie haunting Rogue's choices as she progressed through the story and the vague mentions of Rogue's parents going to the Far Banks. I enjoyed that addition immensely and I felt like there were some solid callbacks to the "Going Rogue" arc.
The portrayal of her regret and fear made me so happy and gave me glimpses of the Rogue I know and love.
This is, unfortunately, where my praise ends. The entire plot was awful. I think even if it were in a comic book I would have a hard time (and comics really push the limit of ridiculousness). The way Rogue reacted to James/Touch drove me up with wall. She is lovesick to the point of stupidity and that is not the Rogue I know. The Rogue I know keeps people at a distance (please see the entire course of Rogue and Remy's relationship), especially when she cares about them and I would imagine that would be extra true at 18 years old.
I know this sounds like a lot of personal opinions based on my own interpretation of a character that has existed in comics since the 80s but the thing is the elements of her character that have remained consistent are her strong southern sass that keeps people from getting too close.
Rogue here felt whiny and irrational, letting James/Touch get too close and then being so blindly dedicated to him even though he lied to her and really used her in a lot of ways.
James/Touch was his own issue and I did not care about him at all. I had zero emotional attachment to him and did not care if his future wife stabbed him and took their son. I would not blame her. I liked her more than I liked him. She was far more interesting.
Maybe I just want to read about an independent Rogue and that is tarnishing my opinion of this novel but I really had a hard time finishing it. I'm sad I didn't like it. I wanted to like it. I wanted to love it because a Rogue "prequel" has so much potential even so, as a Rogue fan, I did not find it here.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 4, 2018
This book made me laugh out loud on multiple occasions... but that's not a good thing. I had trepidation going into reading this. First off, I am a HUGE fan of Rogue; she's my favorite X-Man of all time, and she's probably in my top 5 of all comic book characters. Generally I am very, very sensitive and defensive about the way she's handled by writers, and in this book we have a situation where a novelist is writing a comic book character and more often than not, that transition does not work. Novelists don't tend to understand that particular and special marriage of words and pictures that can make a comic sing. Next, due to Rogue's power set, lots of times she ends up in failed romances, and I'm not a fan of that genre. Then, there's the fact this is a YA novel, and when those come to romance, as an adult, I normally feel that the characters all act like idiots.
That all said, I'm a huge fan of this character so if she's in it, I'll likely read it. Also, the She-Hulk Diaries book was hilarious and fun, so I thought that maybe this book wouldn't be so bad. But this book was not great. I don't think failed because the writer didn't get Rogue, because that part wasn't so bad. Plot-wise it was just really strange and I don't understand why the choice was made to just completely ignore all of the Marvel cannon of mutants being a known thing. That obviously didn't happen in the She-Hulk book, as there was multiple mention of the Avengers and related stuff, like the bit with Hawkeye. If you take this book as complete alternate reality it's not so bad. Also, I was sort of shocked by the reviews on the back of the book! Positive reviews from Chris Claremont and Mike Carey?! Two men who have both been possibly the most pivotal writers in Rogue's history?! After finishing the book, then looking at the reviews, I feel both of them were possible hit by some sort of overly-positive beam or gun.
That all said, I'm a huge fan of this character so if she's in it, I'll likely read it. Also, the She-Hulk Diaries book was hilarious and fun, so I thought that maybe this book wouldn't be so bad. But this book was not great. I don't think failed because the writer didn't get Rogue, because that part wasn't so bad. Plot-wise it was just really strange and I don't understand why the choice was made to just completely ignore all of the Marvel cannon of mutants being a known thing. That obviously didn't happen in the She-Hulk book, as there was multiple mention of the Avengers and related stuff, like the bit with Hawkeye. If you take this book as complete alternate reality it's not so bad. Also, I was sort of shocked by the reviews on the back of the book! Positive reviews from Chris Claremont and Mike Carey?! Two men who have both been possibly the most pivotal writers in Rogue's history?! After finishing the book, then looking at the reviews, I feel both of them were possible hit by some sort of overly-positive beam or gun.
June 9, 2017
First off, two notes -
A.) While I enjoy the X-Men, I've never followed it as thoroughly as I might like, merely watching the odd cartoon and Hollywood movie. Rogue, though a character I like, isn't one I've ever known much about. Basically, my caveat is that I'm no X-Men superfan.
B.) I found this book at the Dollar Tree. Yeah, really. Couldn't believe my eyes. If I hadn't seen the Marvel endorsement sticker I would have assumed it was a Christian romance, but no... it's actual Marvel universe, no underlying Jesus theme. A book for a buck that wasn't about God? Sign me up!
Overall, I enjoyed this quite well. Given the price and my flimsy-at-best familiarity with the title character, I didn't have much expectations going in and it exceeded those. It was an interesting look at a vaguely familiar character and it was a nice supernatural/sci-fi romance. I liked Touch and I thought the premise of his origins and the drama they brought with them to be interesting and somewhat thought-provoking. I doubt I would have picked this book up if it hadn't been Marvel (or cheap) and I would have missed an engaging story if I hadn't.
No regrets here.
A.) While I enjoy the X-Men, I've never followed it as thoroughly as I might like, merely watching the odd cartoon and Hollywood movie. Rogue, though a character I like, isn't one I've ever known much about. Basically, my caveat is that I'm no X-Men superfan.
B.) I found this book at the Dollar Tree. Yeah, really. Couldn't believe my eyes. If I hadn't seen the Marvel endorsement sticker I would have assumed it was a Christian romance, but no... it's actual Marvel universe, no underlying Jesus theme. A book for a buck that wasn't about God? Sign me up!
Overall, I enjoyed this quite well. Given the price and my flimsy-at-best familiarity with the title character, I didn't have much expectations going in and it exceeded those. It was an interesting look at a vaguely familiar character and it was a nice supernatural/sci-fi romance. I liked Touch and I thought the premise of his origins and the drama they brought with them to be interesting and somewhat thought-provoking. I doubt I would have picked this book up if it hadn't been Marvel (or cheap) and I would have missed an engaging story if I hadn't.
No regrets here.
October 9, 2017
2.5 stars
As a huge Rogue fan myself, I was obviously excited to read Rogue Touch. A book about Rogue's young years before colliding with the x-men? Sign me up! After having read the book though I'm left with a feeling of "meh". While I'm fine with a writer changing Rogue's backstory, let's face it after all her years in comics she has dozens, I'm not fine with a story that doesn't seem to contain a shred of the character at all. Don't get me wrong, Rogue Touch is a cute fluff piece, but it is overwhelmingly clear that it has nothing much to do with the beloved Marvel character. It reads as a generic "on the run" romance with a few sparse Marvel tidbits thrown in. If you've the time to spare for a fluffy read, go ahead. If it's a Marvel adventure about young Rogue you're looking for, sit back and watch a marathon of X-Men: Evolution instead.
As a huge Rogue fan myself, I was obviously excited to read Rogue Touch. A book about Rogue's young years before colliding with the x-men? Sign me up! After having read the book though I'm left with a feeling of "meh". While I'm fine with a writer changing Rogue's backstory, let's face it after all her years in comics she has dozens, I'm not fine with a story that doesn't seem to contain a shred of the character at all. Don't get me wrong, Rogue Touch is a cute fluff piece, but it is overwhelmingly clear that it has nothing much to do with the beloved Marvel character. It reads as a generic "on the run" romance with a few sparse Marvel tidbits thrown in. If you've the time to spare for a fluffy read, go ahead. If it's a Marvel adventure about young Rogue you're looking for, sit back and watch a marathon of X-Men: Evolution instead.
July 15, 2020
I really expected to enjoy this book, but… it just felt… lacking. So much of this book felt like it could have happened almost with any couple. And the characters’ powers felt like they were only superficial means to an end.
It felt like a story in search of a genre. Almost a romance, but without a satisfying HEA; almost a superhero story, but moving past any possible heroism as quickly as the author could manage.
Most frustratingly, having finished the book, I find myself wondering what the point was. There is growth in Rogue’s character, but it feels like too little growth and too little shown of it to be worth the events that precede it.
It felt like a story in search of a genre. Almost a romance, but without a satisfying HEA; almost a superhero story, but moving past any possible heroism as quickly as the author could manage.
Most frustratingly, having finished the book, I find myself wondering what the point was. There is growth in Rogue’s character, but it feels like too little growth and too little shown of it to be worth the events that precede it.
August 24, 2021
I definitely rate this book a 4/5. It is indeed one of my favorite books, and I recommend this book if you aren’t a big X-men fan or don’t know that much information about Rogue or how backstory. I see a lot of people complaining in the reviews, but I think she took her story and did something beautiful with it. I saw someone say she shouldn’t have used Rogue at all and had like a Time travel love story, and I actually would like to read something like that, but Touch and Rogue not being able to touch made the tension even better, and had you on the edge of your seat. I kept reading to see if one day they would. No spoilers.
March 20, 2023
One part fanfiction about a backstory for a DC superhero, one part sci-fi adventure and one part romance, this story about how Rogue got her name and her on-the-run experiences with the otherworldly James/Touch was a fun read. Anna Marie already knew how lethal her touch could before she was called Rogue and dressed to prevent accidentally harming anyone, but still she did and took off from Jackson, Mississippi with a recent acquaintance James, who was running from those who would take him back to the world he’d come from. Some of the supposed surprises were obvious ahead of time, but that didn’t keep me from rooting for them.
October 1, 2025
If you're expecting Rogue's origin story, that's not really what this is. At least not the one with the X-Men or any other character you may be familiar with. It's more the movie Starman with Anna Marie being a girl who absorbs the memories of anyone she touches. She goes on the run with Touch. (Yeah, I know, that name is really on the nose!) They proceed to steal everything left and right. First only from corporations and banks or bad people but eventually anyone that crosses their paths. And that ending? That was just terrible. If you want to read about Rogue, do yourself a favor and buy some trades of old X-Men comics instead of this nonsense.
August 16, 2020
So many feelings on this book . Rogue is of my favorite characters from x-men . I think you need to approach this book as Rogue from another universe that isn’t from the comics at all. If you are expecting this to be like the comics I say prepared to be disappointed and go to another book . This book is a about another Rogue who is a runaway after she puts Cody in a coma. She then meets James aka Touch and it’s a road trip. I thought Touch’s story was more interesting than Rogue. Overall it was okay , just not what I was expecting.
July 17, 2021
DNF.
Why DNF?
1. She tries to see if her powers are gone and ends up killing a newborn kitten. At least it wasn’t a person, I get it, but I didn’t like it.
2. She is so annoying. The most aggravating, inflammatory, whiny character I’ve ever read.
3. “You didn’t fire a thief. You created one”— I put down the book. The blame deflection in the middle of stealing bakery ingredients was just the most pathetic thing and I couldn’t stomach it.
DNF.
Why DNF?
1. She tries to see if her powers are gone and ends up killing a newborn kitten. At least it wasn’t a person, I get it, but I didn’t like it.
2. She is so annoying. The most aggravating, inflammatory, whiny character I’ve ever read.
3. “You didn’t fire a thief. You created one”— I put down the book. The blame deflection in the middle of stealing bakery ingredients was just the most pathetic thing and I couldn’t stomach it.
DNF.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 23, 2023
I wanted to love this story. I love Rogue in the comics but this...this was a work of original fiction with the name Rogue slapped on the main character.
It literally was like the author has a story she wanted to tell and forgot this is supposed to be a story of Rogue the mutant and X-Man.
One of the more disappointing stories I have read in a while. I nearly stopped at page 100 and I almost wish I had.
It literally was like the author has a story she wanted to tell and forgot this is supposed to be a story of Rogue the mutant and X-Man.
One of the more disappointing stories I have read in a while. I nearly stopped at page 100 and I almost wish I had.
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