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Heroics
When superheroes and supervillains alike begin disappearing from Caotico City, the teenage heroes of Heroics find themselves at a loss for what to do. They're used to picking up petty criminals after school and stopping bank robberies on weekends, and they fear they're out of their league. With more and more disappearances reported every day, the Heroics team will find itself being led into a dangerous game, where the darkest secrets of those they trust will be out to get them, and allies they thought they knew will become their worst enemies.
Kate Oliver, the sixteen-year-old leader of the Heroics field team, will struggle to keep her team from falling apart as they fight amongst themselves, while the three adult supervisors who make up the base team struggle with their own, more personal issues. With normal crime being quickly complicated by clones, mind control, and mad science, the entire team will need to find its footing, or risk losing more than just their unity.
Kate Oliver, the sixteen-year-old leader of the Heroics field team, will struggle to keep her team from falling apart as they fight amongst themselves, while the three adult supervisors who make up the base team struggle with their own, more personal issues. With normal crime being quickly complicated by clones, mind control, and mad science, the entire team will need to find its footing, or risk losing more than just their unity.
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First published July 16, 2013
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August 9, 2013
Firstly: RIP all those characters Alex Kost will kill as she writes and publishes more stories. Let it be known that there shall be a whole lot of them.
Secondly: I don't read YA books (with the exception of John Green) or action/hero type books, so books in this genre aren't exactly my cup of tea; other reviewers will be more expert in this type of novel. But because I know Alex Kost, and because I knew that this book would be roughly 90% sarcasm, I made the exception.
From this book, I think three things can be extrapolated:
1. Alex Kost will kill any character without regret.
2. Alex Kost will abuse any character without regret.
3. Alex Kost is sarcastic.
And with this as her first novel, I can see a bright literary future waiting to be written. It is my hope that with each new book, what makes her authorship unique is honed in and focused until it's as remarkable as that YA book or author we all hold so dear to us, the one that is special because there was something that touched a part of us we didn't even realize was there. Then the writings of Alex Kost will be that special something to one of her readers, and her the special author that spoke to his or her soul.
Secondly: I don't read YA books (with the exception of John Green) or action/hero type books, so books in this genre aren't exactly my cup of tea; other reviewers will be more expert in this type of novel. But because I know Alex Kost, and because I knew that this book would be roughly 90% sarcasm, I made the exception.
From this book, I think three things can be extrapolated:
1. Alex Kost will kill any character without regret.
2. Alex Kost will abuse any character without regret.
3. Alex Kost is sarcastic.
And with this as her first novel, I can see a bright literary future waiting to be written. It is my hope that with each new book, what makes her authorship unique is honed in and focused until it's as remarkable as that YA book or author we all hold so dear to us, the one that is special because there was something that touched a part of us we didn't even realize was there. Then the writings of Alex Kost will be that special something to one of her readers, and her the special author that spoke to his or her soul.
August 23, 2015
Given an ARC for an honest review.
Heroics is a decent story about a group of teenagers that have superpowers. There are a couple places in the book that leave you feeling like there is a first book that you missed, but it doesn't take away from the story. A quick read. I'd pick up a sequel if it were written.
Heroics is a decent story about a group of teenagers that have superpowers. There are a couple places in the book that leave you feeling like there is a first book that you missed, but it doesn't take away from the story. A quick read. I'd pick up a sequel if it were written.
February 6, 2014
Overall, the story was good. It needed some grammar work and some plot work, especially in terms of flow and being clear. But overall the story sucked me in.
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