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Cupid's Broken: The Vigilante League
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Expected 26 May 26"The gracious Messiah Corporation keeps us safe in the Cities. The Vigilantes want to destroy our home. The Neutralizer must be stopped" - a special message brought to you by Vox News Tonight
The City is one of twenty pockets of humanity left after the world went to nuclear war and climate change ravaged the planet.
Leo is an undercover journalist that exposes "straight" men having affairs in the Messiah Corporation.
Garrett, Leo's fiancé, is the City's beloved Serpentine Serpent. He keeps the City safe from the Vigilant League. Six villains that go against the six heroes regularly.
Ngaio is the Neutralizer and Leo's best friend's brother. He is the number one Vigilante and wants Garrett gone.
Leo's world collapses when Garrett breaks up with him and the Messiah Corporation tries to murder him.
The Neutralizer comes to save Leo from his demise and the veil is lifted from his eyes.
The City is one of twenty pockets of humanity left after the world went to nuclear war and climate change ravaged the planet.
Leo is an undercover journalist that exposes "straight" men having affairs in the Messiah Corporation.
Garrett, Leo's fiancé, is the City's beloved Serpentine Serpent. He keeps the City safe from the Vigilant League. Six villains that go against the six heroes regularly.
Ngaio is the Neutralizer and Leo's best friend's brother. He is the number one Vigilante and wants Garrett gone.
Leo's world collapses when Garrett breaks up with him and the Messiah Corporation tries to murder him.
The Neutralizer comes to save Leo from his demise and the veil is lifted from his eyes.
168 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication May 26, 2026
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May 23, 2026
This was a really fun, wild, spicy and fast roller-coaster of a read. I think the world the author built was really cool with its combination of corporate superheroes (think The Boys) in a dystopian setting. We have our two MMCs Leo and Ngaio who get together after Leo's dick of a "superhero" BF Garrett breaks up with him but finds out they were not only dating as a corporate stunt but that essentially Garrett had ill intensions towards Leo. Ngaio has been on the sidelines to pick up the pieces during and after the breakup and was waiting for someday his chance to show Leo he deserved better. I think their dynamic was really cute and they had great banter and chemistry. I also really enjoyed Leo being friends not only with Ngaio's sister but also his father who was also really hopeful they would end up together. It seemed like the whole family was just chomping at the bit to welcome Leo not only into the family but the family business and it was so sweet.
Now I will say that depending on the type of reader you are the size could work for you or not. What I mean by that is like I said this is a wild adventure of a book with so much packed into it. With smaller novels like this you can be constricted by the size by how much you want to do. This is a story with so much packed into it that it has to be really fast paced so your just along for the ride, but it also means that personally for me some scenes weren't built out or we and the characters weren't allowed to sit with anything before the next big event happened. For me I enjoyed the story and the characters, but I would have preferred if the pacing had been dialed back just a little bit.
Overall, I found the story & characters to be entertaining, and the world building made sense. This book does end on a cliff hanger so I am intrigued as to what will happen next in the story.
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This book is about Leo who is a journalist in a post‑apocalyptic world where only twenty Cities survived where his city falls under the control of the Messiah Corporation and their superheroes one of whom is Serpentine Serpent also known as Garrett who is in a relationship with Leo. But being in a relationship with a superhero is never easy with the missed dates and being kidnapped by his nemeses the Neutralizer from the Vigilant League. But Leo put up with it because he loved Garrett but then out of nowhere Garrett not only breaks up with him but accuses him of cheating on live TV with his best friend's brother Ngaio, he didn't think it could get any worse. That is until Messiah corporation send Garrett to kill Leo and he finds out that their whole relationship was a corporate stunt. The only reason he is able to escape is when he is rescued by none other than the Neutralizer. It's only when he is living with the Neutralizer and his team does he see what the Messiah Corporation had done to blind its citizens with its superheroes all so that no one would see the truth of their corruption.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Now I will say that depending on the type of reader you are the size could work for you or not. What I mean by that is like I said this is a wild adventure of a book with so much packed into it. With smaller novels like this you can be constricted by the size by how much you want to do. This is a story with so much packed into it that it has to be really fast paced so your just along for the ride, but it also means that personally for me some scenes weren't built out or we and the characters weren't allowed to sit with anything before the next big event happened. For me I enjoyed the story and the characters, but I would have preferred if the pacing had been dialed back just a little bit.
Overall, I found the story & characters to be entertaining, and the world building made sense. This book does end on a cliff hanger so I am intrigued as to what will happen next in the story.
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This book is about Leo who is a journalist in a post‑apocalyptic world where only twenty Cities survived where his city falls under the control of the Messiah Corporation and their superheroes one of whom is Serpentine Serpent also known as Garrett who is in a relationship with Leo. But being in a relationship with a superhero is never easy with the missed dates and being kidnapped by his nemeses the Neutralizer from the Vigilant League. But Leo put up with it because he loved Garrett but then out of nowhere Garrett not only breaks up with him but accuses him of cheating on live TV with his best friend's brother Ngaio, he didn't think it could get any worse. That is until Messiah corporation send Garrett to kill Leo and he finds out that their whole relationship was a corporate stunt. The only reason he is able to escape is when he is rescued by none other than the Neutralizer. It's only when he is living with the Neutralizer and his team does he see what the Messiah Corporation had done to blind its citizens with its superheroes all so that no one would see the truth of their corruption.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Review of advance copy received from Author
How has Noel Alvarado packed so much into his novella, Cupid's Broken? I don't know, but from page 1 the story is a wild ride. This futuristic, dystopian, good vs bad, speculative fiction is funny, exciting, and spicy. But at the same time it's full of deeply moving narrative on relationships, trauma, loss, and love. In this world filled with heroes and villains, who is actually evil? The story is filled with wonderful queer representation, mental health representation, and more. This is book 1 of the series and what a fantastic teaser for hopefully many more stories to come in this incredible world.
Review of advance copy received from Author
A more detailed review to come, but for now I will say I loved every moment of this book. The friends to lovers the political and the fantasy and super hero rivals. It does have some spicy scenes and as a non romance reader I was sweating 🥵 but in a good way. It has found family and it's queer. I couldn't ask for anything else!
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