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Lady Superior
Kristen Anderson has kept her superpowers hidden since she was a teenager. Now, after the first time using her powers in public, she's been pulled into full-time action by an organization that has been operating in the shadows for centuries. As Lady Superior, Kristen must not only face an ancient threat, but the prospect of being utilized as the face of a movement to bring the world of superhumans into the public eye. Kristen must decide who she can trust with her secret and, in her attempts to protect those she holds closest, put the extent of her capabilities to the test.
370 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 25, 2015
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January 6, 2017
Lady Superior is, well, superior
Honest feeling characters, their decisions and foibles felt real and understandable. World building caught my imagination but might have benefited from either more detail now or less teasing of future stories. Overall solid and enjoyable.
Honest feeling characters, their decisions and foibles felt real and understandable. World building caught my imagination but might have benefited from either more detail now or less teasing of future stories. Overall solid and enjoyable.
September 22, 2017
Entertaining!!
Good hero book! LS is a gritty believable character, with a day to day life with its ups and downs, she is a wannabe nerd, with nerd friends, but does not qualify, because her life is too hectic and she's a freaking Superheroin!!!
Good hero book! LS is a gritty believable character, with a day to day life with its ups and downs, she is a wannabe nerd, with nerd friends, but does not qualify, because her life is too hectic and she's a freaking Superheroin!!!
February 20, 2017
This had kind of the shape of a good superhero story but it didn't really come together for me. Sorry that's vague.
September 27, 2017
Despite the repeated emphasis on how big the viewpoint character's boobs are, I rather enjoyed this. Well enough to read the sequel, anyway.
November 17, 2015
In a single sentence, Lady Superior is a superhero story. But that single sentence does this book a disservice. It's a superhero story that has a snowball's chance of happening.
When most of us think of stories in this genre, we think Spider-Man, Batman, Ironman, Superman. And we end up with a) a lot of "men", and b) a really, really implausible story. Plus, almost everyone can rattle off the origin stories for all of our examples, because they've been done to death, and microanalyzed. That's one reason that Lady Superior is a standout, because although Ziebart's first book about the titular character (and I'm hoping there will be others) introduces us to her very early in her crimefighting, we spend almost no time on how she came to be. Even she doesn't know, exactly, and that uncertainty is a plot point, along with the shadowy organization with roots in antiquity that takes a pointed interest in her and her fledgling career. I could spend more time talking about the plot or some of Lady Superiors powers, but Ziebart's writing is so fast-paced that any reveal I do in this review would be a spoiler of some kind.
That tightness of writing, though, is the heart and soul of why I'm giving it 5 stars. This is a story that *moves*, spending no time on navel-gazing -- something our heroine despises as well -- and just gets to the story. We get to see Kristen Anderson (aka Lady Superior, who amusingly enough is dubbed "Maiden Milwaukee" by the media before she can gain control of her own brand) learning about her own powers and limitations. We see her having problems with her family, and we see her struggling to find the balance between being a hero and being a *person*. In all of this, we are never far from action, and Lady Superior is a superhero who relies on raw physicality: when confronted with a problem, she's likely to think about it just long enough to figure out how to punch its lights out. No heat vision, no obscure Tibetan martial arts, no billion-dollar anything. If there were superheroes out there with such strength and built-in bullet resistance (not bullet *proof*, as she learns!), then Lady Superior is very plausible indeed.
At 335 pages, Lady Superior is a pretty quick read. As a bonus, the setting (Milwaukee, WI) isn't one usually selected for the superhero treatment, and if you're familiar at all with that town, the local references are like a layer of subtle spice that add life to the story but won't be missed by those who've never been to the place.
When most of us think of stories in this genre, we think Spider-Man, Batman, Ironman, Superman. And we end up with a) a lot of "men", and b) a really, really implausible story. Plus, almost everyone can rattle off the origin stories for all of our examples, because they've been done to death, and microanalyzed. That's one reason that Lady Superior is a standout, because although Ziebart's first book about the titular character (and I'm hoping there will be others) introduces us to her very early in her crimefighting, we spend almost no time on how she came to be. Even she doesn't know, exactly, and that uncertainty is a plot point, along with the shadowy organization with roots in antiquity that takes a pointed interest in her and her fledgling career. I could spend more time talking about the plot or some of Lady Superiors powers, but Ziebart's writing is so fast-paced that any reveal I do in this review would be a spoiler of some kind.
That tightness of writing, though, is the heart and soul of why I'm giving it 5 stars. This is a story that *moves*, spending no time on navel-gazing -- something our heroine despises as well -- and just gets to the story. We get to see Kristen Anderson (aka Lady Superior, who amusingly enough is dubbed "Maiden Milwaukee" by the media before she can gain control of her own brand) learning about her own powers and limitations. We see her having problems with her family, and we see her struggling to find the balance between being a hero and being a *person*. In all of this, we are never far from action, and Lady Superior is a superhero who relies on raw physicality: when confronted with a problem, she's likely to think about it just long enough to figure out how to punch its lights out. No heat vision, no obscure Tibetan martial arts, no billion-dollar anything. If there were superheroes out there with such strength and built-in bullet resistance (not bullet *proof*, as she learns!), then Lady Superior is very plausible indeed.
At 335 pages, Lady Superior is a pretty quick read. As a bonus, the setting (Milwaukee, WI) isn't one usually selected for the superhero treatment, and if you're familiar at all with that town, the local references are like a layer of subtle spice that add life to the story but won't be missed by those who've never been to the place.
June 2, 2016
That was
A superior read, this novel showed how someone who had superpowers all his or her life really thought. I read it in one go, I definitely recommend it.
A superior read, this novel showed how someone who had superpowers all his or her life really thought. I read it in one go, I definitely recommend it.
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