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Night Terror and Fialux #1
Villains Don't Date Heroes!
Night Terror. The greatest villain Starlight City has ever known. The greatest supervillain the world has ever seen. She rules her city with an iron fist, and there are no new worlds to conquer.
Needless to say life is pretty damn boring.
All that changes when she decides to shake things up by robbing a bank the old fashioned way and runs into the city's newest hero: Fialux. Flying Fialux. Invulnerable Fialux. Super strong Fialux. Beautiful Fialux?
Night Terror has a new archenemy who might just be able to defeat her, but even more terrifying are the confusing feelings this upstart heroine has ignited. She doesn't like heroes like that. She definitely doesn't like girls like that. Right? Only she can't deny the flutter she feels whenever she thinks of Starlight City's newest heroine!
The line between hate and love is a razor's edge that the world's greatest villainess will have to walk if she wants to hold onto that title!
Villains Don't Date Heroes! is a lesbian scifi romance novel that explores the world of villains, antiheroes, and heroes in a whole new way!
This novel was previously published as Villainess Love. It's been completely rewritten with about 50% new content and is the first in a planned series following the misadventures of Night Terror and Fialux!
Needless to say life is pretty damn boring.
All that changes when she decides to shake things up by robbing a bank the old fashioned way and runs into the city's newest hero: Fialux. Flying Fialux. Invulnerable Fialux. Super strong Fialux. Beautiful Fialux?
Night Terror has a new archenemy who might just be able to defeat her, but even more terrifying are the confusing feelings this upstart heroine has ignited. She doesn't like heroes like that. She definitely doesn't like girls like that. Right? Only she can't deny the flutter she feels whenever she thinks of Starlight City's newest heroine!
The line between hate and love is a razor's edge that the world's greatest villainess will have to walk if she wants to hold onto that title!
Villains Don't Date Heroes! is a lesbian scifi romance novel that explores the world of villains, antiheroes, and heroes in a whole new way!
This novel was previously published as Villainess Love. It's been completely rewritten with about 50% new content and is the first in a planned series following the misadventures of Night Terror and Fialux!
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First published August 4, 2014
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November 6, 2017
“Villains Don’t Date Heroes” is the book I was hoping for when I read “The Queen of Swords”! Here, we have a likable supervillain who goes out of her way to avoid collateral damage, either to innocents or property, who finds herself attracted to a girl for the first time!
MC Night Terror is also slightly insane, in a highly entertaining way, much the same as the delightful MCs in “A Date with Angel and Other Things that Weren’t Supposed to Happen” and “The Dark Path of Romance (Kim and Angel, #2)”.
Oh, and the humor….it’s so self-aware and campy, yet at the same time truly very funny! For example:
Seriously, how can you not want to read a book filled with lines like these!?
Night Terror’s efforts to capture, and/or discover the secret identity of Supergirl….err….Fialux, I mean, creates lots of fun moments. I also enjoyed the banter between the MCs when they finally discussed their mutual attraction and tried working together against a common enemy.
VDDH is released as a rewritten novel (previously “Villainess Love”), and author Mia Archer plans a series following “the misadventures of Night Terror and Fialux”. 5* for the hilarity of the book, and the enjoyable characters. I do hope that a few upcoming misadventures include some steamy enjoyment between the characters….just think of how Night Terror’s creative toys and Fialux’s abilities could….oh….sorry….I got distracted. Get the book….it’s very fun!
MC Night Terror is also slightly insane, in a highly entertaining way, much the same as the delightful MCs in “A Date with Angel and Other Things that Weren’t Supposed to Happen” and “The Dark Path of Romance (Kim and Angel, #2)”.
Oh, and the humor….it’s so self-aware and campy, yet at the same time truly very funny! For example:
”He fired and time stood still. People screamed. I scoffed. Please. As though something as simple as an ancient six shooter could actually be a problem when they had a living goddess in front of them throwing around the kind of futuristic weaponry that would make Heinlein drool”
“I only wanted what was best for the people of this city. All I asked in return was that they didn’t get in my way too much while I robbed them blind and ruled their city.”
“It would be damn embarrassing if my evil supercomputer and partner in crime realized I was falling for my newest enemy. Talk about a major embarrassment.”
Seriously, how can you not want to read a book filled with lines like these!?
Night Terror’s efforts to capture, and/or discover the secret identity of Supergirl….err….Fialux, I mean, creates lots of fun moments. I also enjoyed the banter between the MCs when they finally discussed their mutual attraction and tried working together against a common enemy.
VDDH is released as a rewritten novel (previously “Villainess Love”), and author Mia Archer plans a series following “the misadventures of Night Terror and Fialux”. 5* for the hilarity of the book, and the enjoyable characters. I do hope that a few upcoming misadventures include some steamy enjoyment between the characters….just think of how Night Terror’s creative toys and Fialux’s abilities could….oh….sorry….I got distracted. Get the book….it’s very fun!
October 24, 2017
Stroke. Of. Genius. There's been several superhero books out lately in the lesfic verse. This one though. Oh my. The lead ... protagonist? Is a bloody supervillian'ess! Holy crap what a fun book. Mia, you missed your calling chica, you seriously need to be doing these full time, lol. For reals. She says at the end of the book that 'Villains Don't Save Heroes!' will hit end of Nov. I. Can't. Wait! Woot. Loved it.
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May 21, 2019
Well, that wasn’t as good as I hoped it would be.
I liked:
- the whole enemy-to-lover trope
- the f/f romance
I didn’t like:
- the slow pacing
- the really really slow romance
I’m to lazy and disappointed to do a proper review. Sorry.
I liked:
- the whole enemy-to-lover trope
- the f/f romance
I didn’t like:
- the slow pacing
- the really really slow romance
I’m to lazy and disappointed to do a proper review. Sorry.
July 7, 2025
This was an enjoyable enough super-powered romance story. It is a pity there is not more superhero related romance stories on the go as it is a fun sub-genre for sure!
Night Terror is Starlight City's most prominent villain. She practically runs the place as she has the local villains on a short leash, the local law enforcement in her pocket, and the local superheroes (the ones still standing) running scared. She is so dominant that it is getting to be boring. All that changes when she goes on a routine bank robbery job (a much needed break from designing a new killer robot for her AI sidekick) and runs into the Cities newest hero Fialux. Fialux is not the average hero and Night Terror soon finds she has a worthy nemesis at last. To complicate things even further Night Terror soon finds herself both fascinated and attracted to Starlight City's hottest new alien superhero!
The story was all told from Night Terror's POV and it was quite fun as she was super easy to like for a megalomaniacal supervillain. Mostly because she was a villain that was not particularly evil. Yeah, she was forever robbing places and and progressing with her plans to take over the world but she tried to avoid killing civilians and those who were not a direct threat to her safety or goals. She was a mad scientist style villain who had all sorts of cool futuristic technology at her disposal to aid her in her villainous goals. She was also a pretty amusing narrator and never shy about giving opinion on things or telling people how awesome she was!
I liked both Night Terror and Fialux and while I've read better romance tales this one was OK and the duo were easy enough to root for no matter if they were battling with each other or with any of the other villains that popped up in the city.
I read in another review that Night Terror was pretty much a female Lex Luther and that Fialux was pretty much a female Superman and that is exactly how I saw it as well. Fialux was basically just Supergirl! Night Terror was a lot more likeable than Lex Luther though which is why this worked as a romance.
The world was old school superhero. By that I mean it is the sort of world that Fialux putting on new clothes and wearing some glasses was enough to hide her civilian identity! Not that I've ever had a problem with that sort of superhero story:)
All in all I felt like this was a good read that could have been even better if it had included a bit more humour in the dialogue and done a tiny bit better at selling the romance between the books star couple.
Rating: 3.5 stars. This was fun enough that I'll definitely be reading the sequels.
Reread Update: Not quite so fun the second time around but still an OK sort of read.
Audio Note: For my reread I listened via the Readable text-to-speech app. Used the Sonia voice. It was similar to using Alexa since it used Microsoft Edge Read Aloud voices.
Night Terror is Starlight City's most prominent villain. She practically runs the place as she has the local villains on a short leash, the local law enforcement in her pocket, and the local superheroes (the ones still standing) running scared. She is so dominant that it is getting to be boring. All that changes when she goes on a routine bank robbery job (a much needed break from designing a new killer robot for her AI sidekick) and runs into the Cities newest hero Fialux. Fialux is not the average hero and Night Terror soon finds she has a worthy nemesis at last. To complicate things even further Night Terror soon finds herself both fascinated and attracted to Starlight City's hottest new alien superhero!
The story was all told from Night Terror's POV and it was quite fun as she was super easy to like for a megalomaniacal supervillain. Mostly because she was a villain that was not particularly evil. Yeah, she was forever robbing places and and progressing with her plans to take over the world but she tried to avoid killing civilians and those who were not a direct threat to her safety or goals. She was a mad scientist style villain who had all sorts of cool futuristic technology at her disposal to aid her in her villainous goals. She was also a pretty amusing narrator and never shy about giving opinion on things or telling people how awesome she was!
I liked both Night Terror and Fialux and while I've read better romance tales this one was OK and the duo were easy enough to root for no matter if they were battling with each other or with any of the other villains that popped up in the city.
I read in another review that Night Terror was pretty much a female Lex Luther and that Fialux was pretty much a female Superman and that is exactly how I saw it as well. Fialux was basically just Supergirl! Night Terror was a lot more likeable than Lex Luther though which is why this worked as a romance.
The world was old school superhero. By that I mean it is the sort of world that Fialux putting on new clothes and wearing some glasses was enough to hide her civilian identity! Not that I've ever had a problem with that sort of superhero story:)
All in all I felt like this was a good read that could have been even better if it had included a bit more humour in the dialogue and done a tiny bit better at selling the romance between the books star couple.
Rating: 3.5 stars. This was fun enough that I'll definitely be reading the sequels.
Reread Update: Not quite so fun the second time around but still an OK sort of read.
Audio Note: For my reread I listened via the Readable text-to-speech app. Used the Sonia voice. It was similar to using Alexa since it used Microsoft Edge Read Aloud voices.
November 6, 2017
This was very amusing. It reminded me very much of the movie Megamind. Villain with a conscience falls for the hero, because well she's just so hot. The internal dialogue of the megalomaniac villain is what made me laugh out loud several times.
December 7, 2017
Well that's several hours of my life i'll never get back!
Honestly I skimmed half of this book. Admittedly the book has a good dose of humor and I was really into the first few chapters until I started getting bombarded with the inner ramblings of Night Terror. The author seems to write 1 line of dialogue and then we get page after page of Night Terror's far too detailed thought process, by the time we got another line of dialogue I had already forgotten what she said in the first place.
The other thing that really started to bug me was the repetitiveness of it. "yours truly" appears 17 times throughout the book and "thank you very much" 14 times (yes I counted)! Maybe it was because I was skimming but I got so sick of seeing those two lines over and over.
Last but not least the story was completely predictable, not a single surprise to be found. This just wasn't my cup of tea.
Honestly I skimmed half of this book. Admittedly the book has a good dose of humor and I was really into the first few chapters until I started getting bombarded with the inner ramblings of Night Terror. The author seems to write 1 line of dialogue and then we get page after page of Night Terror's far too detailed thought process, by the time we got another line of dialogue I had already forgotten what she said in the first place.
The other thing that really started to bug me was the repetitiveness of it. "yours truly" appears 17 times throughout the book and "thank you very much" 14 times (yes I counted)! Maybe it was because I was skimming but I got so sick of seeing those two lines over and over.
Last but not least the story was completely predictable, not a single surprise to be found. This just wasn't my cup of tea.
November 23, 2017
Predictable story and 1D characters
I was really intrigued by the synopsis: f/f superhero and villain romance!? Yes please! ... But the 1st person narrator's constant ramblings and detailed explanations on what she is thinking, feeling, doing and will do were tedious and repetitive. Also, the characters are extremely one dimensional and the story is too predictable. There is no hidden surprise in this novel.. The narrator falls in love too suddenly, and you can figure out who the real baddies are from the very beginning (I don't know why it took Natalie so long to realize).
I don't think there are many f/f superhero novels, so I wanted to give 3 stars.. But I can't :'(
I was really intrigued by the synopsis: f/f superhero and villain romance!? Yes please! ... But the 1st person narrator's constant ramblings and detailed explanations on what she is thinking, feeling, doing and will do were tedious and repetitive. Also, the characters are extremely one dimensional and the story is too predictable. There is no hidden surprise in this novel.. The narrator falls in love too suddenly, and you can figure out who the real baddies are from the very beginning (I don't know why it took Natalie so long to realize).
I don't think there are many f/f superhero novels, so I wanted to give 3 stars.. But I can't :'(
June 16, 2016
I didn't actually realize immediately, that this was an erotic superhero story. I should have, I know. What with other works by the author, the cover, the "steamy lesbian" bit in the description. Still, I didn't notice. Was coming off reading several superhero books (prose and graphic novel) and just saw this one and picked it up to read.
It's an interesting enough story. Apparently it's a "they didn't appreciate me, so I'll be a mad scientist" type story. Though this time the mad scientist is a woman. There are other "mad" female supervillains out there, I don't mean to imply that there aren't.
Harley Quinn's character morphs between being goofy, insane, mad, and playing at insane. And has a genius level intelligence. Though most of the time that part gets forgotten and she gets presented as a goofy dim bimbo. Also, a mad psychiatrist isn't the normal type of thing someone things of first when they hear "mad scientist".
Poison Ivy is a mad scientist. At times. Most of the times that aspect doesn't really come to the forefront as she acts more like a magical creature with powers over plants while wearing barely anything. But she is a scientist. And quite mad.
hmms. I could go on. Ok, strike that "this time the mad scientist is a women" and replace with . . . um . . . "mad scientist story". Right. That.
Ok then. Right from the get go the reader learns that this specific mad scientist isn't into madly creating waves of chaos and destruction. She goes out of her way to keep from killing, and from damaging . . . too much. Heck, in the first fight depicted in the book, the superhero causes more damage than the supervillain.
So, right. There's this supervillian. She's quite bored, so she robs a bank. In person. She has the technology that she could rob it electronically, or, if she really wanted to, say, roll around naked in cash, can walk in all causal like, wearing some hidden technology, push some buttons, and poof - vault of cash teleported elsewhere. Without anyone knowing she did it. So, why does so attack a bank in full supervillian costume? Enter the vault, set up teleportation, and . . . leave by the front door instead of teleporting out? Because, as I said, she's bored. Not only is she the top supervillian in the city, no superhero stands a chance against her. And the cops just have symbolic gestures of "we are trying to stop her". Because they know they can't stop her. And she's nice enough to limit the damage, and death.
Except, there's this brand new superhero in town. Who zooms in and beats the tar out of the supervillian. While also causing massive collateral damage. Granted, the supervillian was kinda distracted by how aroused she was by the superhero, but still, the beat down was mostly a combination of 1) superhero just that good; 2) supervillian is out of practice with fighting someone at or above their weight class; 3) supervillian is just so gosh darn aroused by the superhero's mere presence (and confusion of same, since they are both female and she doesn't recall being overly attracted to women before).
Going in the way I did, without realizing the erotic nature of the book, I would have to say that the overall story has some neat little twists on superhero/supervillian/random non-supers interactions. While at the same time the story was . . . well, roughly on the level of a superhero story. A campy superhero story. With graphic sex. As opposed to only skimpily clad supers and implied intimacy.
Well, in terms of "great literature", this ain't that. In terms of superhero stories, it's decent. In terms of erotic stories, it has what it needed. Checked the boxes, so to speak.
This book certainly isn't the best book I've ever read, but I would most likely gobble up at least one more book set in the same universe.
It's an interesting enough story. Apparently it's a "they didn't appreciate me, so I'll be a mad scientist" type story. Though this time the mad scientist is a woman. There are other "mad" female supervillains out there, I don't mean to imply that there aren't.
Harley Quinn's character morphs between being goofy, insane, mad, and playing at insane. And has a genius level intelligence. Though most of the time that part gets forgotten and she gets presented as a goofy dim bimbo. Also, a mad psychiatrist isn't the normal type of thing someone things of first when they hear "mad scientist".
Poison Ivy is a mad scientist. At times. Most of the times that aspect doesn't really come to the forefront as she acts more like a magical creature with powers over plants while wearing barely anything. But she is a scientist. And quite mad.
hmms. I could go on. Ok, strike that "this time the mad scientist is a women" and replace with . . . um . . . "mad scientist story". Right. That.
Ok then. Right from the get go the reader learns that this specific mad scientist isn't into madly creating waves of chaos and destruction. She goes out of her way to keep from killing, and from damaging . . . too much. Heck, in the first fight depicted in the book, the superhero causes more damage than the supervillain.
So, right. There's this supervillian. She's quite bored, so she robs a bank. In person. She has the technology that she could rob it electronically, or, if she really wanted to, say, roll around naked in cash, can walk in all causal like, wearing some hidden technology, push some buttons, and poof - vault of cash teleported elsewhere. Without anyone knowing she did it. So, why does so attack a bank in full supervillian costume? Enter the vault, set up teleportation, and . . . leave by the front door instead of teleporting out? Because, as I said, she's bored. Not only is she the top supervillian in the city, no superhero stands a chance against her. And the cops just have symbolic gestures of "we are trying to stop her". Because they know they can't stop her. And she's nice enough to limit the damage, and death.
Except, there's this brand new superhero in town. Who zooms in and beats the tar out of the supervillian. While also causing massive collateral damage. Granted, the supervillian was kinda distracted by how aroused she was by the superhero, but still, the beat down was mostly a combination of 1) superhero just that good; 2) supervillian is out of practice with fighting someone at or above their weight class; 3) supervillian is just so gosh darn aroused by the superhero's mere presence (and confusion of same, since they are both female and she doesn't recall being overly attracted to women before).
Going in the way I did, without realizing the erotic nature of the book, I would have to say that the overall story has some neat little twists on superhero/supervillian/random non-supers interactions. While at the same time the story was . . . well, roughly on the level of a superhero story. A campy superhero story. With graphic sex. As opposed to only skimpily clad supers and implied intimacy.
Well, in terms of "great literature", this ain't that. In terms of superhero stories, it's decent. In terms of erotic stories, it has what it needed. Checked the boxes, so to speak.
This book certainly isn't the best book I've ever read, but I would most likely gobble up at least one more book set in the same universe.
September 16, 2018
A fun superhero read. The action scenes were enjoyable and there was some thought put into Night Terror's gadgets.
I had a few issues with the writing though. I feel like the chemistry between Night Terror and Fialux could of been better, felt a bit superficial- 'Hey we're both hot, let's date!'
Also I felt like the length of the internal monologues were at strange times. I pictured people around Night Terror looking at her strangely while she stands there doing 2 pages of monologue mid-conversation or battle. Like in a Monty Python movie where an off-camera voice yells "Get on with it!"
I had a few issues with the writing though. I feel like the chemistry between Night Terror and Fialux could of been better, felt a bit superficial- 'Hey we're both hot, let's date!'
Also I felt like the length of the internal monologues were at strange times. I pictured people around Night Terror looking at her strangely while she stands there doing 2 pages of monologue mid-conversation or battle. Like in a Monty Python movie where an off-camera voice yells "Get on with it!"
abandoned
September 1, 2018Don't know if I'll go back to it
The main character is so inside her head that the narrative becomes a huge monologue.
Not to mention that some things are just ... Not believable
The main character is so inside her head that the narrative becomes a huge monologue.
Not to mention that some things are just ... Not believable
October 21, 2017
Fantastic
I really liked the original version of this book, but the updated version is even better. Night Terror is one of the best anti-heroes I have had the pleasure to root for. And Mia Archer deftly proves, once again, that nobody mixes lesbian romance and geek culture humor quite as well as she!
I received an ARC copy of this book.
I really liked the original version of this book, but the updated version is even better. Night Terror is one of the best anti-heroes I have had the pleasure to root for. And Mia Archer deftly proves, once again, that nobody mixes lesbian romance and geek culture humor quite as well as she!
I received an ARC copy of this book.
January 29, 2018
3.5 stars. In my mind, this kept running like a supercorp fanfic set on another earth with a goofy Lena Luther playing Night Terror and Kara playing Fialux with the story being told from the villain POV. It was quite fun to flip the POV from usual superhero stories and to have a villainess with morals and no real powers. This worked more as a comic book story to me than a romance book because there wasn't enough interaction between the two leads. Nothing graphic takes place between the two characters in this version of the book. There was probably too much time spent on the inner ramblings of the villainess and though she had morals, I cringed everytime something happened just thinking about the scale of destruction. (Superman was a hero with good intentions but no-one appreciated him flattening half the city) She did reach some level of redemption by the end but considering that few of the problems were of her own creation, I'm not sure how well that'll go down. Anyways the book didn't go too deep but was quite fun till the end. A little more depth and trimming of the inner thoughts might help.
I am looking forward to the second book for two reasons - 1) I want to see more of the two MCs spending time together and how they handle their opposite perspectives and 2) I'd like to see the villain becoming the hero for a change.
I am looking forward to the second book for two reasons - 1) I want to see more of the two MCs spending time together and how they handle their opposite perspectives and 2) I'd like to see the villain becoming the hero for a change.
June 2, 2018
This is not an easy one to rate. I kind of liked it and I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt, but it has flaws. Oh yes, it has flaws.
Basically, this is an amusing little story of a supervillain falling for a superhero, and they both happen to be girls. It's a romance, not erotica. The plot is fairly good even if the protagonist and viewpoint character, Night Terror, holds onto the Idiot Ball in a manner which would clearly be illegal in basketball. It does have a bad case of Fifty-Shades-disease: it comes over as Supergirl slashfic with the numbers filed off. I know nothing about SuperCorp, but I get the idea: Fialux is certainly a direct rip of Supergirl (the version from the current comics aged a bit, not the one in the TV series). Still, it's amusing. Teaching journalism students how to avoid dying in superhero/villain battles was priceless.
Unfortunately, what makes it humorous is Night Terror's little rants and digressions, and they are also one of the biggest flaws. She can go off for a page and a half on something right in the middle of a conversation. You find yourself forgetting what's being said because you can't even see the question to understand what the answer is about. There's also a tendency to repeat rants. How many times do we need to know why Night Terror likes Big Red Buttons? At least three times. Either the author forgets what she's already written, or word count was an issue.
The whole 'love at first sight' thing bugs me. I honestly think it would've been better if Night Terror fell for Fialux over the course of trying to defeat her. The fact that she goes jelly-kneed at first sight just makes the book feel more like bad slashfic. That's probably the worst thing about the plot, to be honest.
Weirdly, I don't think I spotted a single mistake in the first half of the book. Then the proofreader phoned it in, but this is still one of the better produced books I've read recently.
Will I read the next one? Probably, but not immediately. I need a break from long-winded rants which I find myself skimming so I can keep up with the plot. Not bad; could be better.
Basically, this is an amusing little story of a supervillain falling for a superhero, and they both happen to be girls. It's a romance, not erotica. The plot is fairly good even if the protagonist and viewpoint character, Night Terror, holds onto the Idiot Ball in a manner which would clearly be illegal in basketball. It does have a bad case of Fifty-Shades-disease: it comes over as Supergirl slashfic with the numbers filed off. I know nothing about SuperCorp, but I get the idea: Fialux is certainly a direct rip of Supergirl (the version from the current comics aged a bit, not the one in the TV series). Still, it's amusing. Teaching journalism students how to avoid dying in superhero/villain battles was priceless.
Unfortunately, what makes it humorous is Night Terror's little rants and digressions, and they are also one of the biggest flaws. She can go off for a page and a half on something right in the middle of a conversation. You find yourself forgetting what's being said because you can't even see the question to understand what the answer is about. There's also a tendency to repeat rants. How many times do we need to know why Night Terror likes Big Red Buttons? At least three times. Either the author forgets what she's already written, or word count was an issue.
The whole 'love at first sight' thing bugs me. I honestly think it would've been better if Night Terror fell for Fialux over the course of trying to defeat her. The fact that she goes jelly-kneed at first sight just makes the book feel more like bad slashfic. That's probably the worst thing about the plot, to be honest.
Weirdly, I don't think I spotted a single mistake in the first half of the book. Then the proofreader phoned it in, but this is still one of the better produced books I've read recently.
Will I read the next one? Probably, but not immediately. I need a break from long-winded rants which I find myself skimming so I can keep up with the plot. Not bad; could be better.
January 23, 2019
I love superheroes. And supervillains. So this book sounded perfect - a super villain falling for the superhero. Perfect. Except, I didn’t particularly enjoy it, and it took me a long time to get through it.
The story is exclusively told from Night Terror’s point of view. She’s a genius. She’s a villain. She’s not evil. She’s flippant. She hasn’t much social skill. She has the hots for the cute superhero. After about 2 chapters in her head I just felt a complete overload of cute. Like you look at pictures of kittens in teacups. And it’s cute. But picture after picture after picture and boy does the cute wear off. Still kittens. But meh....
Because we spend all the time in Night Terror’s head, and she’s a genius, but also remarkably dense in some ways, there is no surprise or twist that you don’t see from a mile off.
What I liked were the villain and maybe the hero. We know too little about her - other than her good looks.
If this style of writing is your thing, then it’ll be a real treat. I guess I’m more of a puppy than kitten person.
The story is exclusively told from Night Terror’s point of view. She’s a genius. She’s a villain. She’s not evil. She’s flippant. She hasn’t much social skill. She has the hots for the cute superhero. After about 2 chapters in her head I just felt a complete overload of cute. Like you look at pictures of kittens in teacups. And it’s cute. But picture after picture after picture and boy does the cute wear off. Still kittens. But meh....
Because we spend all the time in Night Terror’s head, and she’s a genius, but also remarkably dense in some ways, there is no surprise or twist that you don’t see from a mile off.
What I liked were the villain and maybe the hero. We know too little about her - other than her good looks.
If this style of writing is your thing, then it’ll be a real treat. I guess I’m more of a puppy than kitten person.
November 10, 2017
Nice authorial voice, and several instances of very nice, snarky, smart mono- and dialogue.
The romance angle, while front and center, didn't seem to me as realistic as the superhero / supervillain action. As far as I can tell, this was written more or less explicitly as a masturbational fantasy, which is okay, I guess, but kind of shallow.
The romance angle, while front and center, didn't seem to me as realistic as the superhero / supervillain action. As far as I can tell, this was written more or less explicitly as a masturbational fantasy, which is okay, I guess, but kind of shallow.
January 29, 2018
I really grew to like Night Terror. She really struck me as a multi-dimensional character. Which, to be honest, kind of surprised me.
And I love it when I get absorbed enough into a story to not see what’s coming around the bend.
This was an enjoyable superhero (love) story. Recommended if you’re into that sort of thing.
And I love it when I get absorbed enough into a story to not see what’s coming around the bend.
This was an enjoyable superhero (love) story. Recommended if you’re into that sort of thing.
November 12, 2017
certain elements of the text were repetitive and the plot somewhat transparent. cute story, generally decent writing. would read a sequel (though i'd expect the author to have up her editing game.)
October 24, 2017
Pleasantly surprised.
I never expected to like this book, and it wonderfully played out like a comic. I found myself smiling, laughing, and shaking my head at a lot of the antics that go on.
I liked the realistic plot to this unrealistic world. It was a good dose of science fiction. Very nerdy, and very nostalgic.
Only thing that bothered me was minor typos (wasn't bad enough to make you break from the story) and the constant repetition of phrases. Ex:
I never expected to like this book, and it wonderfully played out like a comic. I found myself smiling, laughing, and shaking my head at a lot of the antics that go on.
I liked the realistic plot to this unrealistic world. It was a good dose of science fiction. Very nerdy, and very nostalgic.
Only thing that bothered me was minor typos (wasn't bad enough to make you break from the story) and the constant repetition of phrases. Ex:
September 25, 2018
Villains Don't Date Heroes!
follows Night Terror, famed Supervillain who has been running Starlight City for years. During her bad deeds, she manages to avoid damage to any building and tries not to hurt the people of the city. But being on top of the world and having everyone roll over for you can be.. kinda boring. Night Terror misses the days when she had to fight her way to the top and she didn't have to bribe the police department. So she is interested when a new superhero emerges to try and take her down.
Meet Fialux: she's beautiful, with superspeed, superstrength, and did I mention beautiful? Like ridiculously beautiful. So much so that Night Terror finds herself in a predicament. Is she falling for the good girl?
Had high hopes for this premise, and was again disappointed. How do you mess this up? I think I was put off by the high-tech science talk in every single sentence. The majority of this book was just describing all the science stuff that was going on. And a love story that does not make.
Speaking of the love story, there wasn't much there apart from Night Terror mooning over Fialux and then boom, . As I've said, I'm so disappointed and won't be reading on in this series.
Meet Fialux: she's beautiful, with superspeed, superstrength, and did I mention beautiful? Like ridiculously beautiful. So much so that Night Terror finds herself in a predicament. Is she falling for the good girl?
Had high hopes for this premise, and was again disappointed. How do you mess this up? I think I was put off by the high-tech science talk in every single sentence. The majority of this book was just describing all the science stuff that was going on. And a love story that does not make.
Speaking of the love story, there wasn't much there apart from Night Terror mooning over Fialux and then boom, . As I've said, I'm so disappointed and won't be reading on in this series.
March 11, 2021
Started a little slow, and it’s super cheesy supervillain scifi, but I LOVED it
June 23, 2018
so adorable!! Very cute and I think I'll be reading the next ones!
February 23, 2018
VILLAINS DON'T DATE HEROES is a book with the premise of, "So, what if Superman and Lex Luthor were both queer women in their twenties?" The fact this doesn't strike me as that avante garde of a premise but a perfectly reasonable one may say more about my reading tastes than it perhaps should. Then again, the conflict between heroes and villains has often been depicted in a romantic manner with the Lego Batman movie being all about the Joker's status as a spurned lover. Catwoman and Batman is an iconic romance of comic books. In this case, it's Night Terror versus Fialux.
Basically, the premise of the book is Night Terror is the city's most feared supervillain and more or less can do whatever she wants until the arrival of Fialux. The Supergirl-EXPY possesses powers which defy science and leave Night Terror getting arrested for the first time in years. Infatuated with the beautiful heroine, she proceeds to come up with a variety of plans meant to capture her tormentor's attention while her A.I. CORVAC believes they should get back to the whole world domination thing.
A large part of the book's appeal lies in the fact Night Terror is completely nuts and her inner monologue is adorable. It reads just like classic cartoon dialogue with the added adorability of how much she's head over heels in crush with her archnemesis. It also leads to some unexpected Silver Age directions like Night Terror putting on some glasses and becoming a university professor to get close to Fialux's secret identity (which Night Terror can't figure out because Fialux changed her hairstyle).
This is a very fun book and one which I think people who enjoy superhero fiction (like me) will enjoy.
Basically, the premise of the book is Night Terror is the city's most feared supervillain and more or less can do whatever she wants until the arrival of Fialux. The Supergirl-EXPY possesses powers which defy science and leave Night Terror getting arrested for the first time in years. Infatuated with the beautiful heroine, she proceeds to come up with a variety of plans meant to capture her tormentor's attention while her A.I. CORVAC believes they should get back to the whole world domination thing.
A large part of the book's appeal lies in the fact Night Terror is completely nuts and her inner monologue is adorable. It reads just like classic cartoon dialogue with the added adorability of how much she's head over heels in crush with her archnemesis. It also leads to some unexpected Silver Age directions like Night Terror putting on some glasses and becoming a university professor to get close to Fialux's secret identity (which Night Terror can't figure out because Fialux changed her hairstyle).
This is a very fun book and one which I think people who enjoy superhero fiction (like me) will enjoy.
September 28, 2015
Fun superhero/villain story through the eyes of a snarky, altruistic, super-smart villain. I love that the main character already starts out as someone you can relate to and the story doesn't stop there. As a fellow geek, I love that the author hits on a lot of the quirks that kill me when comes to some of the literature about superheroes or villains. I also love that the narrative catches you in those thoughts you want to say out loud like she's reading your mind, and responds to them out of hand. The humor is chuckle-worthy and the blatant similarities to popular characters is not lost. Where this will sidetrack from those other superhero books though is the sexuality and content, it is heavy on both. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to any of my friends. Great, enjoyable read that I couldn't put down!
March 27, 2015
Very funny to read.
A not so villainous villainess falling in love with the enemy while fighting.
As a selfmade villainess Night Terror is used to have the upper hand when dealing with the law. Until Fialux arrives. All her selfinvented gadgets fail against this super hero - while she finds herself falling for her opponent. Back to workbench and inventing the counter measure she has to face finally her real enemy.
It could habe been five stars if the final showdown hadn't been so anticlimactic.
A not so villainous villainess falling in love with the enemy while fighting.
As a selfmade villainess Night Terror is used to have the upper hand when dealing with the law. Until Fialux arrives. All her selfinvented gadgets fail against this super hero - while she finds herself falling for her opponent. Back to workbench and inventing the counter measure she has to face finally her real enemy.
It could habe been five stars if the final showdown hadn't been so anticlimactic.
August 24, 2018
One of those books where I'm so eager to wash my hands of it I'm not going to bother to do even one of my half-assed rambly reviews. It's bad. Ten sentences of introspection for every action kind of bad. (Was that intentional? Haha, monologuing villain? IDK, but it was bad.)
The cover is cute but that's about it.
The cover is cute but that's about it.
February 9, 2022
DNF at 19%. This books feels like it was written by a teenager. I couldn’t deal with it.
November 22, 2023
1 Star only because Goodreads doesn't let me rate it any lower.
April 4, 2018
Very funny book. Reminded me a lot of Confessions of a D-List Supervillain .
Unfortunately, book 2 in this series was as bad as book 1 was good.
Unfortunately, book 2 in this series was as bad as book 1 was good.
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November 17, 2022DNF at 80%. It was a pretty goofy read for most of it. It wasn’t really my kind of book but I figured it’d be funny to read. There was action with no real action? That was the first disappointment. Next it was the jumping forwardly and giving so much vague information. It just got to the point where it was cringy and couldn’t get myself to finish.
February 13, 2018
Good story idea
I liked the idea if the story, I liked the plots twist and whatever, I didn't like the writing style. And sadly I had to use the word style which annoys me because the author used that word everytime she talked about some cool tech. There was not alot of dialogue and so much inner thoughts that the action would be paused for the main villain to give an inward speech about god no know. Oh god, I said God! Everytime the author said God she'd have to say something like or whatever u believe in if you believe in that sort of thing or if u don't believe in God then you can substitute another higher being in for God or.... See where I'm going with this haha. But I'm a sucker for a cute story so I'll read the next one, as painful as I know it'll be.
I liked the idea if the story, I liked the plots twist and whatever, I didn't like the writing style. And sadly I had to use the word style which annoys me because the author used that word everytime she talked about some cool tech. There was not alot of dialogue and so much inner thoughts that the action would be paused for the main villain to give an inward speech about god no know. Oh god, I said God! Everytime the author said God she'd have to say something like or whatever u believe in if you believe in that sort of thing or if u don't believe in God then you can substitute another higher being in for God or.... See where I'm going with this haha. But I'm a sucker for a cute story so I'll read the next one, as painful as I know it'll be.
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