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Night Terror and Fialux #2
Villains Don't Save Heroes!
Sequel to Villains Don't Date Heroes!
Night Terror, the greatest villain Starlight City has ever known, finally had it all. A beautiful girl she couldn’t get enough of. The city finally sort of liked her after she saved it from a giant robot attack. Now it was time to live happily ever after, right?
Yeah, right.
It turns out saving the city and getting the girl was only the beginning of more trouble. She wanted to be Starlight City's villainous overlord, not the city's heroic savior. The girl she can’t get enough of is also the world’s greatest hero, which made for a relationship that takes “it’s complicated” to a whole new level.
Oh, and there's a new villain in town looking to take a shot at the queen. Night Terror's old nemesis Dr. Lana makes a hell of a villainous debut using tech she stole from Night Terror to rob Fialux of her powers! Now Night Terror has to deal with a new challenger and a hero who's still trying to save the world despite her dangerous lack of the flight, strength, and invulnerability that used to keep her in one piece.
Villains aren't supposed to save heroes, but that's just what she'll have to do if she's going to get the girl, save the day, and defeat her new archnemesis.
It’s all in a day’s work for the world's greatest villain!
Villains Don't Save Heroes! is a lesbian scifi superhero romance novel that continues exploring the world of villains, antiheroes, and heroes first introduced in Villains Don't Date Heroes!
Night Terror, the greatest villain Starlight City has ever known, finally had it all. A beautiful girl she couldn’t get enough of. The city finally sort of liked her after she saved it from a giant robot attack. Now it was time to live happily ever after, right?
Yeah, right.
It turns out saving the city and getting the girl was only the beginning of more trouble. She wanted to be Starlight City's villainous overlord, not the city's heroic savior. The girl she can’t get enough of is also the world’s greatest hero, which made for a relationship that takes “it’s complicated” to a whole new level.
Oh, and there's a new villain in town looking to take a shot at the queen. Night Terror's old nemesis Dr. Lana makes a hell of a villainous debut using tech she stole from Night Terror to rob Fialux of her powers! Now Night Terror has to deal with a new challenger and a hero who's still trying to save the world despite her dangerous lack of the flight, strength, and invulnerability that used to keep her in one piece.
Villains aren't supposed to save heroes, but that's just what she'll have to do if she's going to get the girl, save the day, and defeat her new archnemesis.
It’s all in a day’s work for the world's greatest villain!
Villains Don't Save Heroes! is a lesbian scifi superhero romance novel that continues exploring the world of villains, antiheroes, and heroes first introduced in Villains Don't Date Heroes!
399 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 19, 2018
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April 10, 2019
This super-powered romance story was not quite so fun as the first book in the series but it was still an OK read. Superhero romance books are still pretty rare so I'm glad this series is still serving the niche market!
Night Terror, Starlight City's most prominent villain, has a new nemesis and a new girlfriend. Both of which prove to be the source of some trouble! Dr Lana has her eye on being the number one villain in Starlight City and plans to do so by using technology she stole from Night Terror plus a few tricks of her own she had to call upon. Fialux, the City's Supergirl-esque hero, plans to stop Dr Lana. Things go awry when Dr Lana uses a new weapon that leaves Fialux without any of her powers. Powers or not Fialux is determined to try saving he day which means Night Terror has to take a turn for the heroic and save both Fialux and the City if she wants to keep her new girlfriend alive!
The premise was pretty fun and the story was filled with a lot of typical superhero tropes like loss of powers, amnesia, characters coming back from the dead, and giant killer robots. Some of those were implemented better than others. I like everything except maybe the giant killer robots. They got a bit tedious! The loss of powers and amnesia tropes were used well to help motivate Night Terror to take a turn for the heroic, despite her reluctance.
I felt like the story had an OK mix of humour, romance, action, and crazy superhero happenings. The world-building is old school superhero stuff in this series and I'm fine with that. I liked all three main characters. Night Terror is fun and never quite as villainous as she wishes to be. Fialux is a typical hero but we got to see her going through a fair bit of adversity in this one. Dr Lana proved to be a fairly fun villain.
There were a couple of reasons why I never quite enjoyed this second instalment of the series quite as much as I enjoyed the first. The big one was the dull action scenes. Constantly fighting giant killer robots got dull fairly quickly. I'd have been happier if the action scenes had got sliced in half or if there was more confrontations with Dr Lana. The other big problem was a bit of repetitiveness in the writing itself. Some internal quips and observations (from Night Terror's POV) were fun initially but overused way too much to the point that they developed into eye-rolling moments.
Overall this was not as fun as the first book but it was still an OK read so I'll give the third book a go. I'm still looking forward to seeing what else is in store for these characters.
Rating: 3 stars.
Night Terror, Starlight City's most prominent villain, has a new nemesis and a new girlfriend. Both of which prove to be the source of some trouble! Dr Lana has her eye on being the number one villain in Starlight City and plans to do so by using technology she stole from Night Terror plus a few tricks of her own she had to call upon. Fialux, the City's Supergirl-esque hero, plans to stop Dr Lana. Things go awry when Dr Lana uses a new weapon that leaves Fialux without any of her powers. Powers or not Fialux is determined to try saving he day which means Night Terror has to take a turn for the heroic and save both Fialux and the City if she wants to keep her new girlfriend alive!
The premise was pretty fun and the story was filled with a lot of typical superhero tropes like loss of powers, amnesia, characters coming back from the dead, and giant killer robots. Some of those were implemented better than others. I like everything except maybe the giant killer robots. They got a bit tedious! The loss of powers and amnesia tropes were used well to help motivate Night Terror to take a turn for the heroic, despite her reluctance.
I felt like the story had an OK mix of humour, romance, action, and crazy superhero happenings. The world-building is old school superhero stuff in this series and I'm fine with that. I liked all three main characters. Night Terror is fun and never quite as villainous as she wishes to be. Fialux is a typical hero but we got to see her going through a fair bit of adversity in this one. Dr Lana proved to be a fairly fun villain.
There were a couple of reasons why I never quite enjoyed this second instalment of the series quite as much as I enjoyed the first. The big one was the dull action scenes. Constantly fighting giant killer robots got dull fairly quickly. I'd have been happier if the action scenes had got sliced in half or if there was more confrontations with Dr Lana. The other big problem was a bit of repetitiveness in the writing itself. Some internal quips and observations (from Night Terror's POV) were fun initially but overused way too much to the point that they developed into eye-rolling moments.
Overall this was not as fun as the first book but it was still an OK read so I'll give the third book a go. I'm still looking forward to seeing what else is in store for these characters.
Rating: 3 stars.
February 13, 2018
This book got its third star simply because I liked the first book enough to give this one the benefit of the doubt. This novel seemed to have an identity crisis: it was a character study desperately searching for a plot. In place of a plot we got...a lot of big robots. Luckily I like Night Terror’s inner monologues, because the big robots got a little tedious. The last bit gave us a decent set up for the third book and, if we get a promise of no more giant robots, I’m willing to come back for another ride. Campy fun — I hope we get more of that next time around. And less robots. Please.
January 22, 2018
Fun but needs polishing
The author has a fun story and a solid voice, but the writing needs some work. Not just lack of fundamental punctuation and some bad verb tenses, but using “confident cocky” to describe a person (since cocky means very or overly confident...). Author and editor (if there was one) needs some more practice. Had the same issue with book one. Will probably read a book 3 if I see it, but it’s not going on my ‘must read’ list.
The author has a fun story and a solid voice, but the writing needs some work. Not just lack of fundamental punctuation and some bad verb tenses, but using “confident cocky” to describe a person (since cocky means very or overly confident...). Author and editor (if there was one) needs some more practice. Had the same issue with book one. Will probably read a book 3 if I see it, but it’s not going on my ‘must read’ list.
January 27, 2018
Another win for miss archer.
That was way better than the first book! So much drama, so much loss and life altering events going on. But I feel like Mia Archer is stretching the envelope with Dr Lana she feels so insipide. Maybe she'll get a better villain? Like those guys in the army buying the stolen tech from Night Terror.
Amazingly the romance add to the story and don't get in it's way, the novel has good balance.
That was way better than the first book! So much drama, so much loss and life altering events going on. But I feel like Mia Archer is stretching the envelope with Dr Lana she feels so insipide. Maybe she'll get a better villain? Like those guys in the army buying the stolen tech from Night Terror.
Amazingly the romance add to the story and don't get in it's way, the novel has good balance.
January 27, 2018
Couldnt even finish it
Why does a supervillain who has demonstrated the will and the ability to kill people when it suits her allow someone who steals her stuff and hurt her girlfriend time and time again to keep living? It would take 2 seconds for her to vaporise her, but the author forces her to act against her character to keep the story alive.
Why does a supervillain who has demonstrated the will and the ability to kill people when it suits her allow someone who steals her stuff and hurt her girlfriend time and time again to keep living? It would take 2 seconds for her to vaporise her, but the author forces her to act against her character to keep the story alive.
July 8, 2018
I liked the first one so much!! I couldn’t believe it because I’m not a fan of Mia Archer but it was a good Goodreads recommendation. But this one... I skipped half of it. The plot has me hooked but the inner dialogue felt like a repetitive and inecesary rant. I’m going to read the next one because I wanna know what happens.
April 6, 2018
This was awful. Poorly written, poorly edited, repetitive. Its like someone lobotomized the MC from the first book. Really hated the completely gratuitous misandry as well.
Needs a complete re-write with a good editor.
Needs a complete re-write with a good editor.
April 10, 2018
I wasn't a fan of this sequel, since the book was only 3 battles stretched out by the narrator. I wanted to find out more about Fialux, her power and her origins and not read about the same type of battle all over again.
August 26, 2018
I'm so glad I found this book series again, I remember reading the first of this series and thought it wasn't great, but it was an alright start to a great story and even greater characters. I mean the main reason I didn't give the first one a 5-star was because it didn't kick me in the face and wow me, yeah, it was well done, and it made me want to come back and see what was up with this series, as all Mia archer books tend to be, but it didn't give me that extra kick. Some parts to this one I liked more than the first and some I liked less. Overall, it definitely is worth a read, this whole series is worth a read if you ask me. Mia Archer has a way with her words, they flow, they blend together perfectly, and they always have two lovable characters. I was routing towards the end of this when (without giving too much away) Fialux was depressed and Night Terror was there for her like any real-life person would be there for their significant other if they weren't feeling so happy. Even if she happens to be completely made up and has superpowers, she doesn't have superpowers when it comes to her love and her girl, who she's fallen deeply for, which their relationship is what keeps me coming back for more. I just love them together, and when they're not together everything feels different.
February 26, 2018
I enjoy the adventures of Night Terror and Filaux as they form a excellent romantic couple with fun battles against the evil(er) Doctor Lana. This book reads like a classic Silver Age comic book (with the exception of being about two lesbians) and has a lot of fun moments. The opening was probably the best as we had to deal with Night Terror trying to deal with very common unwanted male attention in the Science Department WITHOUT disintegrating the man hitting on her. This book deals with such classic tropes as amnesia, power loss, archrivalries, and revenge.
I will say this volume suffers from the fact Fllaux remains a mostly flat character as we know very little about where she comes from, why she's attracted to Night Terror, or what she's motivated by other than GOODNESS. There's also the fact there's a LOT of fight scenes in this book, more so than many comic books. Still, there's some very cute moments throughout and who can say no to a book with Glen Miller?
8/10
I will say this volume suffers from the fact Fllaux remains a mostly flat character as we know very little about where she comes from, why she's attracted to Night Terror, or what she's motivated by other than GOODNESS. There's also the fact there's a LOT of fight scenes in this book, more so than many comic books. Still, there's some very cute moments throughout and who can say no to a book with Glen Miller?
8/10
April 27, 2018
While there were some improvements in plotting and characterizations in this book, it was again hampered by the odd writing style of repeating things and having Natalie screw up again and again. I actually really like Natalie and it was upsetting to see her act so dumb just to drag things on and on and on. I lost track of the number of times Natalie "gave it everything in her arsenal" only to reveal a page later that she still had some things left in her arsenal. And yet all of them failed because she'd do things as silly as forget about the other two giant robots trying to kill her. Sigh.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 15, 2018
They're back!
Suffering from their first setback, Night Terror's life has increasingly become complicated. Her homicidal AI companion turned on her, leaving her operating as if she were missing an arm. Her girlfriend, the super-powered Fialux has her powers taken away. And if that weren't enough, she's been forced into an increasingly heroic role in her efforts to stop her rival from claiming her title as World's Greatest Villain.
If you haven't picked up the Night Terror series than you are missing out!
Suffering from their first setback, Night Terror's life has increasingly become complicated. Her homicidal AI companion turned on her, leaving her operating as if she were missing an arm. Her girlfriend, the super-powered Fialux has her powers taken away. And if that weren't enough, she's been forced into an increasingly heroic role in her efforts to stop her rival from claiming her title as World's Greatest Villain.
If you haven't picked up the Night Terror series than you are missing out!
January 24, 2019
This book is the first sequel to Villains Don't Date Heroes!. It's entertaining and not bad overall, but I would put it a little below the first. This novel drags a bit, in my mind, and Night Terror's monologues get a bit excessive at times. In particular, the survival of CORVAC is telegraphed and in fact beaten into the ground from MILES away. The characterization of Fialux was a bit shallow, too, I thought--she comes off as a bit of a ditz. I would have liked a little more focus on her relationship with Night Terror, and maybe just a bit more than kisses.
The story does resolve, but the overall arc is obviously still in play. There are at least four more numbered books in the series, and (apparently) a seventh which appears to be the most recent in internal chronology, but which isn't numbered. I will probably eventually read them; but I think I'll hold off for a little. I still want to follow the story of Night Terror and Fialux; but I hope the storyline develops a little bit more and that there is a little less repetition.
The story does resolve, but the overall arc is obviously still in play. There are at least four more numbered books in the series, and (apparently) a seventh which appears to be the most recent in internal chronology, but which isn't numbered. I will probably eventually read them; but I think I'll hold off for a little. I still want to follow the story of Night Terror and Fialux; but I hope the storyline develops a little bit more and that there is a little less repetition.
September 28, 2018
Exciting!
This is a well written second book about Night Terror, the villain with heroic tendencies, Fialux, the hero who lost her powers, and Dr Lana, the arch-nemesis bent on destroying both of the other women. The characters development and the storyline continue to draw the reader into the mix, making this a must read for any scifi-with-a-lesbian-twist enthusiast.
This is a well written second book about Night Terror, the villain with heroic tendencies, Fialux, the hero who lost her powers, and Dr Lana, the arch-nemesis bent on destroying both of the other women. The characters development and the storyline continue to draw the reader into the mix, making this a must read for any scifi-with-a-lesbian-twist enthusiast.
November 24, 2019
In this second volume the overall story arc is interesting but the internal, self aggrandizing monologue is a bit much at times. The ensuing troubles, due largely to Night Terror's failure to pay any attention to what is going on around her, quickly become predictable and tiresome. Clearly Fialux's task of molding Night Terror into some semblance of a good girlfriend will be monumental.
July 17, 2022
I am really loving this series - two great characters with an epic relationship and a worthy adversary. Classic superhero stuff.
The story is excellent although the world building is a bit lacking.
Not typical Mia Archer fare but shows the author can write other than FF romance (although for FF romance fans there is no shortage of that in this series)
The story is excellent although the world building is a bit lacking.
Not typical Mia Archer fare but shows the author can write other than FF romance (although for FF romance fans there is no shortage of that in this series)
February 6, 2018
Great series.
Great series about a villain who's actually not do bad. Awesome sci-fi references, comedy, well thought out plot points. And actually makes fun of the things in the superhero genre that make no sense.
Great series about a villain who's actually not do bad. Awesome sci-fi references, comedy, well thought out plot points. And actually makes fun of the things in the superhero genre that make no sense.
May 17, 2018
Continuing the growing love and adventures of Night Terror and Fialux was a treat. Surprisingly a good chunk of this story was a bit heart-rending as they struggled through their hardships, but I'm glad they were stronger for it.
September 18, 2018
I love this series!!!!
Sometimes you just want action and superheros and big brain plays. Throw in a lesbian love couple and that is just the beginning of the love i have of these books so far...off to read the next book!
Sometimes you just want action and superheros and big brain plays. Throw in a lesbian love couple and that is just the beginning of the love i have of these books so far...off to read the next book!
December 18, 2018
I'm a Villian
I gave this book a 4star rating because it kept me flipping through the pages. Night Terror tries to convince herself that she is still a villian and not a hero. The ending has a twist that I believe everyone will go wo wait a minute.
I gave this book a 4star rating because it kept me flipping through the pages. Night Terror tries to convince herself that she is still a villian and not a hero. The ending has a twist that I believe everyone will go wo wait a minute.
October 12, 2024
A fun sequel
Fun sequel to “Villains don’t date heroes”. Night Terror is still as outrageous and fun as ever, although Fialux becomes a lamer character after losing her powers. Gotta keep reading the series to see what happens next.
Fun sequel to “Villains don’t date heroes”. Night Terror is still as outrageous and fun as ever, although Fialux becomes a lamer character after losing her powers. Gotta keep reading the series to see what happens next.
May 8, 2018
Fun follow up
This book was a slug fest from start to finish. There were several time I yelled, " Come on! Give them a break! ". On to the next book!
This book was a slug fest from start to finish. There were several time I yelled, " Come on! Give them a break! ". On to the next book!
June 15, 2018
Mom I and
The morning is going the way I wanna want you to be home tomorrow I have some a little time for
The morning is going the way I wanna want you to be home tomorrow I have some a little time for
July 23, 2022
Fun, entertaining and certainly love night terror
December 20, 2022
More of the Night Terror saga. It's fine! If you liked the first, it won't disappoint.
January 20, 2024
All the issues I had with the first book the author doubles down on and this one lacks the stuff that made the original interesting.
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July 17, 2024Similar to the first book, I like the plot I like the characters it could just use a little editing
February 21, 2020
Lacks in so many ways. Details, plot, consistency... to name a few.
February 15, 2020
This was a whole lot of fun, whatever my grammatical quibbles 😊. Will get the sequels soonish. My thanks to the author(s?)!
January 31, 2018
Freaking awesome
This is a really incredible series. I love the villain turned hero because she really was a hero deep down. I think these characters are awesome and I hope we get CORVAC back, I miss him!
This is a really incredible series. I love the villain turned hero because she really was a hero deep down. I think these characters are awesome and I hope we get CORVAC back, I miss him!
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