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Power Spike
Having paranormal abilities has set Kaitlyn apart in ways she never asked for. But will she learn to master them and find her destiny? What of the other members of this peculiar, unorthodox lineup? A modern sci-fi paranormal tale featuring themes of fantasy and intrigue. Don't miss this exciting story! Note: Contains adult themes and settings.
1418 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 26, 2019
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June 28, 2019
Wow, this was a long read! When I started this book I had missed the fact that it was a 1,400 page monster!
I really did love this book, but it does have a few problems... first off, it reads less like a novel and more like a TV series in the way the chapters are laid out. I could completely see this as a "slice of life" series with a side of political and social commentary.
On the topic of social and political commentary; that's a fairly common vein throughout the book of the main cast encountering xenophobia, hate crime, prejudice, intollerance, sexual harrassment and PTSD with the the author having the characters frequently explore the topics through discussion, quite often in the aftermath of encountering one or more of the elements.
Now, I do have some criticisms about the beginning and the end of the book, with the first few chapters feeling very heavy on the repetitions of names and powers and the end of the book feeling very abrupt and arbitrary.
Spelling mistakes were, thankfully, few and far between but they were present and some of them should have been caught with a simple spell-checker. There were a few obvious typo'd punctuation issues in the first few chapter as well that should have been caught during the proof-read which leaves me wondering, given how the rest of the book lacks the punctation issues, if the author accidentally fat-fingered them in during the last proof-read.
On the whole I would regard this as a book to read slowly; savour it a few chapters at a time but don't expect a high octane ride. This is a slow book but it has moments that will cause you to laugh and moments that will soften your heart. I would almost certainly read a follow-up book in this universe, I just can't warrant giving this one a four star rating due to the rambly nature and the abrupt ending of it.
I really did love this book, but it does have a few problems... first off, it reads less like a novel and more like a TV series in the way the chapters are laid out. I could completely see this as a "slice of life" series with a side of political and social commentary.
On the topic of social and political commentary; that's a fairly common vein throughout the book of the main cast encountering xenophobia, hate crime, prejudice, intollerance, sexual harrassment and PTSD with the the author having the characters frequently explore the topics through discussion, quite often in the aftermath of encountering one or more of the elements.
Now, I do have some criticisms about the beginning and the end of the book, with the first few chapters feeling very heavy on the repetitions of names and powers and the end of the book feeling very abrupt and arbitrary.
Spelling mistakes were, thankfully, few and far between but they were present and some of them should have been caught with a simple spell-checker. There were a few obvious typo'd punctuation issues in the first few chapter as well that should have been caught during the proof-read which leaves me wondering, given how the rest of the book lacks the punctation issues, if the author accidentally fat-fingered them in during the last proof-read.
On the whole I would regard this as a book to read slowly; savour it a few chapters at a time but don't expect a high octane ride. This is a slow book but it has moments that will cause you to laugh and moments that will soften your heart. I would almost certainly read a follow-up book in this universe, I just can't warrant giving this one a four star rating due to the rambly nature and the abrupt ending of it.
September 4, 2019
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I am unimpressed.
This work is blatant plagiarism - I am the original author. This work was originally published to FictionPress in February 2013 as S.U.P.E.R.: The Very Ordinary Lives Of Superheroes (In Training) - the Kindle publication date is May 2019. Aside from Ms. Lee running Find+Replace on a few names, the work reads word-for-word identical to the original text - right down to several typos that I edited out several months ago. In fact, she changed the name of a character whose original name was a very deliberate pun - a dinosaur-based shapeshifter named Dinah Soren - without removing the character's tongue-in-cheek references to her name, leaving jokes that make no sense because the punchline is missing. She has not made even the barest pretense of modifying the work to make it her own.
The work feels unfinished, because it IS unfinished - the original has been published chapter-by-chapter on FictionPress. It is now several chapters longer than Ms. Lee's plagiarized version, but still is not complete. The synopsis is misleading, because this is not the original synopsis - the original is quite open about this being a slice-of-life piece.
Ms. Lee did not seek, nor did she receive, my permission to reproduce this work, either in whole or in part. She is making a profit off of work which is not her own, and she should be ashamed of herself. This blatant violation of both copyright and academic integrity has been reported to Amazon. One is forced to wonder how many of Amber Lee's other works are blatantly stolen and not in any way her own.
The original work can be found here: https://www.fictionpress.com/u/901557...
~Allison Warn
This work is blatant plagiarism - I am the original author. This work was originally published to FictionPress in February 2013 as S.U.P.E.R.: The Very Ordinary Lives Of Superheroes (In Training) - the Kindle publication date is May 2019. Aside from Ms. Lee running Find+Replace on a few names, the work reads word-for-word identical to the original text - right down to several typos that I edited out several months ago. In fact, she changed the name of a character whose original name was a very deliberate pun - a dinosaur-based shapeshifter named Dinah Soren - without removing the character's tongue-in-cheek references to her name, leaving jokes that make no sense because the punchline is missing. She has not made even the barest pretense of modifying the work to make it her own.
The work feels unfinished, because it IS unfinished - the original has been published chapter-by-chapter on FictionPress. It is now several chapters longer than Ms. Lee's plagiarized version, but still is not complete. The synopsis is misleading, because this is not the original synopsis - the original is quite open about this being a slice-of-life piece.
Ms. Lee did not seek, nor did she receive, my permission to reproduce this work, either in whole or in part. She is making a profit off of work which is not her own, and she should be ashamed of herself. This blatant violation of both copyright and academic integrity has been reported to Amazon. One is forced to wonder how many of Amber Lee's other works are blatantly stolen and not in any way her own.
The original work can be found here: https://www.fictionpress.com/u/901557...
~Allison Warn
August 4, 2019
Okay book, synopsis is deceptive
This book tries really hard to be a new supers novel, but falls short and feels more like a retired superhero slice-of-life novel. There’s are like 30 side characters and no main character. There’s a fair bit of medical talk that seems unnecessarily specific and the obsession with coffee makes the already long book feel bloated. The premise of the institute is that students go there for college, because they can’t possibly survive anywhere else while they learn to control their powers, but there is barely any power usage done by any students in the whole book. I wanted to like this book, I finished it, hoping Kaitlyn might learn to do something cool with her aquamancy powers, but overall I feel cheated and underwhelmed.
This book tries really hard to be a new supers novel, but falls short and feels more like a retired superhero slice-of-life novel. There’s are like 30 side characters and no main character. There’s a fair bit of medical talk that seems unnecessarily specific and the obsession with coffee makes the already long book feel bloated. The premise of the institute is that students go there for college, because they can’t possibly survive anywhere else while they learn to control their powers, but there is barely any power usage done by any students in the whole book. I wanted to like this book, I finished it, hoping Kaitlyn might learn to do something cool with her aquamancy powers, but overall I feel cheated and underwhelmed.
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