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Black Cat: Discord: A Marvel Heroines Novel
Legendary super-thief Black Cat takes on some of Marvel's most renowned heroes and mob secrets in this electrifying heist novel from Marvel Heroines
Felicia Hardy always puts her own interests first, but the appearance of a mythical golden apple in New York has everybody with a hint of power scrambling for it. And who’s everyone’s number one choice to nab it for them? The Black Cat, of course. Yet that isn’t the only job on Felicia’s radar. When a smart-aleck kid turns up demanding her help, Felicia finds herself caught between the mob, her morals and some very insistent supervillains. It’ll take all nine lives to wriggle out of this one intact, but Felicia has more than one trick up her sleeve.
Felicia Hardy always puts her own interests first, but the appearance of a mythical golden apple in New York has everybody with a hint of power scrambling for it. And who’s everyone’s number one choice to nab it for them? The Black Cat, of course. Yet that isn’t the only job on Felicia’s radar. When a smart-aleck kid turns up demanding her help, Felicia finds herself caught between the mob, her morals and some very insistent supervillains. It’ll take all nine lives to wriggle out of this one intact, but Felicia has more than one trick up her sleeve.
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First published March 15, 2022
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April 23, 2022
This was my favorite Aconyte novel yet. I love heist stories. Combine that with the Marvel universe and you have a winner. I really liked that this is set in the current Marvel universe. It references a lot of the events from Jed MacKay's current Black Cat comic. Black Cat encounters a ton of Marvel characters grounding the book. It really feels like an extension of MacKay's run as Black Cat teams up with Spider-Man, Daredevil, Iron Man and Iron Fist while encountering the likes of the Owl, Hammerhead, Silvermane and more. Cath Lauria really did her homework.
The story is two fold. Felicity decides to help a teenager whose Dad has been kidnapped. Meanwhile, there's an apple that grants wishes floating around New York City and everyone wants it except Black Cat. Unfortunately for her, she keeps getting sucked into going after it. I absolutely love Felicity Hardy's character in this. She comes across extremely likable and self-sufficient. After reading this, I'd love to see Marvel give Lauria some comics to write.
Received a review copy from Aconyte and NetGalley. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.
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Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2020 MARVEL
The story is two fold. Felicity decides to help a teenager whose Dad has been kidnapped. Meanwhile, there's an apple that grants wishes floating around New York City and everyone wants it except Black Cat. Unfortunately for her, she keeps getting sucked into going after it. I absolutely love Felicity Hardy's character in this. She comes across extremely likable and self-sufficient. After reading this, I'd love to see Marvel give Lauria some comics to write.
Received a review copy from Aconyte and NetGalley. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.
#Marvel #MarvelEnt #Aconytebooks #review
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2020 MARVEL
March 12, 2022
Are you a fan of heist novels? Yes? Then you should read Black Cat:Discord.
Felicia Hardy is my second favourite heroine, after Rogue, and I was so delighted to see that she got a book of her own as well. Now we just need Storm to complete my holy trinity of favourite characters.
So what has our favourite morally gray cat been up to in this book? She goes from scouting potential jewelery pieces, to chasing a magical golden apple that can grant any wish around the city all while helping a kid get her father back. And you know what? It was fun.
It was great to see Felicia's growth as a character, and her softening towards Casey. I have something in common with both of these girls, I also lost a parent to cancer and I love how that was their initial connection.
We also got to see her working with A LOT of characters, the identities of which I'll keep a secret so you can be as surprised and excited to see them as I was.
AND, THERE WAS LGBT REP! By that I mean, Felicia's bisexuality was out in the open, even though there was no romantic subplot. And I appreciate it so much.
So what are you waiting for? GO READ THIS BOOK NOW! I can promise that the action never stops, Black Cat can barely catch a break, but don't worry, she can handle it, she always does.
P.S. I cried at the end. I wasn't expecting to, but I did. IT WAS EMOTIONAL OKAY? Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be sitting by the door, waiting for the post man to deliver my copy.
*Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review*
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About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2020 MARVEL
Felicia Hardy is my second favourite heroine, after Rogue, and I was so delighted to see that she got a book of her own as well. Now we just need Storm to complete my holy trinity of favourite characters.
So what has our favourite morally gray cat been up to in this book? She goes from scouting potential jewelery pieces, to chasing a magical golden apple that can grant any wish around the city all while helping a kid get her father back. And you know what? It was fun.
It was great to see Felicia's growth as a character, and her softening towards Casey. I have something in common with both of these girls, I also lost a parent to cancer and I love how that was their initial connection.
We also got to see her working with A LOT of characters, the identities of which I'll keep a secret so you can be as surprised and excited to see them as I was.
AND, THERE WAS LGBT REP! By that I mean, Felicia's bisexuality was out in the open, even though there was no romantic subplot. And I appreciate it so much.
So what are you waiting for? GO READ THIS BOOK NOW! I can promise that the action never stops, Black Cat can barely catch a break, but don't worry, she can handle it, she always does.
P.S. I cried at the end. I wasn't expecting to, but I did. IT WAS EMOTIONAL OKAY? Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be sitting by the door, waiting for the post man to deliver my copy.
*Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review*
#Marvel #MarvelEnt #Aconytebooks #review
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2020 MARVEL
April 6, 2022
Thank you Aconyte Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this title before publishing!
I have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. The premise is: New York city and the country at large is in a frenzy over new of the mysterious golden apple, an artifact that allows for the holder to make any one wish they choose. The caveat: everyone who has found one so far has somehow found themselves in ruin as a result of something about their wish. Black Cat is then approached by a young woman who tells her that her father, who she lived with under witness protection from the FBI, has gone missing. Worse yet: the FBI doesn't seem all that concerned about it. Black Cat is enlisted to help the teenager, and has numerous run ins with the golden apple along the way.
I found this to be... incredibly repetitive. The blueprint is: Black Cat doesn't want the golden apple, Black Cat approaches someone who she needs help from and they enlist her to get the golden apple, it doesn't work but the person still helps her, they go off together to help find Casey's father, and SURPRISE! That doesn't work either. Start the cycle over again.
This was disappointing because Cath Lauria's writing was actually quite funny and interesting in it's quality. I found myself wondering what it would be like to read a totally different story from her and whether it might be better. After finishing the book, I'm just so frustrated with the repetition that I'm discouraged to ever read something from this author again.
This could maybe still be fun for someone if they really value the cameos from other superheroes and villains. This is a mixed bag because it happened often that Black Cat refers very flippantly to some sort of past experience she has had with another character, and it's hard to tell if this is something from a prior comic arc, but it ultimately doesn't matter because these references don't actually add anything to the current storyline anyway. They seem to be added for the illusion of depth and worldbuilding as well as comic relief.
I think this ultimately just wasn't for me. The repetition alongside the random references to unimportant past events feels overall quite lazy. I'm interested to read other things about Black Cat, as Felicia seems to be a fun and interesting character. I wouldn't recommend this to a comic/superhero fan though.
I have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. The premise is: New York city and the country at large is in a frenzy over new of the mysterious golden apple, an artifact that allows for the holder to make any one wish they choose. The caveat: everyone who has found one so far has somehow found themselves in ruin as a result of something about their wish. Black Cat is then approached by a young woman who tells her that her father, who she lived with under witness protection from the FBI, has gone missing. Worse yet: the FBI doesn't seem all that concerned about it. Black Cat is enlisted to help the teenager, and has numerous run ins with the golden apple along the way.
I found this to be... incredibly repetitive. The blueprint is: Black Cat doesn't want the golden apple, Black Cat approaches someone who she needs help from and they enlist her to get the golden apple, it doesn't work but the person still helps her, they go off together to help find Casey's father, and SURPRISE! That doesn't work either. Start the cycle over again.
This was disappointing because Cath Lauria's writing was actually quite funny and interesting in it's quality. I found myself wondering what it would be like to read a totally different story from her and whether it might be better. After finishing the book, I'm just so frustrated with the repetition that I'm discouraged to ever read something from this author again.
This could maybe still be fun for someone if they really value the cameos from other superheroes and villains. This is a mixed bag because it happened often that Black Cat refers very flippantly to some sort of past experience she has had with another character, and it's hard to tell if this is something from a prior comic arc, but it ultimately doesn't matter because these references don't actually add anything to the current storyline anyway. They seem to be added for the illusion of depth and worldbuilding as well as comic relief.
I think this ultimately just wasn't for me. The repetition alongside the random references to unimportant past events feels overall quite lazy. I'm interested to read other things about Black Cat, as Felicia seems to be a fun and interesting character. I wouldn't recommend this to a comic/superhero fan though.
March 14, 2022
A Marvel Heroines novel
I received an advance reader copy of this book from Aconyte Books via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
This story features Felicia Hardy, a technologically augmented burglar known as the Black Cat. I was familiar with Black Cat from a few comics and one of the old Spider-Man animated series. Black Cat faces a couple of different challenges here: first, one of a series of magical golden apples appears in New York that will grant its possessor one wish – it promptly sets in motion a mad scramble to possess it, which Black Cat is drawn in to multiple times.
The other challenge involves a teenage girl who enlists Black Cat’s help in finding her father, who came to New York to testify against the organized crime group the Maggia, and was kidnapped before the trial could occur. Black Cat takes the young girl under her wing, and trains her in various skills that are useful to world-class thieves.
I gave Black Cat: Discord five stars. I enjoyed Black Cat’s character voice, the interactions among her team members, and multiple interactions with other heroes such as Iron Fist, Spider-Man, the Daredevil, and IronMan/Tony Stark. It’s a fun look at a character who walks the fine line between being a hero and being an anti-hero.
I received an advance reader copy of this book from Aconyte Books via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
This story features Felicia Hardy, a technologically augmented burglar known as the Black Cat. I was familiar with Black Cat from a few comics and one of the old Spider-Man animated series. Black Cat faces a couple of different challenges here: first, one of a series of magical golden apples appears in New York that will grant its possessor one wish – it promptly sets in motion a mad scramble to possess it, which Black Cat is drawn in to multiple times.
The other challenge involves a teenage girl who enlists Black Cat’s help in finding her father, who came to New York to testify against the organized crime group the Maggia, and was kidnapped before the trial could occur. Black Cat takes the young girl under her wing, and trains her in various skills that are useful to world-class thieves.
I gave Black Cat: Discord five stars. I enjoyed Black Cat’s character voice, the interactions among her team members, and multiple interactions with other heroes such as Iron Fist, Spider-Man, the Daredevil, and IronMan/Tony Stark. It’s a fun look at a character who walks the fine line between being a hero and being an anti-hero.
March 28, 2022
Overall, Black Cat is a wonderful addition to the Marvel Heroines lineup.
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Spoiler-free Review: https://amberinoface.wordpress.com/20...
I received an ecopy of this book via Netgalley; however, my opinions are my own.
May 21, 2022
I found myself enjoying this book more than I expected, for which I was quite happy. When I started reading it, I thought I might have made a mistake and was not sure I would finish it. It took a few chapters into the book before the story grabbed my interest fully and I began to enjoy it. It has plenty of action in it, but it also has plenty of downtime and moments of solid character development. I did enjoy the cameos of different Marvel characters in the story; those were fun to come across and I thought the author did a nice job of capturing the essences of Felicia Hardy as well as those of the other characters during their cameos. Also, the book is written in the First Person perspective, and I did not even realize it until I started thumbing back through it after I had finished and realized this was the case. So kudos to the author for doing such an excellent job in that respect.
It was interesting; the plot was fairly repetitious in two or three respects Really bad repetition in stories really bugs me (a la David Weber's Honor Harrington series). However, this repetitive nature did not bother me like I would have thought it might; I think that is because the author did a solid job of writing the story and using these moments to further develop the characters that I was more drawn to the character development and overlooked or did not notice the apparent "repetition" that was taking place.
There were two things that I found myself enjoying quite a bit. First, I enjoyed the developing of Felicia Hardy's character that occurs throughout the book. I am not really that familiar with Felicia Hardy in the 616-universe; I know she has appeared in various issues that I have read over the years (and, no, Spider-Man was never really a huge focus for me in terms of the comics I read. Sacrilege, I know, but true). I am actually probably more familiar with her character in the Ultimate Universe (whatever number that Universe might be). Anyway; I digress. Not being that familiar with her (other than knowing she had been a potential love interest for Peter Parker, that she still pined for him even after he married Mary Jane, and that she was some kind of master thief while having some kind of "heart of gold"), this book did a nice job of filling in my ignorance over her and her character, what she is like (depending on the author). Felicia Hardy initially comes across as cold, calculating, selfish, and uncaring of others. She also comes across as being willing to use other people to get what she wanted and that the ends justifies the means. I was "what a jerk!" a few pages in, but then she met up with Danny Rand and convinced him to be her escort, the apple appeared, and all Pandemonium broke loose. After she got back home, Casey Beck appears on the scene and that is when the character development really starts. I mean, I started enjoying the banter and byplay between Felicia and her team after she arrived back at her home, but Casey's appearance I would say really got the "character building moments" to being for both Felicia and Casey.
Regarding Felicia, I also enjoyed her insights into the various characters she came into contact with. Like how Danny Rand is always such a nice guy and never seems to get angry about anything, even after she "borrows" (steals) his valet pass, his car, and some other personal items of his. Or how Peter Parker is probably "the man of her dreams" and will always hold a special place in her heart but she refuses to abuse their friendship or their "working relationship" and thereby negatively impact his marriage. Yet she also knows that Peter will practically come anytime she calls, yet she does not abuse this "special relationship" she has with him regarding this character trait of Peter's part, either. She also had interesting insight into Tony Stark, how he can be an utter and complete jerk at times, but he also had "positive" moments as well, like if you give him a puzzle to solve or if you can get beneath that hard exterior of his, he can also have a heart of gold (such as was shown in his interactions with Casey after she came back with several hotdogs in her hands). There was clearly no love lost between Felicia and Susan Storm, which I found amusing and probably pretty realistic.
The other thing I found myself really enjoying were the cameos of other characters. The author did a nice job of using various villains in the book (Hammerhead, Sasha Hammer, Odessa Drake, the Owl, Wilson Fisk, and Silvermane, Andy the Awesome Android, and the Mad Thinker specifically) without having the villains tripping over each other throughout the book. She also did a nice job of balancing out the cameos of heroes as well (Iron Fist, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Iron Man, Dr. Strange, and the Fantastic Four) throughout the book. There were a lot of characters in the book (as well as secondary and tertiary characters), but it felt like each person had their moment, their own voice without drowning out Felicia's voice throughout the book or "stealing the scene" from her. It really was a nice balance of characters and characters interacting with each other throughout the book. So kudos to her for that as well.
Felicia does get annoying at times throughout the book, but that probably makes her a more realistic character as even best friends can annoy each other at times. It was also "amusing" to me how I reacted to the way she was using those she called "friends" or even considered "the good guys." She definitely had a "superior attitude" regarding the men (and occasional women" with whom she interacted and her ability to manipulate the men to get what she wanted from them. On the one hand, you would think the men would be on their guard around her, especially the male heroes who "know her the best" and how she can use and discard people, how she uses people to get what she wants. And yet, these same men who ought to know better "by now" continue to let her use them and manipulate them into her getting what she wants from them. She even freely admits throughout the book that she does this, that she willingly uses even the heroes to scam them to get to her ultimate goal (whatever her target might be at that moment). So, my reaction was amusing because I have been accused of letting some people run roughshod over me at times and have been taken advantage of a time or two (obviously not to the extent that Felicia takes advantage of those around her), and yet I still remained friends with these people until life changed and they were no longer in my life. It's crazy.
Anyway. It was a fun book. It does start out slow, but the pace does slowly build up. There are nice moments between "jobs" (scenes) that allow for further character development. I would say Felicia helped Casey as much as Casey helped Felicia. There were fun moments in the story, and there were funny moments in the story as well. Boris and Bruno were great foils for Felicia, and I liked that she had these two men as her "crew" who assisted her in her various heists. I would probably rate this book a strong 3.4-3.6 stars rounded down to 3 stars. While I can even see myself reading it again at some point in the distant future, I am glad I took a chance on reading it "now" as I ended up enjoying it more than I thought I would.
It was interesting; the plot was fairly repetitious in two or three respects Really bad repetition in stories really bugs me (a la David Weber's Honor Harrington series). However, this repetitive nature did not bother me like I would have thought it might; I think that is because the author did a solid job of writing the story and using these moments to further develop the characters that I was more drawn to the character development and overlooked or did not notice the apparent "repetition" that was taking place.
There were two things that I found myself enjoying quite a bit. First, I enjoyed the developing of Felicia Hardy's character that occurs throughout the book. I am not really that familiar with Felicia Hardy in the 616-universe; I know she has appeared in various issues that I have read over the years (and, no, Spider-Man was never really a huge focus for me in terms of the comics I read. Sacrilege, I know, but true). I am actually probably more familiar with her character in the Ultimate Universe (whatever number that Universe might be). Anyway; I digress. Not being that familiar with her (other than knowing she had been a potential love interest for Peter Parker, that she still pined for him even after he married Mary Jane, and that she was some kind of master thief while having some kind of "heart of gold"), this book did a nice job of filling in my ignorance over her and her character, what she is like (depending on the author). Felicia Hardy initially comes across as cold, calculating, selfish, and uncaring of others. She also comes across as being willing to use other people to get what she wanted and that the ends justifies the means. I was "what a jerk!" a few pages in, but then she met up with Danny Rand and convinced him to be her escort, the apple appeared, and all Pandemonium broke loose. After she got back home, Casey Beck appears on the scene and that is when the character development really starts. I mean, I started enjoying the banter and byplay between Felicia and her team after she arrived back at her home, but Casey's appearance I would say really got the "character building moments" to being for both Felicia and Casey.
Regarding Felicia, I also enjoyed her insights into the various characters she came into contact with. Like how Danny Rand is always such a nice guy and never seems to get angry about anything, even after she "borrows" (steals) his valet pass, his car, and some other personal items of his. Or how Peter Parker is probably "the man of her dreams" and will always hold a special place in her heart but she refuses to abuse their friendship or their "working relationship" and thereby negatively impact his marriage. Yet she also knows that Peter will practically come anytime she calls, yet she does not abuse this "special relationship" she has with him regarding this character trait of Peter's part, either. She also had interesting insight into Tony Stark, how he can be an utter and complete jerk at times, but he also had "positive" moments as well, like if you give him a puzzle to solve or if you can get beneath that hard exterior of his, he can also have a heart of gold (such as was shown in his interactions with Casey after she came back with several hotdogs in her hands). There was clearly no love lost between Felicia and Susan Storm, which I found amusing and probably pretty realistic.
The other thing I found myself really enjoying were the cameos of other characters. The author did a nice job of using various villains in the book (Hammerhead, Sasha Hammer, Odessa Drake, the Owl, Wilson Fisk, and Silvermane, Andy the Awesome Android, and the Mad Thinker specifically) without having the villains tripping over each other throughout the book. She also did a nice job of balancing out the cameos of heroes as well (Iron Fist, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Iron Man, Dr. Strange, and the Fantastic Four) throughout the book. There were a lot of characters in the book (as well as secondary and tertiary characters), but it felt like each person had their moment, their own voice without drowning out Felicia's voice throughout the book or "stealing the scene" from her. It really was a nice balance of characters and characters interacting with each other throughout the book. So kudos to her for that as well.
Felicia does get annoying at times throughout the book, but that probably makes her a more realistic character as even best friends can annoy each other at times. It was also "amusing" to me how I reacted to the way she was using those she called "friends" or even considered "the good guys." She definitely had a "superior attitude" regarding the men (and occasional women" with whom she interacted and her ability to manipulate the men to get what she wanted from them. On the one hand, you would think the men would be on their guard around her, especially the male heroes who "know her the best" and how she can use and discard people, how she uses people to get what she wants. And yet, these same men who ought to know better "by now" continue to let her use them and manipulate them into her getting what she wants from them. She even freely admits throughout the book that she does this, that she willingly uses even the heroes to scam them to get to her ultimate goal (whatever her target might be at that moment). So, my reaction was amusing because I have been accused of letting some people run roughshod over me at times and have been taken advantage of a time or two (obviously not to the extent that Felicia takes advantage of those around her), and yet I still remained friends with these people until life changed and they were no longer in my life. It's crazy.
Anyway. It was a fun book. It does start out slow, but the pace does slowly build up. There are nice moments between "jobs" (scenes) that allow for further character development. I would say Felicia helped Casey as much as Casey helped Felicia. There were fun moments in the story, and there were funny moments in the story as well. Boris and Bruno were great foils for Felicia, and I liked that she had these two men as her "crew" who assisted her in her various heists. I would probably rate this book a strong 3.4-3.6 stars rounded down to 3 stars. While I can even see myself reading it again at some point in the distant future, I am glad I took a chance on reading it "now" as I ended up enjoying it more than I thought I would.
March 20, 2022
One of the best things about the Marvel novels coming out of Aconyte Books is that characters that have often been in supporting roles are being given the spotlight. Characters that pop up from time to time in other people's books, or as part of a team, but never really get given the chance to headline their own title are being thrust into the spotlight; and the results have been fantastic.
The latest character to get this star treatment is Felicia Hardy, the anti-hero thief known as Black Cat. Often paired up with everyone's favourite wall-crawling hero Spider-Man, this time we follow Felicia as she discovers a strange series of events, bumps up against heroes out to save the day, and decides to help a girl find her missing father.
The book begins with Felicia attending the Met Gala, an event filled with the rich and famous of New York City; and an event that gives Felicia the chance to scope out some stuff that might be worth stealing. Whilst scoping the place out she comes across a Golden Apple, one of a series of strange, magical artefacts that have begun appearing all round the world. These apples are able to grant the person possessing it anything they wish; and whilst you might first think this would be the perfect thing for someone like Felicia, she sees it and has to get out of there.
Unfortunately, thanks to having been near the Apple and having ran out of the Gala as fast as she did, people assume that she must have it, making her the target of the press and those who want the Apple for themselves. If that wasn't bad enough, that same night someone breaks into Felicia's home; a teenage girl named Casey who needs Black Cat's help to find her missing father. It turns out her father was in witness protection, but returned to New York to give evidence against the son of mob boss Silvermaine, until he went missing. Casey is sure that Felicia was the last person to see her father before he was kidnapped, and begs the thief to help her get him back.
Before this book my main experience with Black Cat came from the 90's Spider-Man animated series, where she appeared in more than twenty five episodes of the show. Other than that, I'd seen her in a few comics where she would appear for a few pages to help or annoy Spider-man. As such, this was my first real chance to spend some time with the character and really get to know her; and knowing what author Cath Lauria did with Elsa Bloodstone, I was super excited to see how she would tackle such an iconic character.
One of the things that I immediately liked about the book was that Lauria didn't have Black Cat going solo, instead giving her a small team in the form of her tech specialist Bruno, and explosive expert Boris. Having been used to seeing Black Cat working on her own in the past I thought that it was a great choice to give her this small team to work with. Yes, she might go out on jobs on her own, breaking her way into places and stealing things without someone there with her, but it absolutely makes sense that she would need someone helping her scope places out, making equipment, and being ready to drive the getaway van if things go wrong.
The addition of these two characters immediately made things feel a lot more realistic, and grounded some of the more fantastical elements in what people are used to seeing in heist movies and novels; a team of people coming together to pull of the perfect crimes. It also helped that both Boris and Bruno were an absolute delight in every scene they were in, often acting like bickering children that Felicia had to manage. It brought some fun energy into proceedings.
The best new character, however, has to be Casey, the fifteen-year-old kid with a massive chip on her shoulder and enough skills to make her dangerous. Casey is the kind of character that seems like she's designed to push Felicia's buttons. She's loud, arrogant, full of herself, and clever enough to not just get rid of right away. It's clear that Felicia sees a lot of herself in this kid, and understands her motivations and her drive; and that's a big part of why she agrees to help the girl.
Some of the best scenes in the book are the smaller moments where Felicia and Casey are interacting with each other, whether that be Felicia trying to teach Casey how to be a thief, or Casey acting like a teen around a woman with no time for kids. The two of them butt heads a lot, but the moments where you see them winning the other over are an absolute delight, and come the end of the book you really do believe that the two of them will genuinely miss each other, and that a real bond has formed between them.
These relationships give the reader a lot of insight into Felicia and how she ticks, and they played a big part in how I came away thinking of the character. But I felt like I also learnt a lot about her from the other costumes heroes that appear in the book too. There are a few times where Felicia's path crosses with some big name heroes, and it was interesting to see how they interacted with her, and how different characters would react to this woman who so often walked the line between reluctant hero and criminal. But it wasn't just how they reacted to her that told us a lot, but the way she saw them too.
Whilst her thinking of Toy Stark as something of a stuck-up dick isn't exactly new, the fact that she reveals to the reader that you can get on his good side by giving him a puzzle to solve showed that she had an insight into him that most don't. She also sees Danny Rand, the Iron Fist, as a loveable goof who's too kind to ever get mad. She thinks that Daredevil is a bit of an arrogant prick at times. And she can't help but love everything about Spider-Man, from his kindness to his heroic nature. She sheds new light on heroes that you think you've already got a good handle on thanks to her unique interactions with them; and this shows us just how different her experiences in this kind of world are to other costumed heroes.
The book isn't just filled with brilliant character interactions, however, as it also manages to pack in a good deal of action. There are moments when Black Cat has to go up against famous villains, engages in high speed car chases, and has to escape exploding buildings; which are kind of all in a days work for a character like this. despite managing to pack a lot of action into the book Lauria never lets it feel dull, and it's always varied and interesting whenever it happens. The best of the exciting bits might be the heists. There are a few moments in the book where Felicia, Cases, and the crew have to infiltrate a place, steal some info, and pull off a con; and these are a genuine delight.
With super hero stories so often focusing on big fights, world ending stakes, or interpersonal drama it was was lovely to see something different for once. Here we get our characters doing something that requires a whole different skill set, and means that it's not all about throwing punches or dodging bullets, but reading people right, bluffing the right thing, and formulating daring plans. I loved it each and every time the characters got the chance to do these things, even if it was just Casey proving she has what it takes by trying to break into Felicia's bedroom multiple times. I'd happily read an entire series of books that are just one heist after another with this group.
I came into Black Cat: Discord knowing very little about the character, and didn't know what to expect from her headlining a solo adventure. But not only was a hugely delighted by what I got, I think that it might be one of the best books that Aconyte and Marvel have done together. The book was filled with great character moments, exciting actions, and wonderfully delightful scenes that could only ever work for Black Cat. An absolute pleasure to read from start to finish.
The latest character to get this star treatment is Felicia Hardy, the anti-hero thief known as Black Cat. Often paired up with everyone's favourite wall-crawling hero Spider-Man, this time we follow Felicia as she discovers a strange series of events, bumps up against heroes out to save the day, and decides to help a girl find her missing father.
The book begins with Felicia attending the Met Gala, an event filled with the rich and famous of New York City; and an event that gives Felicia the chance to scope out some stuff that might be worth stealing. Whilst scoping the place out she comes across a Golden Apple, one of a series of strange, magical artefacts that have begun appearing all round the world. These apples are able to grant the person possessing it anything they wish; and whilst you might first think this would be the perfect thing for someone like Felicia, she sees it and has to get out of there.
Unfortunately, thanks to having been near the Apple and having ran out of the Gala as fast as she did, people assume that she must have it, making her the target of the press and those who want the Apple for themselves. If that wasn't bad enough, that same night someone breaks into Felicia's home; a teenage girl named Casey who needs Black Cat's help to find her missing father. It turns out her father was in witness protection, but returned to New York to give evidence against the son of mob boss Silvermaine, until he went missing. Casey is sure that Felicia was the last person to see her father before he was kidnapped, and begs the thief to help her get him back.
Before this book my main experience with Black Cat came from the 90's Spider-Man animated series, where she appeared in more than twenty five episodes of the show. Other than that, I'd seen her in a few comics where she would appear for a few pages to help or annoy Spider-man. As such, this was my first real chance to spend some time with the character and really get to know her; and knowing what author Cath Lauria did with Elsa Bloodstone, I was super excited to see how she would tackle such an iconic character.
One of the things that I immediately liked about the book was that Lauria didn't have Black Cat going solo, instead giving her a small team in the form of her tech specialist Bruno, and explosive expert Boris. Having been used to seeing Black Cat working on her own in the past I thought that it was a great choice to give her this small team to work with. Yes, she might go out on jobs on her own, breaking her way into places and stealing things without someone there with her, but it absolutely makes sense that she would need someone helping her scope places out, making equipment, and being ready to drive the getaway van if things go wrong.
The addition of these two characters immediately made things feel a lot more realistic, and grounded some of the more fantastical elements in what people are used to seeing in heist movies and novels; a team of people coming together to pull of the perfect crimes. It also helped that both Boris and Bruno were an absolute delight in every scene they were in, often acting like bickering children that Felicia had to manage. It brought some fun energy into proceedings.
The best new character, however, has to be Casey, the fifteen-year-old kid with a massive chip on her shoulder and enough skills to make her dangerous. Casey is the kind of character that seems like she's designed to push Felicia's buttons. She's loud, arrogant, full of herself, and clever enough to not just get rid of right away. It's clear that Felicia sees a lot of herself in this kid, and understands her motivations and her drive; and that's a big part of why she agrees to help the girl.
Some of the best scenes in the book are the smaller moments where Felicia and Casey are interacting with each other, whether that be Felicia trying to teach Casey how to be a thief, or Casey acting like a teen around a woman with no time for kids. The two of them butt heads a lot, but the moments where you see them winning the other over are an absolute delight, and come the end of the book you really do believe that the two of them will genuinely miss each other, and that a real bond has formed between them.
These relationships give the reader a lot of insight into Felicia and how she ticks, and they played a big part in how I came away thinking of the character. But I felt like I also learnt a lot about her from the other costumes heroes that appear in the book too. There are a few times where Felicia's path crosses with some big name heroes, and it was interesting to see how they interacted with her, and how different characters would react to this woman who so often walked the line between reluctant hero and criminal. But it wasn't just how they reacted to her that told us a lot, but the way she saw them too.
Whilst her thinking of Toy Stark as something of a stuck-up dick isn't exactly new, the fact that she reveals to the reader that you can get on his good side by giving him a puzzle to solve showed that she had an insight into him that most don't. She also sees Danny Rand, the Iron Fist, as a loveable goof who's too kind to ever get mad. She thinks that Daredevil is a bit of an arrogant prick at times. And she can't help but love everything about Spider-Man, from his kindness to his heroic nature. She sheds new light on heroes that you think you've already got a good handle on thanks to her unique interactions with them; and this shows us just how different her experiences in this kind of world are to other costumed heroes.
The book isn't just filled with brilliant character interactions, however, as it also manages to pack in a good deal of action. There are moments when Black Cat has to go up against famous villains, engages in high speed car chases, and has to escape exploding buildings; which are kind of all in a days work for a character like this. despite managing to pack a lot of action into the book Lauria never lets it feel dull, and it's always varied and interesting whenever it happens. The best of the exciting bits might be the heists. There are a few moments in the book where Felicia, Cases, and the crew have to infiltrate a place, steal some info, and pull off a con; and these are a genuine delight.
With super hero stories so often focusing on big fights, world ending stakes, or interpersonal drama it was was lovely to see something different for once. Here we get our characters doing something that requires a whole different skill set, and means that it's not all about throwing punches or dodging bullets, but reading people right, bluffing the right thing, and formulating daring plans. I loved it each and every time the characters got the chance to do these things, even if it was just Casey proving she has what it takes by trying to break into Felicia's bedroom multiple times. I'd happily read an entire series of books that are just one heist after another with this group.
I came into Black Cat: Discord knowing very little about the character, and didn't know what to expect from her headlining a solo adventure. But not only was a hugely delighted by what I got, I think that it might be one of the best books that Aconyte and Marvel have done together. The book was filled with great character moments, exciting actions, and wonderfully delightful scenes that could only ever work for Black Cat. An absolute pleasure to read from start to finish.
February 23, 2022
Black Cat Discord is the newest addition to the Marvel Heroines line by Aconyte Books. A line I have enjoyed to date and have to say this one is certainly tied with Outlaw Relentless and Rogue Untouched. Felicia Hardy has always been a favourite of mine in the marvel universe, sassy, snarky, confident and part of the growing open LGBTQ+ roster of heroes it’s hard not to love her. Cath Lauria manages to capture Black Cat and Felicia Hardy perfectly in a tale that has action, suspense, humour and even some heartfelt moments!
The novel follows Felicia Hardy who always puts her own interests first, but the appearance of a mythical golden apple in New York has everybody with a hint of power scrambling for it. And of course that means everyone expects the Black Cat to nab it for them. But this isn’t the only job on Felicia’s radar. When a smart-aleck kid turns up demanding her help, Felicia finds herself caught between the mob, her morals and some very insistent supervillains. It’ll take all nine lives to wriggle out of this one intact, but Felicia has more than one trick up her sleeve.
As always I don’t want to ruin the plot but I will say this novel was fantastic. The numerous well and lesser known marvel characters showing up throughout and remaining perfectly in character was a treat. Also one tiny spoiler but bonus points for Amora making a small appearance! It is clear Lauria knows her source material well from Felicia and her henchmen’s interactions to the history with Felicia and some of the other characters who appear. The book is full of backstory and anecdotes but it never feels heavy or too much and you certainly don’t need to know the character in depth to gain access to this fantastic story. Bonus points to the natural way Felicia’s bisexuality was referenced within the narrative. It was natural, normal and no big deal or show was made. It might be a silly thing but it meant so much to me and I am sure it will to many others as well.
The other thing Lauria does extremely well is introduce lesser known characters for those who may not know everything there is to know about a character. It was fun to see some villains who can get overlooked and to see some team ups as often happens in the comics. It made the story more believable and gave an element that sometimes even the comics and definitely some of the movies in the past have missed out on. It was lovely to see Black Cat team up with old allies and to see her at work.
In terms of pacing and action this book is brilliantly balanced. You have all the comic book action you could want but paced well and written marvelously. You don’t go from epic fight to fight or heist to heist but see the bits in between including some rather tender moments between the smart-aleck kid who I actually adore and Felicia. I actually started this and finished it in one night, staying up a little too late on a work night but it was so worth it.
In short this novel ticked nearly all my boxes, a strong arguably morally grey female lead who is sassy and can look after herself, brilliant bickering and banter between Felicia and her henchmen (although really they are more like family!), a young protégée who has her own tricks up her sleeve, fund and reunited family, epic team ups and fights and representation done in a natural way.
A full five star read and will definitely be re-read again and again!
As always thank you to Aconyte Books and Netgalley for the ARC of this and to Cath Lauria for brining Felicia to life and confirming my love for Black Cat and writing this fantastic book!
Black Cat: Discord will be available on ebook from March 1st 2022 with the paperback version being released on the 15th March for the US and 9th June for the UK!
CATH LAURIA is a Colorado girl who loves snow and sunshine. She is a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, suspense and romance fiction, and has a vast collection of beautiful edged weapons.
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2022 MARVEL
The novel follows Felicia Hardy who always puts her own interests first, but the appearance of a mythical golden apple in New York has everybody with a hint of power scrambling for it. And of course that means everyone expects the Black Cat to nab it for them. But this isn’t the only job on Felicia’s radar. When a smart-aleck kid turns up demanding her help, Felicia finds herself caught between the mob, her morals and some very insistent supervillains. It’ll take all nine lives to wriggle out of this one intact, but Felicia has more than one trick up her sleeve.
As always I don’t want to ruin the plot but I will say this novel was fantastic. The numerous well and lesser known marvel characters showing up throughout and remaining perfectly in character was a treat. Also one tiny spoiler but bonus points for Amora making a small appearance! It is clear Lauria knows her source material well from Felicia and her henchmen’s interactions to the history with Felicia and some of the other characters who appear. The book is full of backstory and anecdotes but it never feels heavy or too much and you certainly don’t need to know the character in depth to gain access to this fantastic story. Bonus points to the natural way Felicia’s bisexuality was referenced within the narrative. It was natural, normal and no big deal or show was made. It might be a silly thing but it meant so much to me and I am sure it will to many others as well.
The other thing Lauria does extremely well is introduce lesser known characters for those who may not know everything there is to know about a character. It was fun to see some villains who can get overlooked and to see some team ups as often happens in the comics. It made the story more believable and gave an element that sometimes even the comics and definitely some of the movies in the past have missed out on. It was lovely to see Black Cat team up with old allies and to see her at work.
In terms of pacing and action this book is brilliantly balanced. You have all the comic book action you could want but paced well and written marvelously. You don’t go from epic fight to fight or heist to heist but see the bits in between including some rather tender moments between the smart-aleck kid who I actually adore and Felicia. I actually started this and finished it in one night, staying up a little too late on a work night but it was so worth it.
In short this novel ticked nearly all my boxes, a strong arguably morally grey female lead who is sassy and can look after herself, brilliant bickering and banter between Felicia and her henchmen (although really they are more like family!), a young protégée who has her own tricks up her sleeve, fund and reunited family, epic team ups and fights and representation done in a natural way.
A full five star read and will definitely be re-read again and again!
As always thank you to Aconyte Books and Netgalley for the ARC of this and to Cath Lauria for brining Felicia to life and confirming my love for Black Cat and writing this fantastic book!
Black Cat: Discord will be available on ebook from March 1st 2022 with the paperback version being released on the 15th March for the US and 9th June for the UK!
CATH LAURIA is a Colorado girl who loves snow and sunshine. She is a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, suspense and romance fiction, and has a vast collection of beautiful edged weapons.
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2022 MARVEL
April 28, 2022
Yes! Marvel's Black Cat fans should make a point of reading Cath Lauria's Black Cat: Discord because it will not disappoint. This continues the trend of taking beloved Marvel heroines and giving them their very own novels.
Felicia Hardy is very good at what she does, namely stealing and putting her wants and needs above all else. The latest shiny to catch her eyes is a mythical golden apple in New York. The power it promises is enough to ensure that Felicia, aka Black Cat, won't be the only one gunning for it.
Naturally, this potential heist is about to get very complicated for Felicia. Not that it's going to stop her. How will she fare against the heroes and villains hunting for the same prize?
Can I just say that I adore the Marvel Heroines line? It gives some of my favorite characters (and side characters) a chance to shine. Next up on the list, we have Black Cat: Discord by Cath Lauria. If you've ever read a Spider-Man comic, the odds are good that you know precisely who Felicia Hardy, aka Black Cat, is.
For the Marvel fans (or newbies) who adore a good heist novel, please, please, please pick up Black Cat: Discord because it will make all your dreams come true. Given that this is Black Cat we're talking about, the heist elements should not be a surprise. Nor should it be surprising to hear how much fun this book was to read.
For those that don't know, Black Cat, aka Felicia Hardy, is a morally gray character stemming from the Marvel Universe. She initially showed up in Spider-Man, though she recently had a series of her own (which was a blast to read – go check it out!). She's a criminal who loves heists, shiny things, powerful tech, and sometimes magical items. In short, she appreciates items of high value and knows how to get her hands on them.
Thus we have the foundation of Black Cat: Discord, as Felicia sets out to snatch the mythical golden apple before anyone else does. Naturally, she goes up against many other players in this universe, as power has a way of attracting people.
Readers should prepare themselves for a lot of laughs, tension, and a shockingly tense and emotional conclusion. Oh! And the LGBTQ+ rep included in Black Cat: Discord was very much appreciated. Now, go read it!
Thanks to Aconyte and #NetGalley for making this book available for review. All opinions expressed are my own.
#Marvel #MarvelEnt #Aconytebooks #review
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2020 MARVEL
Read more reviews over at Quirky Cat's Fat Stacks
Felicia Hardy is very good at what she does, namely stealing and putting her wants and needs above all else. The latest shiny to catch her eyes is a mythical golden apple in New York. The power it promises is enough to ensure that Felicia, aka Black Cat, won't be the only one gunning for it.
Naturally, this potential heist is about to get very complicated for Felicia. Not that it's going to stop her. How will she fare against the heroes and villains hunting for the same prize?
Can I just say that I adore the Marvel Heroines line? It gives some of my favorite characters (and side characters) a chance to shine. Next up on the list, we have Black Cat: Discord by Cath Lauria. If you've ever read a Spider-Man comic, the odds are good that you know precisely who Felicia Hardy, aka Black Cat, is.
For the Marvel fans (or newbies) who adore a good heist novel, please, please, please pick up Black Cat: Discord because it will make all your dreams come true. Given that this is Black Cat we're talking about, the heist elements should not be a surprise. Nor should it be surprising to hear how much fun this book was to read.
For those that don't know, Black Cat, aka Felicia Hardy, is a morally gray character stemming from the Marvel Universe. She initially showed up in Spider-Man, though she recently had a series of her own (which was a blast to read – go check it out!). She's a criminal who loves heists, shiny things, powerful tech, and sometimes magical items. In short, she appreciates items of high value and knows how to get her hands on them.
Thus we have the foundation of Black Cat: Discord, as Felicia sets out to snatch the mythical golden apple before anyone else does. Naturally, she goes up against many other players in this universe, as power has a way of attracting people.
Readers should prepare themselves for a lot of laughs, tension, and a shockingly tense and emotional conclusion. Oh! And the LGBTQ+ rep included in Black Cat: Discord was very much appreciated. Now, go read it!
Thanks to Aconyte and #NetGalley for making this book available for review. All opinions expressed are my own.
#Marvel #MarvelEnt #Aconytebooks #review
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2020 MARVEL
Read more reviews over at Quirky Cat's Fat Stacks
January 9, 2022
My thanks to NetGalley and publisher Aconyte Books for an advanced copy of this new Marvel Comics tie-in novel.
As a long, long time comic reader it has always intrigued me to see characters who have been in a supporting role for so long somehow beat their weak storylines and lazy development by lots of different writers and push, or in this case steal into the spotlight. I remember reading about Black Cat in her early Spider-Man days as sort of crush object for Peter Parker, that bad girl that a guy in a black suit and troubles with Mary Jane might pursue. A copy of Catwoman from DC who could tempt the hero, tease the young male readership and act as foil or hostage for whatever the story needed her for. Boy how times change.
Black Cat: Discord: A Marvel Heroines Novel by Cath Lauria is fun romp, with great characters, great writing, and a big adventure with a big heart. Ms. Lauria writes Felicia Hardy in a way that both fresh, fun (yes I'll use fun alot), interesting and with more development in character than any run of Amazing Spider-Man she appeared in during the 80's and 90's. This Black Cat is the best she as what she does, and the writing supports it. One moment their are comments on fashion, the other the power of a borrowed Ferrari, and security systems. In addition the rest of the supporting characters are well developed with differences that make them stand out in the story, with many a cameo from the other Marvel Superheroes and villains. With Awesome Android. These characters seem again real, and yet different since Black Cat has her own unique way of looking at them. Iron Fist, is a bit of a goof, Daredevil is a bit of a jerk. Spider-Man, earnest, but makes the heart go pitter-patter.
The action is both cinematic and panel ready, though I don't think either could do the story justice. The story never bogs down, even character moments have such a momentum that is rare, especially in science fiction. And the reader wants more at the end. I've not read anything b Ms. Lauria, something I will have to amend. Hopefully there will be more in these series, though I would love to see Ms. Lauria's take on others in the Marvel Universe. Perfect for older readers who like the comics or the movies, and especially for readers who like strong, amazing female characters. Or just great stories.
As a long, long time comic reader it has always intrigued me to see characters who have been in a supporting role for so long somehow beat their weak storylines and lazy development by lots of different writers and push, or in this case steal into the spotlight. I remember reading about Black Cat in her early Spider-Man days as sort of crush object for Peter Parker, that bad girl that a guy in a black suit and troubles with Mary Jane might pursue. A copy of Catwoman from DC who could tempt the hero, tease the young male readership and act as foil or hostage for whatever the story needed her for. Boy how times change.
Black Cat: Discord: A Marvel Heroines Novel by Cath Lauria is fun romp, with great characters, great writing, and a big adventure with a big heart. Ms. Lauria writes Felicia Hardy in a way that both fresh, fun (yes I'll use fun alot), interesting and with more development in character than any run of Amazing Spider-Man she appeared in during the 80's and 90's. This Black Cat is the best she as what she does, and the writing supports it. One moment their are comments on fashion, the other the power of a borrowed Ferrari, and security systems. In addition the rest of the supporting characters are well developed with differences that make them stand out in the story, with many a cameo from the other Marvel Superheroes and villains. With Awesome Android. These characters seem again real, and yet different since Black Cat has her own unique way of looking at them. Iron Fist, is a bit of a goof, Daredevil is a bit of a jerk. Spider-Man, earnest, but makes the heart go pitter-patter.
The action is both cinematic and panel ready, though I don't think either could do the story justice. The story never bogs down, even character moments have such a momentum that is rare, especially in science fiction. And the reader wants more at the end. I've not read anything b Ms. Lauria, something I will have to amend. Hopefully there will be more in these series, though I would love to see Ms. Lauria's take on others in the Marvel Universe. Perfect for older readers who like the comics or the movies, and especially for readers who like strong, amazing female characters. Or just great stories.
January 17, 2022
Legendary super-thief Black Cat takes on on some of Marvel’s most renowned heroes and mob secrets in this electrifying heist novel from Aconyte Books' Marvel Heroines line (coming March 1, 2022).
Felicia Hardy always puts her own interests first, but the appearance of a mythical golden apple in New York has everybody with a hint of power scrambling for it. And who’s everyone’s number one choice to nab it for them? The Black Cat, of course. Yet that isn’t the only job on Felicia’s radar. When a smart-aleck kid turns up demanding her help, Felicia finds herself caught between the mob, her morals and some very insistent supervillains. It’ll take all nine lives to wriggle out of this one intact, but Felicia has more than one trick up her sleeve.
I was very excited when the publisher allowed me a chance at an early galley of this upcoming novel. First off, how cool is that cover art by Joey Hi-Fi? The colors really pop, and Black Cat looks amazing against that purple skyline. I have been a huge fan of this character ever since her debut in Amazing Spider-Man #194 in the summer of 1979; I got that issue as part of my ongoing subscription to the book. Even though it has been over forty years (yikes!) since her first appearance, author Cath Lauria still evokes elements of the character's core while setting her story squarely in current Marvel Comics events.
And this novel clearly takes full advantage of that Marvel catalog with plenty of surprise appearances of both heroes and villains that populate the comic line's fictional New York City. It was fun to see who would show up next. Black Cat finds herself in the middle of not one but two interesting developments, and I enjoyed how the author was able to weave them together into an engaging narrative that has lots of action and heart. The ending was what I expected, but the fun was the jouney and not the destination.
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2022 MARVEL
Felicia Hardy always puts her own interests first, but the appearance of a mythical golden apple in New York has everybody with a hint of power scrambling for it. And who’s everyone’s number one choice to nab it for them? The Black Cat, of course. Yet that isn’t the only job on Felicia’s radar. When a smart-aleck kid turns up demanding her help, Felicia finds herself caught between the mob, her morals and some very insistent supervillains. It’ll take all nine lives to wriggle out of this one intact, but Felicia has more than one trick up her sleeve.
I was very excited when the publisher allowed me a chance at an early galley of this upcoming novel. First off, how cool is that cover art by Joey Hi-Fi? The colors really pop, and Black Cat looks amazing against that purple skyline. I have been a huge fan of this character ever since her debut in Amazing Spider-Man #194 in the summer of 1979; I got that issue as part of my ongoing subscription to the book. Even though it has been over forty years (yikes!) since her first appearance, author Cath Lauria still evokes elements of the character's core while setting her story squarely in current Marvel Comics events.
And this novel clearly takes full advantage of that Marvel catalog with plenty of surprise appearances of both heroes and villains that populate the comic line's fictional New York City. It was fun to see who would show up next. Black Cat finds herself in the middle of not one but two interesting developments, and I enjoyed how the author was able to weave them together into an engaging narrative that has lots of action and heart. The ending was what I expected, but the fun was the jouney and not the destination.
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2022 MARVEL
February 23, 2022
This book was given to me for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
Felicia Hardy, aka Black Cat, is staking out some potential jewels to steal at a gala event when the event is interrupted by the appearance of a golden apple. Golden apples have been appearing all over the world granting a wish to the first person to use them. Felicia isn't interested at all, but everyone else at the gala goes mad over the apple. After finally escaping, a teenage girl tries to get Felicia's attention. Failing, the teenager tells everyone that Felicia has the apple causing her to be chased all over New York in Danny Rand's car. The teenager, Casey, eventually catches up to Felicia and convinces her to help her find her father, a former villain. Felicia and her henchmen Boris and Bruno teach Casey some tricks while investigating Casey's father's disappearance from FBI custody. Meanwhile, everyone that has information about him wants Felicia to get them the golden apple in exchange. Who will end up with the apple, and will Felicia find Casey's father before it's too late?
I enjoyed the story line of this book, but I just felt like too many superheroes were thrown into the story (especially at the gala).
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2020 MARVEL
#Marvel #MarvelEnt #Aconytebooks #review
Felicia Hardy, aka Black Cat, is staking out some potential jewels to steal at a gala event when the event is interrupted by the appearance of a golden apple. Golden apples have been appearing all over the world granting a wish to the first person to use them. Felicia isn't interested at all, but everyone else at the gala goes mad over the apple. After finally escaping, a teenage girl tries to get Felicia's attention. Failing, the teenager tells everyone that Felicia has the apple causing her to be chased all over New York in Danny Rand's car. The teenager, Casey, eventually catches up to Felicia and convinces her to help her find her father, a former villain. Felicia and her henchmen Boris and Bruno teach Casey some tricks while investigating Casey's father's disappearance from FBI custody. Meanwhile, everyone that has information about him wants Felicia to get them the golden apple in exchange. Who will end up with the apple, and will Felicia find Casey's father before it's too late?
I enjoyed the story line of this book, but I just felt like too many superheroes were thrown into the story (especially at the gala).
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2020 MARVEL
#Marvel #MarvelEnt #Aconytebooks #review
March 8, 2022
Marvel Heroines – Black Cat: Discord, by Cath Lauria
📚Synopsis
Legendary super-thief Black Cat takes on some of Marvel’s most renowned heroes and mob secrets in this electrifying heist novel from Marvel Heroines.
Felicia Hardy always puts her own interests first, but the appearance of a mythical golden apple in New York has everybody with a hint of power scrambling for it. And who’s everyone’s number one choice to nab it for them? The Black Cat, of course. Yet that isn’t the only job on Felicia’s radar. When a smart aleck kid turns up demanding her help, Felicia finds herself caught between the mob, her morals and some very insistent supervillains. It’ll take all nine lives to wriggle out of this one intact, but Felicia has more than one trick up her sleeve.
📚Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars
As a marvel fan I was so excited when I seen this book tour! From the start the book had me laughing out loud and wanting to read more. There were so many characters that are from the wider marvel universe included that are great little Easter eggs. I'd definitely recommend this book to any Marvel fans and anyone that loves a powerful feminine lead like the main lady The Black Cat
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2022 MARVEL
Tour organised through @thebooknetwork.co.uk book also provided via @netgalley in exchange for an honest review
📚Synopsis
Legendary super-thief Black Cat takes on some of Marvel’s most renowned heroes and mob secrets in this electrifying heist novel from Marvel Heroines.
Felicia Hardy always puts her own interests first, but the appearance of a mythical golden apple in New York has everybody with a hint of power scrambling for it. And who’s everyone’s number one choice to nab it for them? The Black Cat, of course. Yet that isn’t the only job on Felicia’s radar. When a smart aleck kid turns up demanding her help, Felicia finds herself caught between the mob, her morals and some very insistent supervillains. It’ll take all nine lives to wriggle out of this one intact, but Felicia has more than one trick up her sleeve.
📚Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars
As a marvel fan I was so excited when I seen this book tour! From the start the book had me laughing out loud and wanting to read more. There were so many characters that are from the wider marvel universe included that are great little Easter eggs. I'd definitely recommend this book to any Marvel fans and anyone that loves a powerful feminine lead like the main lady The Black Cat
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2022 MARVEL
Tour organised through @thebooknetwork.co.uk book also provided via @netgalley in exchange for an honest review
February 23, 2022
ARC received in exchange for honest review from NetGallery and Aconyte.
As a huge Marvel buff, I was overjoyed to receive this as an ARC to review. Black Cat is one of my faves in the Marvel Universe and I’m glad her story is getting furthered once again.
Filled with action, drama and a point of view that draws the reader in, Black Cat: Discord keeps you turning the pages wanting more. I thoroughly enjoyed the writing style, I’m used to the standard Marvel comic book style reads however this was refreshing and still equally as enjoyable to read. Lauria captures Black Cat perfectly and I adore her character building and world creating style of writing.
The story line with furthering LGBTQ+ alliance is brilliant, the overall progression of Black Cat as a character from the early days as a crush figure for Peter Park in Spider-Man to this is brilliant. The story features some real heart felt moments that give a fresh new point of view we haven’t seen from Black Cat before. I won’t give away much more other than to sag definitely get your paws on this purrfect Black Cat adaption as soon as you can!
#Marvel #MarvelEnt #Aconytebooks #review
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2022 MARVEL
As a huge Marvel buff, I was overjoyed to receive this as an ARC to review. Black Cat is one of my faves in the Marvel Universe and I’m glad her story is getting furthered once again.
Filled with action, drama and a point of view that draws the reader in, Black Cat: Discord keeps you turning the pages wanting more. I thoroughly enjoyed the writing style, I’m used to the standard Marvel comic book style reads however this was refreshing and still equally as enjoyable to read. Lauria captures Black Cat perfectly and I adore her character building and world creating style of writing.
The story line with furthering LGBTQ+ alliance is brilliant, the overall progression of Black Cat as a character from the early days as a crush figure for Peter Park in Spider-Man to this is brilliant. The story features some real heart felt moments that give a fresh new point of view we haven’t seen from Black Cat before. I won’t give away much more other than to sag definitely get your paws on this purrfect Black Cat adaption as soon as you can!
#Marvel #MarvelEnt #Aconytebooks #review
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.
For more information visit marvel.com. © 2022 MARVEL
August 16, 2022
First, a bisexual morally grey thief who is also a simp? Sign me up! Second of all, thank you NetGalley and Aconyte for sending me an e-arc of this book.
I have to admit that at first, I didn’t know where it was going and I was really perplexed. I was like “yes, I don’t think it’s going to do it.” But I kept going and I really liked it. The thing that really made me like it, are the characters and their relationship. Felicia and her crew are entertaining, and we can totally see how they care for each other’s, and how they trust each other. Also, Casey was a good surprise and an excellent addition to the team. I just love their dynamics.
And what can I say, I love a good heist story, and there are many heists in this one. It was my first time reading anything with Felicia, aka Black Cat, and I have to admit that I really liked her, and I want to read more about this character and her interactions with the other heroes. Also, I hope a sequel is coming because of the ending.
I had an uncorrected proof so not everything might be in the book in the final version. But there are some things that I didn’t really like, some of the descriptions were too much, I felt like they could have been cut off, or shortened. Also, some action scenes can seem a bit messy.
But most of all, a good book, with suspense. You just have to keep going if you don’t really like it at first.
TW: Violence, Mention of death of a parent, Blood, Murder
I have to admit that at first, I didn’t know where it was going and I was really perplexed. I was like “yes, I don’t think it’s going to do it.” But I kept going and I really liked it. The thing that really made me like it, are the characters and their relationship. Felicia and her crew are entertaining, and we can totally see how they care for each other’s, and how they trust each other. Also, Casey was a good surprise and an excellent addition to the team. I just love their dynamics.
And what can I say, I love a good heist story, and there are many heists in this one. It was my first time reading anything with Felicia, aka Black Cat, and I have to admit that I really liked her, and I want to read more about this character and her interactions with the other heroes. Also, I hope a sequel is coming because of the ending.
I had an uncorrected proof so not everything might be in the book in the final version. But there are some things that I didn’t really like, some of the descriptions were too much, I felt like they could have been cut off, or shortened. Also, some action scenes can seem a bit messy.
But most of all, a good book, with suspense. You just have to keep going if you don’t really like it at first.
TW: Violence, Mention of death of a parent, Blood, Murder
February 6, 2022
Black Cat: Discord is action packed and a whole lot of fun. Felicia Hardy is Black Cat the greatest thief in NYC, maybe the universe. This story follows her as she tries to reunite a daughter with her kidnapped father and deal with a mysterious wish granting gold apple that has all the superheros and villians in a frenzy.
Normally the Black Cat wouldn't be so nice to help a kid she doesn't know without a reward to make it worth her time, but the determined teen reminds her of herself at that age.
The Golden Apple is actually something Felicia doesn't want to steal, too much drama, but so many others want her skills to help them get it and she gets dragged into heist after heist. Action packed and filled with Superhero cameos from the Iron Fist, Spiderman, Ironman, Daredevil, the Fantastic Four and Super villains like KingPin. Felicia is charming and funny creating a very entertaining story and making you root for her even though she is an anti-hero. There's also some great action packed heist scenes and superhero tech that added a lot of interest to the story. I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure!
Normally the Black Cat wouldn't be so nice to help a kid she doesn't know without a reward to make it worth her time, but the determined teen reminds her of herself at that age.
The Golden Apple is actually something Felicia doesn't want to steal, too much drama, but so many others want her skills to help them get it and she gets dragged into heist after heist. Action packed and filled with Superhero cameos from the Iron Fist, Spiderman, Ironman, Daredevil, the Fantastic Four and Super villains like KingPin. Felicia is charming and funny creating a very entertaining story and making you root for her even though she is an anti-hero. There's also some great action packed heist scenes and superhero tech that added a lot of interest to the story. I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure!
November 2, 2023
This was so fun!! It takes place during the second half of her comic run and I recently read the full run, I love Felicia so much!
The characterization and everything was perfect, and the pov being from Felicia was so easy to read and imagine. The book is so much like a comic storyline, it was just fun heist drama with so many cool superhero cameos, I loved every page. This was also very fast-paced and everything worked really well as a book for Felicia. The writing was very easy to read as well, it was just very descriptive (like 2 paragraphs just describing the golden apple) and since it's in Felicia's pov her thoughts dragged on a lot because of it. Even though the writing was wordy, it made sense for the character and the character interactions/humor was soo funny.
The censoring for cursing was so annoying though, everytime a character tried to swear it was cut off strategically which I found weird because it's an adult novel. (tbf they did say motherfucker and things like that so I understand why because it's Marvel but it gets annoying since it's an adult book??) But I still had a lot of fun reading 😄
The characterization and everything was perfect, and the pov being from Felicia was so easy to read and imagine. The book is so much like a comic storyline, it was just fun heist drama with so many cool superhero cameos, I loved every page. This was also very fast-paced and everything worked really well as a book for Felicia. The writing was very easy to read as well, it was just very descriptive (like 2 paragraphs just describing the golden apple) and since it's in Felicia's pov her thoughts dragged on a lot because of it. Even though the writing was wordy, it made sense for the character and the character interactions/humor was soo funny.
The censoring for cursing was so annoying though, everytime a character tried to swear it was cut off strategically which I found weird because it's an adult novel. (tbf they did say motherfucker and things like that so I understand why because it's Marvel but it gets annoying since it's an adult book??) But I still had a lot of fun reading 😄
March 7, 2022
Anything Marvel is just fine with me, so as soon as I saw this was being released I knew I had to try it out. I hadn’t read a novel involving characters created by Marvel before, so I went in with an open mind. I found was a superbly written story about a character I didn’t even realised I had encountered before in The Amazing Spiderman 2, played by Felicity Jones.
Felicia certainly had her own way of doing things, even breaking laws to do what she thought was right, and I was right there with her. Her story arc was so different from many of the Marvel ‘heroes’, and her methods so different. I liked her instantly (while still picturing Felicity Jones in the role). Her character was nicely fleshed out and three dimensional, making her more personable and credible. Her relationships with those around her felt genuine and deepened her development.
Overall I enjoyed the read, and will definitely be reading more Marvel novels in the future. I gave Black Cat: Discord, by Cath Lauria, four stars.
Felicia certainly had her own way of doing things, even breaking laws to do what she thought was right, and I was right there with her. Her story arc was so different from many of the Marvel ‘heroes’, and her methods so different. I liked her instantly (while still picturing Felicity Jones in the role). Her character was nicely fleshed out and three dimensional, making her more personable and credible. Her relationships with those around her felt genuine and deepened her development.
Overall I enjoyed the read, and will definitely be reading more Marvel novels in the future. I gave Black Cat: Discord, by Cath Lauria, four stars.
April 17, 2022
Felicia Hardy is having a rough week. She had a runs-in with the mythological golden apple that the entire world has been going rabid over and now an ex-villain's teenage daughter is convinced she can help find her missing father.
Look, I always enjoy a begrudging caretaker trope. I really enjoyed some of the interactions between Casey, Firestrike's daughter, and Felicia.
But I had three main issues with this book.
1. The writing is sometimes extremely heavy-handed. It is clunky and the dialogue is sometimes extremely cringey.
2. I'm not the biggest fan of magic in superhero stories. I would have preferred something more grounded than a magic apple that grants a wish.
3. At some points, it felt like the book was just listing off Marvel characters so you'd go "wait I love Spider-Man!" (There was a cute scene with Danny Rand, and she teams up with Spider-Man and Daredevil at one point. But we get cameos from Dr. Strange, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, etc. It was a bit much.)
*Thanks for NetGalley for providing me with a free eARC in exchange for an honest review.*
Look, I always enjoy a begrudging caretaker trope. I really enjoyed some of the interactions between Casey, Firestrike's daughter, and Felicia.
But I had three main issues with this book.
1. The writing is sometimes extremely heavy-handed. It is clunky and the dialogue is sometimes extremely cringey.
2. I'm not the biggest fan of magic in superhero stories. I would have preferred something more grounded than a magic apple that grants a wish.
3. At some points, it felt like the book was just listing off Marvel characters so you'd go "wait I love Spider-Man!" (There was a cute scene with Danny Rand, and she teams up with Spider-Man and Daredevil at one point. But we get cameos from Dr. Strange, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, etc. It was a bit much.)
*Thanks for NetGalley for providing me with a free eARC in exchange for an honest review.*
June 26, 2023
An excellent story, for Marvel fans and non-fans alike. It abounds with strong, well-defined characters, heroes, villains, a girl so needy we even like her sometimes, lots of action, car chases, and a golden apple that grants wishes. What more could we ask for?
Casey Beck needs to rescue her father, kidnapped by the Maggia to prevent her from serving as a witness in a trial against the son of one of the bosses.
Casey managed to force her own way into Black Cat's team, she managed to convince her to help rescue her father, but she acts like a typical spoiled teenager and does her best to ruin Black Cat's plans.
Anyway, as hateful and unsympathetic as Casey seems to be, she is a necessary evil, which contributes to the development of the story and little by little we learn to love.
I highly recommend this book. They're going to have fun hours following the adventures of Black Cat as he tries to get his claws into that golden apple.
The opinion I have expressed above is based solely on what I think and feel about this book.
Casey Beck needs to rescue her father, kidnapped by the Maggia to prevent her from serving as a witness in a trial against the son of one of the bosses.
Casey managed to force her own way into Black Cat's team, she managed to convince her to help rescue her father, but she acts like a typical spoiled teenager and does her best to ruin Black Cat's plans.
Anyway, as hateful and unsympathetic as Casey seems to be, she is a necessary evil, which contributes to the development of the story and little by little we learn to love.
I highly recommend this book. They're going to have fun hours following the adventures of Black Cat as he tries to get his claws into that golden apple.
The opinion I have expressed above is based solely on what I think and feel about this book.
January 13, 2022
Having never read this author or really about this character that much this is a new experience and one that will be epic.
I love Felicia a lot her attitude and the fact that she just doesn't care what people want from her. She has her own code and she will love by that code as best she can.
The story seems like standard superhero tales. The magic apple is something a bit new.
What would you give to get one of the magic items that would tell you an answer to any one question you ask. Talk about opening Pandora's box.
The book was a good read however there are a few things that I found were hard to swallow. The fact that secret identities were a thing that was not used. Super villain knowing Peter Parker is spiderman or Tony Stark is iron man just seemed to get me out of the story.
It was a well written book and definitely I would try more of this author
I love Felicia a lot her attitude and the fact that she just doesn't care what people want from her. She has her own code and she will love by that code as best she can.
The story seems like standard superhero tales. The magic apple is something a bit new.
What would you give to get one of the magic items that would tell you an answer to any one question you ask. Talk about opening Pandora's box.
The book was a good read however there are a few things that I found were hard to swallow. The fact that secret identities were a thing that was not used. Super villain knowing Peter Parker is spiderman or Tony Stark is iron man just seemed to get me out of the story.
It was a well written book and definitely I would try more of this author
January 18, 2022
Black Cat: Discord is full of heart, sass, and big trouble. Felicia Hardy is known for being the greatest thief of all time, The Black Cat, a title she carries with pride. When a kid shows up looking for her former villain father, Felicia cannot resist the teenager’s sass that reminds her of herself. To complicate matters, a golden apple, that grants the owner one wish, has popped up in the city and everyone wants the Black Cat to steal it. With superheroes crawling out of the woodwork and the Kingpin and Silvermane in the mix, Felicia is in for a wild thrill ride full of danger and mystery. It’s a good thing Felicia enjoys the danger.! Humorous and entertaining, Black Cat: Discord flies by in a whirlwind of teenage angst and sassy brilliance only a cat can pull off. Another winning Marvel Heroine story that is making the bad guys way more likable and colorful than the heroes! My voluntary, unbiased review is based upon a review copy from NetGalley.
February 1, 2022
Thank you to NetGalley and Aconyte for the ARC of this novel.
I'm not sure I really understood what I was getting into with this book, thinking it was similar to the DC Icons series where it is a well-known character but a whole new world behind them. This, however, assumed you knew the continuity and background of the character which I also really enjoyed. Black Cat is a character I knew some but not a ton about so it was very nice to have her perspective. I definitely did not see the true architect of the golden apples coming but was pleasantly surprised by how it worked. I am interested in checking out the others in the series to see what new insights I may get from those characters and would recommend it for anyone who enjoys the Marvel cast of comic book characters - this is not for those who only know the MCU.
I'm not sure I really understood what I was getting into with this book, thinking it was similar to the DC Icons series where it is a well-known character but a whole new world behind them. This, however, assumed you knew the continuity and background of the character which I also really enjoyed. Black Cat is a character I knew some but not a ton about so it was very nice to have her perspective. I definitely did not see the true architect of the golden apples coming but was pleasantly surprised by how it worked. I am interested in checking out the others in the series to see what new insights I may get from those characters and would recommend it for anyone who enjoys the Marvel cast of comic book characters - this is not for those who only know the MCU.
March 16, 2022
This is a really cool book. I was not very familiar with Black Cat before reading this book so it was a great introduction to her character. That said this isn't an origin story so you are staring in the thick of things and some knowledge of the Marvel world will help smooth things along. It was really fun seeing so many marvel characters throughout the story and seeing more of the underworld of New York. The plot was great, thrilling and mysterious, making for a grand adventure. I thought the characters were well written and while I can't compare this version of Black Cat to any others it did leave me wanting more of her story. I also thought the book did a great job of keeping the spirit of a graphic novel in this novelization. All around a cool book.
January 24, 2022
Thank you to Netgalley and Aconyte books for a copy of this book.
I’ve always loved Felicia/Black Cat as I’m a big Spider-man fan, so this story of hers was a great read. We get to see her in her element as a sometimes villain sometimes hero, and she unapologetic about who she is, even when Sue Storm is making rude comments about her.
This story was also really engaging as all of NYC, heroes and villains alike, are looking for the golden Apple that can grant them their greatest wish, but Felicia is helping a teenage girl find her missing dad.
The pacing and the story is really tight and perfect for Marvel fans.
I’ve always loved Felicia/Black Cat as I’m a big Spider-man fan, so this story of hers was a great read. We get to see her in her element as a sometimes villain sometimes hero, and she unapologetic about who she is, even when Sue Storm is making rude comments about her.
This story was also really engaging as all of NYC, heroes and villains alike, are looking for the golden Apple that can grant them their greatest wish, but Felicia is helping a teenage girl find her missing dad.
The pacing and the story is really tight and perfect for Marvel fans.
August 2, 2023
I do enjoy the new Marvel Heroines series, but this one just didn't resonate with me.
The opening chapters were huge fun, with the constant barrage of cameos and easter eggs. But after the action-packed opening scenes, I found it hard to connect with the protagonist. I don't know a great deal about Black Cat, but she was, if anything, too cocky and egotistical. We get it - you have infinite skills and money. But that didn't endear her to me. Plus her 'sidekicks' were really grating!
This may be an issue with the characters rather than the telling, as the writing was good. I just found myself DNF-ing because I didn't want to spend any more time with them. Sorry!
The opening chapters were huge fun, with the constant barrage of cameos and easter eggs. But after the action-packed opening scenes, I found it hard to connect with the protagonist. I don't know a great deal about Black Cat, but she was, if anything, too cocky and egotistical. We get it - you have infinite skills and money. But that didn't endear her to me. Plus her 'sidekicks' were really grating!
This may be an issue with the characters rather than the telling, as the writing was good. I just found myself DNF-ing because I didn't want to spend any more time with them. Sorry!
May 28, 2024
I really enjoyed this deeper look into Felicia, and I appreciate the way that she defies the expectations of everyone in the Marvel universe -- expectations that she has carefully cultivated specifically so she can defy them, natch. This novel also really helps to illustrate the ways in which Black Cat is more than just a Catwoman dupe, which is always nice! And I'm absurdly happy that it follows on the Marvel tradition of not letting/making its characters be sexy. There's no romance, there's no sex, there's barely even using seduction as manipulation. Just a little pining over Peter (which, of course).
March 7, 2022
I love the cover image on this book, it's vibrant, and so eye catching. This book is from the Marvel Aconyte Heroines series.
It's full of many of the characters we've grown to love, whether that be from the comic books or the movies. Ironman, Danny Rand (Ironfist), and Spiderman to name but a few.
Action packed from the very first page, we go on a fast paced journey with Felicia to reunite a young girl with her father who's been kidnapped.
Highly entertaining, exiting, and a must for any die hard Marvel fan.
Many thanks to The Book Network for my tour spot.
Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐
It's full of many of the characters we've grown to love, whether that be from the comic books or the movies. Ironman, Danny Rand (Ironfist), and Spiderman to name but a few.
Action packed from the very first page, we go on a fast paced journey with Felicia to reunite a young girl with her father who's been kidnapped.
Highly entertaining, exiting, and a must for any die hard Marvel fan.
Many thanks to The Book Network for my tour spot.
Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐
February 24, 2022
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book.
This one was a great story, had great action and so many amazing Marvel character cameos. I previously wasn't super familiar with the character of Black Cat but I can say I am definitely a fan now. I struggled through some of it due to it feeling a bit slow but overall it was an enjoyable read and would be fun for anyone who enjoys Marvel comics.
This one was a great story, had great action and so many amazing Marvel character cameos. I previously wasn't super familiar with the character of Black Cat but I can say I am definitely a fan now. I struggled through some of it due to it feeling a bit slow but overall it was an enjoyable read and would be fun for anyone who enjoys Marvel comics.
June 3, 2022
Thanks to NetGalley and Aconyte Books for the copy in exchange for an honest review.
This book is focused on Black Cat, a popular antihero, within Marvel's universe.
I liked seeing her thought process and her two backup dudes had some fun dialogue with her. Her scenes with the panicked teen girl were the most fun by far and wholesome. Fun story!
This book is focused on Black Cat, a popular antihero, within Marvel's universe.
I liked seeing her thought process and her two backup dudes had some fun dialogue with her. Her scenes with the panicked teen girl were the most fun by far and wholesome. Fun story!
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