Great Read!!!

Amazing story! I can't wait until book 5 comes out! C.C Ekeke is a great author.

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It Gets Both Worse :( and Better :) Long Review

I have binged all four of these books, and have written a review on three. This past book has some of the similar critiques of the last two, only they are more problematic in this one. This book has more teenage "bedroom" stuff than the other three combined. It is almost as if the author has a fetish for mid-teen "action". It was almost to the point in this book that I quit reading because it sooooooo obfuscates some of the greater points about the story. I mean, how many times can you use the phrase or its equivalent "Hugo felt it in his loins". But the worst part about it is it minimizes what has made the series so great. Which is the diversity and inclusion of characters. It turns the other teenage girls into Hugo's harem, and makes them into one dimensional "mean girls" or "weak girls" but all the girls fawn and seek Hugo's bedroom prowess. So simultaneously you empower diverse POCs and sexual orientation via superhuman representation, then you diminish it via gender marginalization. This occurs also with the adult characters (Connie, Annie, Therese's one-dimensionality, etc.). The editors should catch this.

Also in this book there were a lot of "come on man" twists, which shall not be revealed to avoid spoilers. One twist is M. Night Shyamalan "I see dead people great" the rest was M. Night Shyamalan, "The village" terrible.

One twists was related to Quin's relationship and her coming to terms with her bi-sexuality. Ekeke did a great job with this long arc over time, making it feel organic. Yet, Ekeke near ruins it with one twist, near the end of this book.

So why then do I say this book gets better? The superhero fights are fantastic on pretty much all fronts, especially the penultimate fight. This book Ekeke really out does themself in that department. Outside of "the bedroom stuff" Ekeke also does a good job in Hugo's evolution as a hero. I am still scratching my head at Grayson's arc, which is really irrational on many fronts, but I see what Ekeke is trying to do with his long arc. I just wish it was a little more practical. So in total I downgraded this book from my 5 & 4 star ratings of the first three to only 3 stars for this one.

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can't wait for the next

great follow-up in a great series ..some excellent transition between stories and great fight scenes

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A step down from earlier books in the series.

While still a book about heroic action and sleazy villains, the interesting mysteries and clever, descriptive storytelling takes a back seat in this book to excessive action scenes and repetitive romance scenes that rarely add anything interesting to the story itself.

Indeed, even the author seems to periodically get bored with his own storytelling and just jump in time without warning or explanation. Instead, characters will just start confusingly referencing events that happened in a time jump and after a while the author will give a quick recap of what was missed. If you like to be told stories via quick recap instead of descriptive scenes, then I guess that's fine. But, at least a few of the time skipped scenes seem more interesting than the story that wasn't skipped, and I am left wishing the story was written in a more interesting, less distracting manner.

However, the performance of the three voice actors is top notch, and they do a great job making the story as interesting as it can possibly be...given the writing they have to work with.

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This is legit one of the best books I've ever read

This book was incredible...
I found myself even routing for Grayson lol...

Extremely well written and voiced!!!!

#proudface

Another home run

Every time I listen to one of his books I remember why no matter what I'm reading at the time I put it on pause to read the new release. This worldbuilding is next level. Characters are so relatable. I see so many future stories featuring all my favorites great actions and romance! I can't ask for more! I'm clamoring for the next installment.

another hit!

really enjoying this series! love the multiple perspectives of the concept of superheroes. fun, fast-paced action.packrd but with plenty of character drama and development.