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  • Super Powereds: Year 1

  • Super Powereds, Book 1
  • Written by: Drew Hayes
  • Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
  • Length: 26 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (215 ratings)

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Super Powereds: Year 1

Written by: Drew Hayes
Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
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Publisher's Summary

Knowledge is power. That would be the motto of Lander University, had it not been snatched up and used to death by others long before the school was founded. For while Lander offers a full range of courses to nearly all students, it also offers a small number of specialty classes to a very select few. Lander is home to the Hero Certification Program, a curriculum designed to develop students with superhuman capabilities, commonly known as Supers, into official Heroes. Five of this year's freshmen are extra special. They have a secret aside from their abilities - one that they must guard from even their classmates.

For every one person in the world with abilities they can control, there are three who lack such skill. These lesser super beings - Powereds, as they are called - have always been treated as burdens and second-class citizens. Though there has been ample research in the area, no one has ever succeeded in turning a Powered into a regular human, let alone a Super.

That is, until now....

©2012 Andrew Hayes (P)2016 Tantor

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Great Overall

Loved it. Reminds me of My Hero Academia in America with a little of Harry Potter. Performance great except the narration voice is a little monotone so I fell asleep at times.

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Best Series

This is hands down the best series I’ve ever read. The character development is amazing and throughout the series I’ve cried about decisions and fallen in love with all of them. 10/10 recommend this series, I’ve read the series twice and listened to it another two times because I love it all so much.

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Fun read

Oddly enough, the most unrealistic aspect about a college for superheroes is how successful the local video store seems to be.

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Pretty good start

I had a good time with Super Powereds Year 1. It comes off a lot like Gen V but written years before and less violent. The audio narration was good and I like the world building.
It's a strong 4 stars and I will continue with the series. Hopefully the next instalment is a bit more exciting.

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Great Series

I listened to all 4 books in this series. They were really captivating. The narrator was really good. He did different voices for each character. The story was interesting, with good character development.

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Great entertainment

This is really well written and narrated. First of the series, this book introduces five 18-year-olds with super powers who are off to college to become heroes. There’s battles and bullies, intrigue and romance, luck and The Force. The characters are brilliant! The narrator does a good job of differentiation each voice, which is quite the feat with this large cast.

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Amazing story

I couldn't put it down. Kept a good pace. Great character development. Will definitely get the rest in the series!

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Great Story few issues

Loved the story. All characters are well fleshed. Could use more words other than said.

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It was long but worth it.

super powereds year I

This was a very long book. I realize it had a lot of background story to build and a lot to set up for the rest of the book in the series, but I still felt it was much longer than it needed to be to get the story across.

The characters were good. I found Mary was too close to perfect and Nick has too many layers for a character that age but they played well together and felt real for the most part.

I could have enjoyed the book if the girls were not in it. They didn't take away from the story but they added precious little to it. I doubt the story, as long as it is would pass the Bechdel test.

Overall, if I can find the second book at a good cost I will pick it up.

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felt like a boring start but worked out well

it really is just what you'd expect from high school supers with some romance, but the end had me excited for book two

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