by Marion G Harmon
(Wearing the Cape #2)
Astra has finished her training and is now a full-fledged Sentinel, but things are not going well. She suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the public revelation of her relationship with Atlas has caused her popularity to nose-dive.
To complicate things, the Teatime Anarchist's intervention has changed the course of events--leaving her with lots of knowledge about the way the future was before the Big One, a complete future-history that is now out of date.
And just when she thinks she's getting a handle on things, unfolding events (a bank-robbery and a horrific murder) show that one of the nastier pieces of the old future isn't so out of date after all; unless she solves a murder before it happens, Blackstone is going to die.
In the first book, Astra became a Superhero, found love, lost love, fought the bad guys, and won all be it at a cost. So what do you with for an encore? Deal with a public that doesn't quite like anymore, the police who bore admire and find you annoying, a ghost in the shell, and a mystery that's less intricate but probably more deadly then before. Oh and Godzilla trying to trash Chicago. Can't get anymore fun then that.
Villains Inc is as much as the first novel, Wearing the Cape. On the other hand, I think as a sequel it needs a little more polish. Probably because the first novel languished longer on the author's desk, allowing them to tweak it a lot more. Where as Villains Inc was written due to the overwhelming popularity of the first novel. However it is still quite a good read. It did lack some of the finer plot intricacies of the first novel as well, but again not by much.
When I read the first novel back in August of 2011, I gave it a high review then, with a Cost of 3.00 and a rating of 7.00. With the sequel I still think it's well worth it's price and heavily recommended it for those who enjoy really good Superhero drama and adventure.
On that note however, the author has advised that his next novel although set in the same universe will follow Artemis and not Astra. Although Astra's story may be continued at a later time.
Rated: 6.00
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