This cracking adventure with a side of romance is for lovers of tough, jaded, lesbian cops, superheroes and villains, and feisty retirees who don’t take retirement lying down.
Agent Geena Fox is counting down the days to her retirement. On one bittersweet day six years ago, her team of superheroes defeated Jewel, the world’s most evil villainꟷbut Geena’s secret lover died in the process. Now her … process. Now her boss has assigned her a rookie partner, Leigh Walker, and that’s the last thing Geena needs. She sends the woman off on a wild goose chase searching for a long-lost missing person to get her out of her sight. However, what Leigh finds will turn Agent Fox’s world upside down.
Meanwhile, over in a retirement home in Missouri, four old women sharing the surname Power are arousing suspicion with their strange behavior. Their nosy nurse is convinced they are not what they seem. Geena and Leigh meet with the mysterious Powers, and realize the women might hold the key to stopping Jewel, once and for all.
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What happens when you put together Ms Brooks fine writing and the most fantastic, amusing superheroines’ story? You get one of the most extraordinary heroes’ books you can find.
This is book 6 in the Superheroine Collection. Agent Geena Fox was in charge of a very special team, six years prior they defeated Jewel, a supervillain that caused utter chaos; the problem is that when she was taken down, she took one of the team with her. Now Geena is only waiting for retirement when they assign her a partner and a rookie none less. She isn’t in the mood to entertain her rookie partner, so she sends her to chase what she believes is a wild goose chase. Leigh Walker needs to prove to herself and everyone else that she deserves to be in the agency and is eager to start working with the legendary agent Fox, and she is determined to fulfil her first mission. Agent Fox never thought the wild goose chase would clash with her past and would make her confront her feelings, changing her life forever.
At the same time in a retirement home in Missouri, four senior women live an easy life, but as their noisy nurse Dana got to learn, nothing is what it seems; and when these residents with odd behaviours and the same surname Power, receive the visit of two agents of a mysterious government agency, she can’t resist the urge to know what lays behind. Will be these women able to work together to defeat the supervillain once again and for good?
I can’t think of a word to describe precisely how good this book is, so I hope my words are good enough to illustrate this masterpiece.
When I saw the cover and read the title I knew we were in for a treat, and I wasn’t wrong. It is a very well written superheroine story with smart witty and funny dialogues, an intriguing plot and very lovable characters. We couldn’t ask for more. Well done Ms Brooks, well done.
This is one to grab attention, a page turn undoubtedly; you won’t be able to put it down. There are several things that I loved about this book. To start we got not one but five superheroines, all of them very different but with very fascinating and charming personalities. We got as well all the action to defeat the supervillain, a side of romance, and not one but two romance arcs. The book also has very interesting connotations. Family is very important and one of the main topics. There’s a metaphor that came to mind about how our power fails when we lose the purpose of our existence; I found the deepness of this thought quite revealing. Another thing I found very appealing is the fact these women, these superheroines aren’t young ones, their experience and stories are richer. I know I’ve already mentioned how good this book is. Although good is an understatement, it’s epic, absolutely epic and I am very glad Brooks took the necessary time to tell the story, it just couldn’t have been rushed.
For some readers could be a downfall that the romance is a very slow burn. But consider the main story is the action and the undertones with a side of romance. It slows a bit in the middle of the book but picks up quickly.
The characters are simply charming and fascinating, very human, flawed and relatable (yes, with superpowers and all). The familiar link between most of them allows terrific, witty, smart and very funny dialogues. The Power’s banters are marvellous and something to look for. Then we got the two romances, first Geena and Fyre, these two are something else and both very stubborn, tough ladies but all soft inside and completely mushy with each other. Their journey is both fun and frustrating at the same time, but nonetheless enticing. The chemistry can’t be denied, they’re great together; Then there’s Leigh and Dana, both fierce but so cute as well. Both women are very young and at the beginning of their careers. Their story is all adorable and fluffy, an interesting contrast with that of Geena and Fyre.
This is an action book with a side of romance, and its greatness is beyond words. But if I’d have to choose a few words to describe the book, I’d say is a brilliant and epic masterpiece.
I highly recommend this book