Not Your Sidekick is an adorable YA superhero romance with an Asian bisexual heroine, science fiction elements, and some cute robots. It’s also about mistaken identity – a common theme in superhero stories, but one that irritates me no end (as does the Big Misunderstanding trope, which have many similarities). For this reason, I wasn’t crazy about the plot of this book, but I did love the characters and concept. Not Your Sidekick is set … Continue reading Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee →
Happy Sunday, everyone! We’re back with some pretty great Lightning Reviews from Elyse and Carrie. We have nonfiction, a cute contemporary romance set at a renaissance fair, and mixture of urban fantasy and romance!
Love and Capes is a delightful, light-hearted comic about romance. Described as a “heroically super situation comedy,” it describes the romance between Abby, who runs a bookstore, and Mark, who fights crime as The Crusader. The comic begins at the point when Mark reveals his secret identity to Abby (a smart move since we are spared many “Oh Mark, you’re here, you just missed The Crusader” type antics). The tone is set by the bright, … Continue reading Love and Capes by Thomas F. Zahler →
Fans of Deadpool have been giddy since Ryan Reynolds definitely didn’t leak the test footage of himself playing the irreverent, pan sexual, anti-hero. Deadpool is everything the super hero genre is lacking right now–hilarious, subversive, violent and sexual. Emphasis on hilarious though. Here’s the story: Wade Wilson is a mercenary who is not a bad person but definitely not a good person either. He’s madly in love with his fiancée Vanessa. He’s diagnosed with stage four cancer, … Continue reading Movie Review: Deadpool →
