In Abby Hamilton’s world, superheroes do more than just stop crime and save cats from trees - they also drink milk straight from the carton and hog the television remote. Abby’s older brother moonlights as the famous Red Comet, but without powers of her own, following in his footsteps has never crossed her mind. That is, until the city’s newest vigilante comes bursting into her life. After saving Abby from an attempted mugging, Morriston’s fledgling super villain Iron Phantom convinces her that he’s not as evil as everyone says, and that their city is under a vicious new threat. As Abby follows him deeper into their city’s darkest secrets, she comes to learn that heroes can’t always be trusted, and sometimes it’s the good guys who wear black.
Selling Points
This was good. I love superheroes and supervillains so I was pretty excited when I first heard about this concept being produced by SwoonReads. It was every bit as swoonworthy as I expected. I loved all the characters. The banter between them all was perfect. Abby was great and I loved her relationships with Rylan, Connor and Sarah. Her relationship with Rylan developed slowly and they both really opened up to each other, developing a strong friendship before anything else. It was sweet. Sarah was hilarious. I loved her obsession with Red Comet and her forays into fanfiction. Connor was a great brother to Abby. He might not have always been present but he did try to be there for her and support her.
The plot was relatively interesting. The superhero identity and the villain were both fairly obvious although I didn't see the twist. I didn't expect Connor would lose his powers. But it worked out well enough. I liked Rylan and Abby's investigations into the microchips. I would've liked to see more of Abby sneaking around and finding things out on her own - rather than just with Rylan. It was nice they were a team but that part of the plot of where Rylan approaches her to investigate felt weak - since she never really does.
Overall a solid, well written and funny superhero romance. 4.5 stars.
