Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn

Heroine Complex (Heroine Complex, #1)

by Sarah Kuhn

Asian American superheroines Evie Tanaka and Aveda Jupiter protect San Francisco from perilous threats in the first book in this snarky and smart urban fantasy series

Being a superheroine is hard. Working for one is even harder.

Evie Tanaka is the put-upon personal assistant to Aveda Jupiter, her childhood best friend and San Francisco’s most beloved superheroine. She’s great at her job—blending into the background, handling her boss’s epic diva tantrums, and getting demon blood out of leather pants.

Unfortunately, she’s not nearly as together when it comes to running her own life, standing up for herself, or raising her tempestuous teenage sister, Bea.

But everything changes when Evie’s forced to pose as her glamorous boss for one night, and her darkest secret comes out: she has powers, too. Now it’s up to her to contend with murderous cupcakes, nosy gossip bloggers, and supernatural karaoke battles—all while juggling unexpected romance and Aveda’s increasingly outrageous demands. And when a larger threat emerges, Evie must finally take charge and become a superheroine in her own right...or see her city fall to a full-on demonic invasion.

Reviewed by ayla_abbott on

4 of 5 stars

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I'm genuinely surprised by how much I enjoyed that. It had all the things that normally make me eye roll-- bratty teenage sister, jealous best friend, mean girls-- but then they all acted like adults. Had moments of growth and talked their crap out. It felt like reading a good super hero story that actually speaks to real life like a lot of modern superheros try to, but never actually manage to.

Not just good at kicking ass... also great at interventions.

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