Sensation

by Kevin Hardman

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Received a free copy for a review. Damn good program!

Sensation by Kevin Hardman was pretty darn decent. At first, I was extremely hesitant, especially when the Wanted poster of Kid Sensation (the protagonist) came to light. He had so many abilities, I was afraid the book was going to be about this over the top hero, with no faults, and just an extremely predictable plot.

A lot of this story was predictable, and normally that would annoy me. From the love interest betrayal to the deadbeat, out of the picture father that just so happened to be the superest of all the supers, to even Jim's multitude of abilities, I was really afraid it was going to destroy my enjoyment of this book, but it didn't. I took all of the cliches in stride and remembered this was a superhero book I was reading. The comics are filled with cliches, so why wouldn't novels of superheros be?

I think that the reason I was able to enjoy this book so much was because of the writing style. The author did a fantastic job, I think, making his characters likable and interesting. While there was predictability in the plot, the characters made it worth reading.

My one annoyance, and I guess I should be thankful to Hardman for switching up the bad guys in the book, was that we didn't get to see the super villains. And their names sounded so cool. I'm hoping that in Book 2, we'll be introduced to them. I really want to know more of the villians' back stories, and to see where this story leads. Will definitely be reading the other books in the series to see where this story goes.

I really enjoyed this first book, and I think it did a really good job fleshing out a pretty BAMF teenage protagonist.