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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7129578" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>So, with my large to-be-read pile staring at me, I made a left at Albuquerque and am four books and a short story into an entirely different series.</p><p></p><p>I think it was an announcement here about the tie-in RPG that made me look at Wearing the Cape by Marion Harmon. I haven't read superhero fiction in forever, never been one of my genres. I think The Legion of Nothing web serial was the last I got into, but I didn't even read Wildcards. (Should I?)</p><p></p><p>Anyway, it had lots of review, and lots of good reviews. It wasn't out in Mass Market Paperback, only trade paperback and kindle. I was about to head out and needed a transportable book (which the single-bound The Inheritance Trilogy I'm also reading is NOT). So I bought the kindle version.</p><p></p><p>And then the next book.</p><p></p><p>And then the third book.</p><p></p><p>And then backtracked to buy the short-story between books two and three.</p><p></p><p>And now I bought the last book.</p><p></p><p>I *still* have no idea why these are such a draw, but they have me laughing out loud a lot which is likely related. The writing is good, but no fantastic word-crafting. Dialog is snappy and witty, I enjoy that. Good job making the PoV character very emphasizable. Plots are decent, they don't telegraph the twists too much. (Though the first book could have used a little more build up for the end.) But they're just fun. And there is a good amount of deconstruction of the superhero concept that the author has faithfully reflected in the worldbuilding.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't rate them as great works of literature, but I will go out and buy them one after another because I enjoy reading them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7129578, member: 20564"] So, with my large to-be-read pile staring at me, I made a left at Albuquerque and am four books and a short story into an entirely different series. I think it was an announcement here about the tie-in RPG that made me look at Wearing the Cape by Marion Harmon. I haven't read superhero fiction in forever, never been one of my genres. I think The Legion of Nothing web serial was the last I got into, but I didn't even read Wildcards. (Should I?) Anyway, it had lots of review, and lots of good reviews. It wasn't out in Mass Market Paperback, only trade paperback and kindle. I was about to head out and needed a transportable book (which the single-bound The Inheritance Trilogy I'm also reading is NOT). So I bought the kindle version. And then the next book. And then the third book. And then backtracked to buy the short-story between books two and three. And now I bought the last book. I *still* have no idea why these are such a draw, but they have me laughing out loud a lot which is likely related. The writing is good, but no fantastic word-crafting. Dialog is snappy and witty, I enjoy that. Good job making the PoV character very emphasizable. Plots are decent, they don't telegraph the twists too much. (Though the first book could have used a little more build up for the end.) But they're just fun. And there is a good amount of deconstruction of the superhero concept that the author has faithfully reflected in the worldbuilding. I wouldn't rate them as great works of literature, but I will go out and buy them one after another because I enjoy reading them. [/QUOTE]
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