Review of Powerless by Tera Lynn Childs & Tracy Deebs

Advance Review of Tera Lynn Childs & Tracy Deebs' Powerless

Release Date: June 2nd, 2015

Synopsis as found on Amazon.com:



Kenna is tired of being "normal."



The only thing special about her is that she isn't special at all. Which is frustrating when you're constantly surrounded by superheroes. Her best friend, her ex-boyfriend, practically everyone she knows has some talent or power. Sure, Kenna's smart and independent, but as an ordinary girl in an extraordinary world, it's hard not to feel inferior.



So when three villains break into the lab where she interns, Kenna refuses to be a victim. She's not about to let criminals steal the research that will make her extraordinary too.



But in the heat of battle, secrets are spilled and one of the villains saves her life. Twice. Suddenly, everything Kenna thought she knew about good and evil, heroes and villains is upended. And to protect her life and those she loves, she must team up with her sworn enemies on a mission that will redefine what it means to be powerful and powerless...



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From the time I was a very young child, up until around the age of 23, I read a lot of comic books. Although I do not still read them, I will always be a fan of superheroes. No a days, I get my superhero kicks through the movies that are released every year (X-Men, Avengers, Superman, Batman, etc) or the Television shows (Arrow, The Flash, Smallville, etc), as well as through books written about the topic like this one.



In a world where almost everyone is Super, Kenna is only ordinary. Even though she is only a teenager, she works in her mother's lab. While her mother is inventing new serums that help out heroes, Kenna is inventing a serum that will make her like everyone she knows... a Superhero.


This story definitely had some great points to it & a different perspective on what a hero really is. I saw some similarities to another book that I read, which has yet to be released, The School for Sidekicks, where in the main character wishes only to be Super and is caught in a war between Heroes & Villains. This story however, early on, has its main character questioning her beliefs. While she has always had a line drawn in black & white where the Villains are in society (Villains killed her father long before the story began), the people she meets make her looks at things differently.



I can't talk too much about the plot without giving away key bits of the storyline. So I will say that I enjoyed it. I loved the nods to superheroes that we know and love, like Superman & Iron Man, which makes me believe that the story is based in an alternate version of our world, where everyone knows that Heroes/Villains exist, but these characters were still created by DC & Marvel. I thought the romance portion of the story is adequate, but it was a little bit obvious.