So Not a Hero, by S.J. Delos
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So Not a Hero, by S.J. Delos
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A reformed villain. After serving two years in a Federal prison, Karen Hashimoto is out on parole and eager to put her criminal past behind her. No easy task, since she’s also the former supervillain known as Crushette. A chance encounter leads to an unexpected opportunity, and she is recruited as the newest member of the city’s premier team of superheroes: The Good Guys. A new hero. Now Karen has new teammates, a new code name, and the daunting responsibility of trying to be the hero everyone thinks she can be. Becoming a champion for Truth and Justice is going to be rough, especially for the ex-girlfriend of the notorious Doctor Maniac. Karen will have to do everything in her powers to keep her past from ruining her future. It was so much simpler being the bad guy.
So Not a Hero, by S.J. Delos- Amazon Sales Rank: #46922 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-05-19
- Released on: 2015-05-19
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author S. J. Delos has always been a fan of comic books and superheroes and enjoys making up his own stories. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife and two sons. So Not a Hero is his first book.Angela Brazil is a professional actor who is proud to be a long-standing member of the Resident Acting Company at Trinity Repertory Company. She also teaches at the Brown/Trinity Conservatory. Angela lives with her family in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful. Extremely enjoyable. By Roiet Except for one small part, this novel is great. The concept is really well done, the major characters are genuinely interesting, and the author does an exceptional job of creating a fascinating main character that I was really rooting for. I loved the fight scenes. This book is really well edited, and the author has some genuine talent. I can't wait for the next book to come out.And that one part - a very lengthy and explicit sex scene. Be warned. To me, it felt shoehorned in and way too long. It's not a romance novel and the romance subplot was nowhere near relevant to most of the novel, and it was in a lot of ways like, hey: Superhero novel! Fights! Conflict! Villains! Treachery! And . . . softcore porn! - Where did that come from, again? Really, a couple pages of sex probably would not have been too distracting, but about ten pages into their third explicitly detailed encounter and I just started forwarding past it.Anyway, it's a great book and I really liked it, and if you don't want to read the sex scene then just page past it as it doesn't add anything at all to the book.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful. Good World-building with Too Many Misogynistic Characters By Erin Penn Book overall is heavy on misogynistic male characters and actions. I recommend reading the first two chapters on Amazon before purchasing - the worst actions appear there and if you can stomach those, the rest of the book is better. The author has set things up so you don't get caught half-way through a purchased book and want to throw it away.The overall world-building on this book kept me reading; the world is a well-layered superhero world with this particular story set in Charlotte NC (another draw for me). The throw-away side mention of "Activation Day" was perfect - at that point of the story you know exactly how devastating for the world it must of been, but it is a throw away line like someone today mentioning Pearl Harbor day. We know it happened, we know the emotional impact, but there is no need to go into details because everyone understands. Good world-building - each power has benefits and problems, some visible and some not-so-much. Not everyone is a world power, and the Good Guys team is well-balanced with powers so you see and appreciate teamwork succeeding (and failing).The book never slows down. Going from action to character development to planning to action. A roller-coaster ride of first order.Just wish the author did not feel the need to make the good and bad people as likable and unlikable as possible. A bad male does not need to treat every female like he is a construction worker from a horrid eighties movie. We don't need to hate the bad guys and rejoice when they fall. On the other hand, it is consistent with 4-color superhero world where many things are black and white. The more modern watercolor superhero comics no longer hang on this and with a story where a villain becomes a hero, I would have like to see more color-scale then 4-color.I gave this book a low rating despite good world-building because as a female I found the book uncomfortable to read. And I hope most males would also be uncomfortable reading the depiction of how the men treat the women. Most guys I know are much better than this.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. super-powered crimefighting, second chances, and misogyny in Charlote, NC By H. Bala SO NOT A HERO was a weird read for me. It's in the alley of superhero prose, and that's my jam. The lead character is interesting and likable. And I got into S.J. Delos' world-building. But there's a gross sex scene within the first few pages that just threw me off and almost made me stop reading, and then another one halfway thru that went on for many pages and bored the pants off me (but not in a good way). So, yeah, let me get what I don't like about this book out of the way, so I can then go into what I did like. Foremost is this misogynistic vibe that I found pretty repulsive. I wasn't down with all the fairly explicit sexy time and that Karen ends up doing most of her crimefighting in her undies. And I skimmed thru all the passages in which Karen went shopping or engaged in boyfriend chatter with her new bestie. Also, what does it say when the most interesting character in the book is Karen's ex-boyfriend supervillain?What did I like? I like Delos' ideas regarding the source of his characters' enhanced abilities. I'm not saying they're fresh ideas, because the supers and the "Slips" (short for "slip-ups") remind me of George R.R. Martin's WILD CARDS world populated with Aces and Jokers. But I appreciate the background details he puts in, like the notion of the Enhanced Naming Convention Act (which breaks down how supers can legally attain a code-name) and the superhero policy of always confiscating stray villain tech that gets dropped in the heat of combat. I'm also a sucker for the old "bad guy turned good" twist - the best example of this being Jim Bernheimer's CONFESSIONS OF A D-LIST SUPERVILLAIN. And if the lead is of a different race or ethnicity? All the better.Standing 5'6," looking like she weighs 115, although she's actually closer to 815 pounds, Karen Hashimoto, a.k.a. Crushett, is a super-villain recently paroled after a two-year stint in Federal prison. She's homeless now, in Charlotte, NC, having just been evicted because her landlady just found out that Karen is a convicted felon. Out wandering the streets, Karen runs into one of those life-defining crossroads. She inadvertently ends up helping the superhero, Mister Manpower, take down a crew of supervillains and receives a membership offer from him to his superhero group, The Good Guys (seriously lame name). Not really sure about it, Karen still opts for the fresh start.Minus all the T & A, this is a pretty cool read. S.J. Delos orchestrates these neat action sequences that showcase what the ex-Crushett can do. She's a bit like the She-Hulk! Delos does throw in a late plot twist that you may or may not see coming. There's also an emotional sub-plot revolving around Karen and her estranged parents. I enjoyed Karen's fractious interactions with several of her new teammates who doubt very much that Karen's truly been rehabilitated. Doctor Maniac is an intriguing villain with his own warped code of honor. There's a sequel due out in 2016, titled SOME KIND OF HERO, and I really want to check it out because Delos really has created a gripping new world of supers, and I want to keep on rooting for Karen. But there's the other stuff...Here's a list of recommended superhero books:- Marion G. Harmon's Wearing the Cape- Peter Clines' Ex-Heroes- Jim Bernheimer's Confessions of a D-List Supervillain- Matthew Phillion's The Indestructibles- Mur Lafferty's Playing for Keeps- P.S. Power's Proxy (The Infected Book 1)- Trey Dowell's The Protectors: A Thriller- R S J Gregory's Cosmic Girl: Rising Up- Blake M. Petit's Other People's Heroes- C.J. Carella's Armageddon Girl (New Olympus Saga, Book 1)- Rob Rogers' Devil's Cape- Joshua Guess' Next (The Next Chronicle Book 1)- Blake Northcott's Arena Mode- Austin Grossman's Soon I Will Be Invincible- Kirby Moore's Starfall City- George R.R. Martin's classic Wild Card anthologies
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