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Shirin Dubbin

Teoksen Keeper of the Way (Aftermath Cleaners) tekijä

8+ teosta 29 jäsentä 8 arvostelua

Tekijän teokset

Chaos Tryst (2011) 6 kappaletta
Dreams' Dark Kiss (2010) 5 kappaletta
To the Fifth Power (Powers) (2013) 4 kappaletta
Dusk Takes Dawn (2010) 1 kappale

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Bloody Fabulous (2012) — Avustaja — 40 kappaletta

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TO THE FIFTH POWER was an unconventional superhero romance. Dubbin takes our main character, Zola and hands her to us so broken and unstable that when she's overwhelmed she astral shifts leaving behind a dust afterimage. She was the Best. She was Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman all rolled into one and was revered as much as she was feared. We see the team she used to lead and without any apparent bitterness her former teammates admit they can't keep up with the workload without her.

I've often wondered how superheroes bounce back from watching their sidekicks brutally killed or vice versa. Batman alone has lost several of his sidekicks to violence (either to death or to handicap), and his sidekicks' have lost their families because of their association with Bats (sorry Tim). Yet without fail at some point the Hero returns, probably grimmer and whole lot more gruff and caustic (Tim had to almost blackmail Bruce into accepting him as Robin after Jason Todd's brutal death), but we rarely see the fall out.

Dubbin shows us just how bad that fall out can get. Its been several years since Zola's sidekick was brutally beaten by her arch-nemesis, but she never forgets. The sounds of bones crunching, blood splattering, the bravery that kid showed--every detail is indelibly seared in her mind and she can't handle it. So she runs. She hides out as a normal person and avoids all things Superhero.

Honestly what choice does she have? Even if she suffered such a meltdown what does the world notice? Like our celebrities humanity just assumes that they will shed their tears, mourn privately for a little while and then be back in action before the soil has set on the grave. There's a price to pay to be a hero and Dubbin shows just what that price is through Zola.

And that? That's what kept me hooked. Oh the chemistry between Arturo and Zola was good, and I was genuinely interested in the mystery that were the rampaging criminals (which I'll give Dubbin credit, I was surprised by the answer), but watching Zola pick up the pieces that kept me reading. You could feel how painful it was for Zola to talk to her fellow comrades, what strained she felt trying to keep it together so what happened to her sidekick wouldn't happen to more people. Her utter horror when Arturo reveals why the criminals are fixated on her.

As a romance this was okay, but as an analysis of what it takes to be a hero...this was out of this world.
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lexilewords | 1 muu arvostelu | Dec 28, 2023 |
A novella about Zola Noite, a retired superhero who is drawn back into business after three villains escape from the asylum and target her. Each of them has some connection to her past life, and it seems she needs to find out what that connection is in order to vanquish them. She's assisted by Fort--Dr. Arturo Forte--the psychologist who saved her mental health after her sidekick was brutally murdered, and the guy she'd very much like to date. But Fort's loyalties are in question, and Zola doesn't know who she can trust.

This novella really needed to be longer. Especially because of the way she must beat the villains. It turns out the three villains are actually parts of Zola, parts that split-off during her mental breakdown. To beat the she must somehow comfort and forgive them before reintegrating them into herself. It's all done in far too much of a rush; I think it could have affected me more if I had more time to absorb what was going on.

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tldegray | 1 muu arvostelu | Sep 21, 2018 |
Actually a 3.5

This is not normally the genre I would read but I had received it as a prize during the Fall Romance Yahoo Group so I went ahead and read it. Even though it is not typically a book I look forward I did still enjoy reading it. It was very enjoyable and seemed like a fun romp through faire land. It was fun to see the characters overcoming one situation after another. The ending was a surprise twist and added to the fun. Overall a very satisfying read.
 
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KatyBethMcKee | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 31, 2013 |
There wasn't a lot to this story and parts of it were confusing. I'm just working on trying to get the books read that have Halloween themes this month so I finally got this one knocked off my to be read list.
 
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KatyBethMcKee | Mar 30, 2013 |

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