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Wearing the Cape

Wearing the Cape Series, Book 1

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Wearing the Cape

By: Marion G. Harmon
Narrated by: K.F. Lim
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Who wants to be a superhero?

Hope did, but she grew out of it. Which made her superhuman breakthrough in the Ashland Bombing, just before starting her freshman year at the University of Chicago, more than a little ironic. And now she has some decisions to make.

Given the code-name "Astra" and invited to join the Sentinels, Chicago's premier super-team, will she take up the cape and mask and become a career superhero? Or will she get a handle on her new powers (superstrength has some serious drawbacks) and then get on with her life plan?

In a world where superheroes join unions and have agents, and the strongest and most photogenic ones become literal supercelebrities, the temptation to become a cape is strong. But the price can be high - especially if you're "outed" and lose the shield of your secret identity.

Becoming a sidekick puts the decision off for awhile, but Hope's life is further complicated when The Teatime Anarchist, the supervillain responsible for the Ashland Bombing, takes an interest in her. Apparently as Astra, Hope is supposed to save the world. Or at least a significant part of it.

©2011 Marion G. Harmon (P)2018 Tantor Fantasy Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Science Fiction & Fantasy Thrillers & Suspense Young Adult Fiction Witty Chicago

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I enjoyed this book. I somehow started with book two and felt that I missed something and although I liked, it was a little over my head who everybody was, so I went back to the beginning. Even knowing what was coming I still enjoyed the adventure and it helped me understand book two a little bit more, although with time travel its always confusing. The story for the most part was good but the middle did slow down, when the love interest started to develop. I also got annoyed with the start of each chapter where you had a quote before carrying on, sometimes they just didn't relevant and to be honest it I was reading the book I would have just skipped them. Having said that the author does pack a lot into the story, especially covering Astra's origin story and how she and her family coped with her new found abilities. I liked the mixed group of characters and different power sets (think avengers) and will probably join them on another adventure soon, when I want a change from my normal genre. It's an action packed world that is fun to visit every now and again but you wouldn't want to live there all the time because they all follow the same format. World domination, good guys win and occasionally a hero will get killed but this could be one of the good ones.
When a super villains attacks, Hope is helpless to do anything but watch people die, that is until her superpowers emerges from the trauma. Then she becomes one of the heavy hitters. With training from the best, she is offered a place on Chicago’s premier super-team the Sentinels. Instead of worrying about finals or if she will get asked out she is now facing up against Super Villains and making decisions that effect other people's lives. Like should she trust the man who everybody thinks is a killer?
I liked the narrator. She put in a lot of emotion into her telling of the story.

Well she certainly wore the cape

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I'm thrifty, I was lent this book and yet I've had to buy my own copy.
On initial starting I was worried that this would be a teen romance and while it contains those elements its so much more.
K.F. Lim has done a stellar job writing this world and fleshing it out. The closest comparison I can think of is a teen (and slightly more hopeful and definitely less dark) version of Eric Kripke's The Boys, in that while super powers exist, it tries to anchor itself in how the world is. Lim sets the initial premise of how people get powers and some limitations and then they seem to constantly ask themselves "How would the world react to these changes". What you end up with is what feels like a living breathing world. Characters make mistakes, have their own quirks and try to work through their problems, so while they are often hero's they are still people.
Now this said, the first hour is slightly hard to get through for someone outside the targeted demographic, but I highly recommend you stick with it.

The narrator does an excellent performance and the story is solid.
The narrator misses 1 star because I rarely give 5 and have to be truly blown away.
The story misses 1 because while good and solid, it feels like its finding its feet.
That said I upped the overall score.because I want people to read it.

Definitely worth a read

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The story itself is extremely good however at some points the main character can be slightly annoying. I believe that the main reason behind this may be the reader (I still think she did an excellent job) as sometimes it would sound a bit bland. I would recommend this book however I do think you have to be of a certain target.

An enjoyable read

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Absolutely breathtaking. This is possibly one of the best superhero stories I've ever heard. It all felt real, I've heard and read superhero stories that feel real and relatable but this one takes the cake. The narration had so much depth and emotion that it didn't feel at all staged it felt like the character actually talking to the reader, the characters were all lovable and relatable and really give an impression as to what life as a superhero would be like, the adventures and their cause is what makes it worth while but the sacrifices they made, carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders, the lives they couldn't save, the horrors they witness keeping the world safe and some even sacrificing their lives. It all felt convincing yet it gave a real feeling of optimism and emotion that I just strained my ears until it was finished. It even gives an insight as to how superheroes settling into society with politics, culture and the public, the only things I wish it built on more were the arcs with TA and DA. Overall I adored this book and would recommend it to anyone interested particularly in superheroes.

Wearing the Cape: review by Albert Anness

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