The Hero Agenda: Powerless | Tera Lynn Childs & Tracy Deebs
Published by: Sourcebooks Fire, June 2nd 2015
Genre: YA, Science Fiction, Thriller
Source: Soucebooks Fire, via Netgalley
Kenna is tired of being "normal". The only thing special about her is that she isn't special at all. Which is frustrating in a world of absolutes. Villains, like the one who killed her father, are bad. Heroes, like her mother and best friend, are good. And Kenna, unlike everyone else around her, is completely ordinary— which she hates.
She’s secretly working on an experiment that will land her a place among the Heroes, but when a Villain saves her life during a break-in at her lab, Kenna discovers there’s a whole lot of gray area when it comes to good and evil and who she can trust.. After all…not all strength comes from superpowers.
Powerless isn't what I expected at all. I thought I'd like the main character, but I expected her to be a lot more affected by her lack of powers. I thought maybe she'd whine a lot, worry about having no powers and nothing would get done, and I thought there'd be a whole lot of self pity. And I expected that to stunt my enjoyment. Boy was I wrong.
From the first page it's pretty clear Kenna is not a person to mess with. She may be powerless but she isn't helpless, not by half. She's a scientist, and she's brave and determined. I admired her a whole lot, and her drive and determination made this book awesome. I loved almost every other character too, especially Draven, the typical brooding villain with a heart. Their bickering brought a layer of passion I hadn't expected from the romance, and it took my like of this book up to a screaming love. (So much that the ending KILLED me. Why would you do that to my precious Draven? How could you do that?)
The story of this book is pretty epic, too. Instead of the drama coming from villains, it's heroes that are the bad guys (and they are The Worst). Heroes have taken Kenna's mom, and this guy called Deacon who's important to a lot of people, and the heroes are secretly torturing everyone they don't like, while painting villains as the ... well, villains. Kenna and her best friend and her technopath ex-boyfriend and a bunch of villains join together to save them, and it is the best group dynamic I have read in a LONG time,
I liked Powerless a lot, and it felt really original. I didn't see any of the story coming, and it made it exciting. Coupled with the awesome gang of characters, the high stakes, the tension between Kenna and Draven, and a shocker of a plot twist, this book isn't one I'll forget in a hurry.
Can I have the second book now?
Setting/world building ★★★★☆
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Author Biographies
One fateful summer, Tera Lynn Childs and Tracy Deebs
embarked on a nine hour (each way!) road trip to Santa Fe that ended with a
flaming samurai, an enduring friendship, and the kernel of an idea that would
eventually become Powerless. On their own, they have written YA tales
about mermaids (Forgive My Fins, Tempest Rising), mythology (Doomed,
Oh. My Gods., Sweet Venom), smooching (International Kissing Club),
and fae princes (When Magic Sleeps). Between them, they have three boys
(all Tracy), three dogs (mostly TLC), and almost fifty published books. Find TLC
and the #TeamHillain headquarters at teralynnchilds.com. Check out Tracy and the
#TeamVero lair at tracydeebs.com. Hang out with all the heroes, villains,
ordinaries, and none-of-the-aboves at heroagenda.com.
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