Super Powereds: Year 1

I'm a sucker for superhero books but this one disappointed me a little. It has descent characters that are well thought out have good personalities and powers. I just didn't really like any of them enough to have a favorite.

Most of this book is just the kids going to superhero college and what happens day to day. Nothing really exciting happens until the very end and by then it was kinda predictable. I don't enjoy following the characters day to day lives.

I'm not sure I will read the next book or not. I'm leaning toward not but if I do I hope it has more action since I've already met all the characters and know them. If it's just following them through year two, I'm not interested. Some more needs to happen during the story and not just at the end.

★ ★ ★ 1/2 (rounded up)
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader as part of a quick-takes catch up post. The point is to catch up on my “To Write About” stack—emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness..
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Lander University has a program that most universities don't. They offer a Hero Certification Program—a way for super-powered students to become qualified to be a super-hero. This book focuses on five particular students—they're not just super-powered, they've got a secret, too.

As the title suggests, this book follows them over the first year—as they grow, increase in power and ability, develop bonds, and so on. The book is a nice mashup of superhero training and dumb college kids being dumb college kids.

I went into this expecting something that felt a lot like Fred, the Vampire Accountant. This was less like it than I thought possible—it's much longer, it doesn't feel like a collection of interconnected short stories, it's a novel.

I was impressed at how different it is, sure. But I liked the story, world, and characters. I'm not sure I'm up for four more in this series, but I have a feeling that Hayes will change my mind.