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    Supervillains Anonymous

    By Lexie Dunne

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    About this ebook

    The stakes are huge and the hero is short when Hostage Girl returns snarkier than ever in Lexie Dunne's urban superhero fantasy Supervillains Anonymous

    New superhero Gail Godwin, the one and only Hostage Girl, is in big trouble: her nemesis Chelsea is loose, her trainer Angélica is dead, and everybody thinks Gail did it. To make matters worse, Davenport Industries has thrown her into a prison that just happens to be full of the very same supervillains who used to kidnap her on an almost daily basis.

    Outside, things aren't going all that great either. There's a conspiracy that runs all the way to the bedrock of the superhero community, and it's affecting everybody Gail loves. With her friends in the crosshairs, it's up to her to escape and get to the bottom of things. Subterfuge, crime-fighting, and running away from everybody you know should be a cinch, right?

    Wrong. Gail faces off against hero and villain alike just to stay alive. And you know what they say about supervillains: if you can't beat them…join them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 30, 2015
    ISBN9780062369130
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    Supervillains Anonymous
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    Lexie Dunne

    Lexie Dunne is a woman of many masks, all of them stored neatly in a box under her bed. By day a mild-mannered technical writer and by night a novelist, she keeps life interesting by ignoring it completely and writing instead. She hails from St. Louis, home of the world's largest croquet piece, where she can be found reading comics and spoiling her dog. Supervillains Anonymous is her love letter to the caped evildoers of the world. She does not count herself among their company, no matter how many cliffhangers she writes.

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    • 3/5
      I liked this sequel because it brought something new to the series--instead of *just* trying to subvert superhero tropes, there was also a deliciously complicated scheme unfolding, and it didn't strike me as something that had to be retconned in.

      Overall, if you liked the first, you'll probably like the second.
    • 3/5
      Liked it. Not quite as much as the first book, but still. There were a few too many fights towards the end, and too much beating on the heroine for my taste. Overall, a bit too fast-paced. But aside from that, still a good sequel to the first book.
    • 5/5
      My one gripe with the first book, Superheroes Anonymous, was that it ended on a big cliffhanger. I was very happy that Supervillains started at a fast pace and zoomed along. These books are sugar-coated, sweet and fluffy homages to all the tropes in the superhero genre, with brilliant twists to make these fresh. Supervillains made me laugh out loud throughout. The real nature of the high-security prison for villains... oh gosh. Sign me up.I managed to make it through the whole book in a day, thanks to several appointments, and it was fun all the way. The romantic element is very light--lighter than the first book, even--and it focused a lot more on the action and machinations of villains. That was fine by me. I have been under a lot of stress this week and this provided the perfect escape.
    • 4/5
      4 Stars!I have a confession to make. I requested this book simply because the title and cover looked like fun and kept thinking that the only thing that could possibly be better than a Superhero would have to be a Supervillain. I didn't know a thing about this book, including the fact that this is actually the second book in a series. I hate reading a series out of order but I jumped right into this book anyway. It worked out just fine and I really ending up enjoying this story.This story throws you into the action from the very beginning. I have a feeling that the events in the first book lead up to where this book starts but I was given all the information that I needed to keep up with the story. Gail starts out this book in a huge mess. She is accused and convicted of helping to murder one of her friends. She is injured and barely knows what is going on as she is led into the prison for supervillains, Detmer prison. It turns out that Detmer prison is more like a day spa than anything else except for the fact that Gail's roommate is determined to smack her into shape.Before she realizes what is happening, Gail has escaped from the prison without any choice in the matter. With her group of superhero friends, she must find out exactly what is going on and try to stop the person actually responsible for the murder of her friend. Gail learns a lot about herself as she works to keep everyone safe.This book was a whole lot of fun. I loved the pacing of the story and couldn't believe how much excitement was crammed into this little story. I love the idea of superheroes anyway and the way that they were portrayed in this book did not disappoint. I really loved the uniqueness of each of the Superheroes and I must admit that I would love to have just a few of their powers. All in all this was a pretty tame book with some Superhero violence. The main character, Gail, and her boyfriend seemed so naive that I had to double check her age to verify that they were actually adults.I would recommend this book to others who are looking for a light read full of action and excitement. I thought that this book worked well all by itself but I do have a feeling that the first book in the series would have contained some very important background information. This is the first book by Lexie Dunne that I have had a chance to read and I look forward to reading her work in the future.I received an advance reader edition of this book from Harper Voyager Impulse via Edelweiss for the purpose of providing an honest review.