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Falling for the Villain
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December 1, 2021
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December 31, 2021

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Ronel Janse van Vuuren
I love watching superhero stories (animation, TV series, movies, whatever) and thought reading a novel in this style would be excellent. And though some things work well in movies (like the build-up of the conflict between hero and villain in the opening of MegaMind), it doesn’t translate to novels which has its own rules.

“Witty Banter” turned into backstory with dialogue tags like “he sneered” and point of view issues “shrugged one shoulder, enjoying her frustration” – one, backstory is to be w
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Toi Thomas
I enjoyed this book. It was interesting to read about superheroes and villains in a non-comic-book format. While this book is targeting YA readers I think it appeals to adults too. I might consider this a New Adult book, but those usually have mature content, and this book is pretty mild even with depictions of violence.

I like the world in which this story is set. It's clearly more expansive than we see in this installment, but I like that there is a possibility of seeing more in later installm
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Toi Thomas
Nov 26, 2021 marked it as to-read
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Dec 03, 2021 marked it as to-read
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