Review: A strong read with lots of character development and a detailed world...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2013
Super Powereds: Year 1 establishes a lot of well-developed characters, a strong if familiar story, and a fully detailed world in a series of short chapters(originally a web series) that chronicle the first year for college age students with a large variety of powers enrolled into a special school.  The book highlights the characters that are "powereds", student that formerly had issues with controlling their abilities but thanks to a new medical treatment can seemingly do so, but the story is told from a large variety of perspectives.  A lot of the characters are initially familiar archetypes, but are developed well enough to stand out beyond that, the story and world are developed with time and care.  If the story has a weakness of sorts, it is somewhat similar to the likes of Harry Potter, etc, with the format of the school and some of the drama that unfolds therein(even down to the "bully" character).  Overall, an excellent read.