Review: Read a bit too Mary Sue.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2014
This was a tale I wanted to enjoy.  The idea is not exactly unique since the write up made it clear that it was a tale of the young royal who grew up as a commoner and suddenly discovers that they have power.  Well, it isn't exactly that since Armageddon Girl has Christine Dark grow up in a mundane world with no superpowers only to wake up after a drunken party and find herself in a parallel world where superpowers exist and she had great, if unknown powers.This had so much potential.  The idea is there, the writing is definitely there.  C.J. is an excellent author overall, and her story was easy to read.  Sadly, the plot wasn't there.It was just too complex and only plays out by Christine being overpowered and a bit of a Mary Sue.  The people who meet her like her quickly and want to help, or are defeated by her.  Yes, there is a bit of a challenge in there, but she learns fast and it is implied that she is one of the most powerful superhumans in the world.And then there is the mystery.  How Christine got to the parallel world, why she was even born, and who the bad guys are.  All are hidden in the story, but the way the mystery unwound was painful.  I felt that the badguys were over the top, that there were too many different groups scheming against each other, and too few true heroes.  I can understand an author wanting to write in a few flaws, but here it seems like flaws are all the heroes have.Overall, this is a compelling book, but a good editor who reigned in on some of the plot twists and helped concentrate the tale around a single plotter would have made it a lot stronger.I do recommend this.