Review: If you like super hero novels, check this out.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2012
This novel reminded me a bit of the hit TV show Heroes, but there was a huge twist in that two huge "talent" corporations compete with each other in plain sight.  Of course, things aren't what they seem with the reversal of good and bad, and Sam and her friends find themselves in many a predicament as the story unfolds.This cross-country story was interesting in that the characters all had special powers, and I always enjoy a book entailing superpowers, but to be honest, I found some of Samantha's predicaments to be a little redundant.  It seemed that every time she and her "captors," Lane, Al, and Harry stopped anywhere, whether to eat or for a pit stop, they would be attacked by the "bad guys."  Now, as predictable as that was, the attacks were always vastly different, showing Pearson's great imagination through the many different ways the "bad guys" used their powers in an attempt to kill Sam, so redundancy aside, it was still intriguing.I found Lane, Al, and Harry to be very interesting characters, and I really enjoyed them, but Sam was harder to like as she took forever in coming to terms with the truth.  Though the evidence of superpowers is before her throughout the novel, from the very beginning, even, she just wouldn't relent and fought against those trying to help her for what I thought was a bit too long.  However, I wonder how I would react if someone told me, and showed me, the same things... I might be just as hard headed as Sam, who knows.  Overall, I thought Chasing Power was a good read, and those who enjoy superhero novels should check it out.(Please note: I use the star rating system of that of Goodreads, which is different from that of Amazon.  My overall rating is that I liked it.)