Review: I'm adicted
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2014
Drew Hayes looks at a world with super heroes, supers who haven’t been certified to fight super villains, and the powered who can’t control their super abilities like a man who teleports only  when he sneezes. Powered people are despised. Lander University is one of five in the country with a Hero Certification Program run by Dean Blaine Jefferies, a former hero, and one of the Class of Legends, not only for the heroes it produced but because one of them murdered another and had to be destroyed. Super Powereds:Year 1 (ebook which I bought from Amazon) is the tale of five powered teens who have had special treatment to control their abilities. They join the fifty or so freshman class members, hiding their secret. Over the year they make friends, form relationships, do a lot of drinking, and, have two of their members kidnaped during final exam week. With unforgettable characters like Nick who is the brightest of them with the weakest power, the ability to control luck; Vince who lived on the road until his ability to absorb energy wiped out the energy grid of a small town; Alice the only daughter of a super billionaire with the ability to fly; Hershel who turns into super Roy; and the most powerful,  Mary a telepath and telekenitic who spent most of her life living in the woods well away from people. Super Powereds: Year 2  (ebook which I bought from Amazon)  is their sophomore year where their powers are refined and honed so that they can get one of the twenty-seven slots for the third year. One of them is kicked out and a member of the Class of Legends appears who was thought long dead. Two more years to come until only ten graduate. This series is as addicting as the Harry Potter tales with five, three-dimensional main viewpoint characters and tons of interesting  secondary ones. There’s a solid puzzle that keeps growing with each chapter. I cannot recommend these more highly. The only problem I can see for someone getting addicted now is the wait for the final two years growing chapter by chapter on Mr. Hayes website. Review Printed in the Philadelphia Weekly Press