Review: Very Vanilla
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2013
Someone told me how "deep" this book was so I decided to read this sampler since it was free.  Turns out it's a pretty vanilla superhero story.  It's pretty much just a lot of elements borrowed from various comics and movies like "The Incredibles."  Probably the most interesting thing is that people only get powers under some really stressful situation, which is a take on X-Men where powers activate around puberty, usually in some dramatic way.The vanilla story is this:  a hot blond girl with no real problems gets in a wreck and gains Supergirl-type strength, a case of the rich getting richer.  Then the usual stuff about getting a costume and training and such.  I guess the "deep" plot will involve this time traveler guy with the horrible moniker "The Teatime Anarchist." (seriously)Anyway, I might read the whole book except the author charges more than twice what I'd pay for a self-published book.  Could probably use another editing pass to catch things like someone's head "jerked in a nod" where you could just say "nodded."  Brevity can be a good thing.Now if you really want a "deep" superhero book, readThe Cloak of Shrouded Men: Escapades of the Eidolon, Cotton ColinaudeThat is all.