It’s jarring to switch from the grit of the superhero world to the sweetness of romance that goes on for many more pages than the original set up. But while this story has romance and murder, the setup of a superhero world on earth, action, and adventure, there isn’t enough time to get to absorb any of it. I am for telling a story in the least amount of words for the most amount of impact. Does she turn the killer over to her family or the Enforcers? That is the crux of this novel. The trick is that the victim is her uncle, a Senator and who has previously made her life miserable. When Absolution kills a fellow “Meta” (super-powered entity), Mai is tasked with tracking them down for the safety of all of them. Mai, the outcast of her family for being “less” super powered than they, finds herself hunting down the killer Absolution, named so for the notes they left at the scene of the crime, asking for pardon from the crimes they committed. With that out of the way, let’s get into this book. Rather, these books are all superhero themed, without a continuation of worldview. I was under the impression that this would be a continuation of the previous book I had reviewed, Shattered by Lee Winter’s, and that this would be a collaborative effort between the authors. Book two of YLVA Publishing’s Superheroine Collection, The Power of Mercy by Fiona Zedde continues in the vein of super-powered humanoid identity, but my original impression wasn’t correct.
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