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Powerless (The Hero Agenda #1) by Tera Lynn Childs and Tracy Deebs YA contemporary fantasy Hardcover, 308 pages Published June 2nd 2015 by Sourcebooks Fire (first published January 2nd 2015) Kenna is tired of being "normal". The only thing special about her is that she isn't special at all. Which is frustrating in a world of absolutes. Villains, like the one who killed her father, are bad. Heroes, like her mother and best friend, are good. And Kenna, unlike everyone else around her, is completely ordinary— which she hates. She’s secretly working on an experiment that will land her a place among the Heroes, but when a Villain saves her life during a break-in at her lab, Kenna discovers there’s a whole lot of gray area when it comes to good and evil and who she can trust.. After all…not all strength comes from superpowers. Rating: 4 of 5 Cover comment: Interesting Book source: Netgalley Powerless is a new series and fans of superheroes and comic books w...

Ultraviolet (Ultraviolet #1) by Jessica Sorensen YA contemporary fantasy Published May 26th 2015 Episode 1 Hidden in the Red Hill Mountains is the quiet town of Hollows Grove. In that town, there is a field where a secret is buried deep beneath the ground. And in that field is where Mila was found abandoned with no memory of her past and haunted by visions of the future. Nine years later, Mila’s life is almost as normal as any other eighteen-year-old. That is until she starts foreseeing the murder of Nyjah Bradley, a guy she’s never met before, but whose face is branded into her mind. Constantly plagued by the vision, Mila decides to track Nyjah down and warn him of his impending death. But when the search leads her back to Hollows Grove, she learns there’s more to the sleepy town than meets the eye. This story takes place over multiple episodes. Each episode is approximately 20,000 words. Rating: 4 of 5 Cover comment: Visually striking. Pretty. Can't wait to see what t...