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Not Your Villain
by C.B. Lee
This series continues to wow me with its diversity, themes of acceptance and equality, lovable scrappy characters, and playful plot. I adored Bells in the first book, so it was awesome to see his POV in this installment! From the flashbacks of childhood to small moments of everyday triumphs, I had a great time getting to know Bells and the rest of the Sidekick Squad better.
Honestly, though, I could've done without the recap of the previous book — I thought it was kind of an awkward length and depth: detailed enough that I wasn't sure whether this whole book was (mostly) just an alternate-POV version of [b:Not Your Sidekick|29904219|Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)|C.B. Lee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1460486105l/29904219._SY75_.jpg|50278232], condensed enough that I didn't feel like I was getting the full emotional impact that I would've hoped for. Don't get me wrong: the fresh new scenes (i.e., Bells with his family, at superhero camp, practicing his powers) is lots of fun! I just didn't love rehashing the scenes we already saw with Jess.
The teenagers-going-rogue / Resistance storyline also edges a lot closer to mainstream dystopian YA than I would prefer; there's nothing inherently wrong with it, it's just that I know what I like and the "overthrow the corrupt government" trope is not it.
All that said, this book is even more unputdownable than the first, and I'm really excited for the next one!
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Honestly, though, I could've done without the recap of the previous book — I thought it was kind of an awkward length and depth: detailed enough that I wasn't sure whether this whole book was (mostly) just an alternate-POV version of [b:Not Your Sidekick|29904219|Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)|C.B. Lee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1460486105l/29904219._SY75_.jpg|50278232], condensed enough that I didn't feel like I was getting the full emotional impact that I would've hoped for. Don't get me wrong: the fresh new scenes (i.e., Bells with his family, at superhero camp, practicing his powers) is lots of fun! I just didn't love rehashing the scenes we already saw with Jess.
The teenagers-going-rogue / Resistance storyline also edges a lot closer to mainstream dystopian YA than I would prefer; there's nothing inherently wrong with it, it's just that I know what I like and the "overthrow the corrupt government" trope is not it.
All that said, this book is even more unputdownable than the first, and I'm really excited for the next one!
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