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    Not Your Villain
    Not Your Villain
    Not Your Villain
    Audiobook8 hours

    Not Your Villain

    Written by C.B. Lee

    Narrated by JD Jackson

    3.5/5

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    Bells Broussard thought he had it made when his superpowers manifested early. Being a shapeshifter is awesome. He can change his hair whenever he wants, and if putting on a binder for the day is too much, he's got it covered. But that was before he became the country's most-wanted villain.

    After discovering a massive cover-up by the Heroes' League of Heroes, Bells and his friends Jess, Emma, and Abby set off on a secret mission to find the Resistance. Meanwhile, power-hungry former hero Captain Orion is on the loose with a dangerous serum that renders meta-humans powerless, and a new militarized robotic threat emerges. Everyone is in danger. Between college applications and crushing on his best friend, will Bells have time to take down a corrupt government?

    Sometimes, to do a hero's job, you need to be a villain.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJul 10, 2018
    ISBN9781977375292
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    C.B. Lee

    C.B. Lee is a Lambda Literary Award nominated writer of young adult and middle grade fiction. Their works include A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix (Feiwel and Friends), the Sidekick Squad series (Duet Books), Ben 10 graphic novels (Boom! Studios), Out Now: Queer We Go Again (HarperTeen), Minecraft: The Shipwreck (Del Rey Books), and From A Certain Point Of View: The Empire Strikes Back (Del Rey Books). Lee’s work has been featured in Teen Vogue, Wired Magazine, Hypable, Tor’s Best of Fantasy and Sci Fi and the American Library Association’s Rainbow List.

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    • 4/5
      This is a great sequel! It does start a little slower and is less action packed than the first book, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. It's very sweet in its exploration of teen relationships, and I love the diversity of the cast. The worldbuilding is also expanded upon in this book and it was interesting to see more of this post apocalyptic future. I am looking forward to the third book!

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    • 4/5
      For young people about twelve years old. The plot and such are ludicrous but satisfying in their simple development. The only thing I don't get is why of all the main characters: one is trans a second is A a third is bi a fourth is lesbian. And of course one is Hispanic and another is dark. I mean come on! There are still some straight white middle aged people out there!
    • 4/5
      Villain picks up where Not Your Sidekick left off, but not until about 75 pages in. Because the story switches to a new POV in Bells Broussard, it backs up a bit to explain his side of the story and how he experienced certain events, which (the partly unreliable narrator) Jess Tran wasn't privy to. However, this is not a read-alone book: Bells's narrative skips and jumps over the shared timeline so that it could be incredibly confusing if you have forgotten any of it or hadn't read the first book.I like Bells a lot and enjoyed reading his story, but it didn't fit a hole in my literary life the way Jess's did. That's fine, but it does tamp my enthusiasm a bit. I really needed a sweet romance between two girls, and that's what Sidekick gave me, plus a lot of fun and telegraphed-in-advance superhero antics. Villain doesn't have the same romance - love and the nature of relationships including friendship and family are central to the story, but Bells's plot focuses a lot more on the superhero conspiracy.The action plot in Villain isn't quite as telegraphed as before, which I found frustrating. I don't really care for a lot of suspense or tension when I don't know the result, especially if it's the foreground story, as it is here. I know other readers didn't like how obvious some of Sidekick's plot points were, so they might enjoy this one better. But the worldbuilding around it is just as interesting as before with more details and perspectives, thanks to Bells's narrative.I wish I could be more enthusiastic about the book, but as much as I enjoyed it (and I did like it a lot!), the seriousness of the plot and even the seriousness about Bells's romantic subplot with his friend just couldn't compare to the joy I had when reading the first installment. I hope that this is just middle-book syndrome, when all the plot movements have to happen, because I love seeing myself in each of the four main characters and I really enjoy Lee's writing style and worldbuilding.
    • 4/5
      Not Your Villain is the sequel to Not Your Sidekick, an adorable queer superhero story that couldn’t help but warm my heart. While there’s efforts made to make Not Your Villain work as a stand alone, I think you’re better off reading the series in order. Not Your Villain follows a new protagonist, Bells, who’s got shape shifting powers and has been labeled public enemy number one for rebelling against the League of Heroes and their nefarious schemes.In Not Your Sidekick, Bells and his friends discovered that the League of Heroes and the famous Captain Orion were capturing and experimenting on meta-humans. They try to warn the public, but to no avail; the Collective deletes the information as soon as they post it. And Abbie’s dad is still missing! Their parents are telling them to sit tight while they handle it… but the Sidekick Squad has plans of their own.It took a while for me to get into Not Your Villain. At first I was confused as to whether this would be a sequel or a prequel; it starts before the beginning of Not Your Sidekick, with Bells going off to training and being inducted into the League of Heroes. It then keeps going, through the events of Not Your Sidekick from Bells’s perspective. I don’t think this was a great choice for the structure of the novel; I felt like I was getting bogged down in summary, and I think I would have been confused and off put if I was new to the series.Luckily, after Not Your Villain gets done with backstory and recap, it does a lot better. The second half relentlessly charmed me. The characters are adorable, and the pop culture references made me smile. And how is it that C.B. Lee manages to get me invested in romantic relationships? I’m really not super into romances, and I don’t think any other author has had as high a success rate with me as she has.And of course, I love how inclusive these books they are and how they represent so many queer identities. Bells is a trans man, which is not at all the focus of the book or his personal story line. There may be references to his dad helping him with testosterone shots or wearing a binder, but his story line is firmly focused on superpowers and the schemes of the corrupt government. I haven’t seen any trans reviewers talking about this book yet, but I didn’t notice any problems with the way Bells was portrayed.Also, Bells’s love interest, Emma, is somewhere on the aro spectrum! I think C.B. Lee’s said she’s demiromantic? Anyway, Emma’s still figuring out labels and where she is on the ace and aro spectrum, but this is addressed in the book and the words ace and aro are even used! My little grey-aro, ace heart was happy. I can’t wait for the next book, which will focus around Emma.On another note, I think the world building’s improved with this installment. I feel like I got a lot clearer picture of the Collective and how it operates. We also get to move outside of Andover, which really helped enlarge the picture. I think every sequel needs to expand the world in some way, and Not Your Villain certainly accomplished this.Overall, Not Your Villain is a fun addition to this delightfully queer series. I don’t think fans of Not Your Sidekick will find anything to be disappointed about.Originally posted on The Illustrated Page. I received an ARC in exchange for a free and honest review.