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belovedsnail's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Okay, not perfect, but big energetic fun.
justinekorson's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
NOW THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!! THIS IS THE KIND OF STORY I EXPECTED DURING THE FIRST BOOK. A CUTE ROMANCE, ACTION PACKED, MADE SENSE. (lol honestly some of what was happening in regards to the demon portals in the first two books was very confusing). I loved Bea and Sam to death.
barkshark's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
annvsted87's review
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
syntaxofthings's review against another edition
Having a hard time being emp thetic with the narrator.
dude_watchin_with_the_brontes's review
4.0
According to the search function on overdrive, the book only uses the phrase "beaucoup fromage" eleven times. It feels like a lot more.
Other than that, I liked this book, for the same reasons I liked the first two. It's interesting getting inside of the different characters' minds, and Bea thinks so differently than Evie and Aveda, giving her such a distinctive voice.
There are a lot of tertiary characters, who can be a little easy to mix up, but they're just tertiary characters anyway so it's not a big deal. Like, I mostly just remember that Lucy says "darling" a lot but not how she fits in to everything.
As a younger sibling, I could relate to this feeling of always being "Evie's younger sister", and trying to forge bonds with other people in the Superhero Business without always being related to that way. Sarah Kuhn's definitely got at least one sibling.
A fun, light read, that passes the Bechdel test on every page, centers a diverse group of POC, especially from Asian diasporas, and centers queer characters, without it being heavy-handedly About Women/POC/Queerness.
Other than that, I liked this book, for the same reasons I liked the first two. It's interesting getting inside of the different characters' minds, and Bea thinks so differently than Evie and Aveda, giving her such a distinctive voice.
There are a lot of tertiary characters, who can be a little easy to mix up, but they're just tertiary characters anyway so it's not a big deal. Like, I mostly just remember that Lucy says "darling" a lot but not how she fits in to everything.
As a younger sibling, I could relate to this feeling of always being "Evie's younger sister", and trying to forge bonds with other people in the Superhero Business without always being related to that way. Sarah Kuhn's definitely got at least one sibling.
A fun, light read, that passes the Bechdel test on every page, centers a diverse group of POC, especially from Asian diasporas, and centers queer characters, without it being heavy-handedly About Women/POC/Queerness.
belellcollins's review
4.0
When I realized this was the third book in the series I sped read my way through book one before tackling this book. Having read this one, I would say you don't have to read the first two books, but they will definitely lend some insight into this book.
The third book in Sarah Kuhn's trilogy is narrated by the younger sister of Evie Tanaka, Bea. Bea is a teenager, with some anger problems, but after her mother died and her father bailed it all seems reasonable. Bea is a foul mouthed genius with a heart. There is still a ton of superheroing to accomplish in this book, and as Bea becomes convinced she should be a superhero with her sister and Aveda Jupiter we see her in action for real.
I loved getting more of an insight into Bea's world including her friends outside of the Heroine Headquarters. Bea, Evie, and Aveda's stories as Asian superheroines is magical and exciting while being important and crucial at a time when the need for diversity cannot be understated.
The third book in Sarah Kuhn's trilogy is narrated by the younger sister of Evie Tanaka, Bea. Bea is a teenager, with some anger problems, but after her mother died and her father bailed it all seems reasonable. Bea is a foul mouthed genius with a heart. There is still a ton of superheroing to accomplish in this book, and as Bea becomes convinced she should be a superhero with her sister and Aveda Jupiter we see her in action for real.
I loved getting more of an insight into Bea's world including her friends outside of the Heroine Headquarters. Bea, Evie, and Aveda's stories as Asian superheroines is magical and exciting while being important and crucial at a time when the need for diversity cannot be understated.
heyjanice's review
3.0
It’s not that I didn’t enjoy this book, I just didn’t love this as much as the previous two books in the series.
Unraveling the mystery and trying to figure out the bad guy contributed a lot to my engagement of Heroine Complex and Heroine Worship. In Heroine’s Journey, it’s so obvious from the get-go that it’s not what Bea is so convinced of, I found myself getting really frustrated with her.
Unraveling the mystery and trying to figure out the bad guy contributed a lot to my engagement of Heroine Complex and Heroine Worship. In Heroine’s Journey, it’s so obvious from the get-go that it’s not what Bea is so convinced of, I found myself getting really frustrated with her.
renpuspita's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Part of binge reading Heroine Complex series.
I don't think that the series will get emotionally wrecked and yet Heroine's Journey proved me otherwise. Heroine's Journey is the third book of Heroine Complex series and now the story told from Beatrice Tanaka's first PoV. If you already read book 1 and 2 (and yes, books must be read in order. Can't be read as stand alone), then you already know about Bea. We know her first as Evie's younger sister, a kinda spoiled 17 y.o brat with tantrums rivaled Aveda's. Although we got explanation that behind all that tantrums was a girl with grief so big after Evie and Bea's mother died of cancer. Heroine Journey's timeline is fast forward 4-5 years later. Bea is no longer 17, she's now in her 22 y.o, a respectable adult (in her opinion anyway). The book start with Bea feeling frustrated because Evie and Aveda disagree with her decision to become a super heroine and suddenly an invisible entity called to Bea. Much to Bea's surprise, the entity is Bea's deceased Mom! Or is she really her mom or another demonic being with malicious intent?
Did Bea still throwing tantrum here and there? Yep. But, you said she's already in her 22? I think, in my 22, I too somehow act like Bea, lel. I just realized that all of the heroine of this series, from Evie, then Aveda and Bea, all of them are kind of unlikable. Evie with her pushover tendencies, Aveda with her magnanimous attitudes and then Bea with her spoiled brat personality. Yet, in the end Kuhn managed to love them all with all their insecurities and weakness. Because, she write them with so much personal development, make them feel like a real person. Yes, Bea is constantly anger and she do some unethically things with her mind mojo. She also easily bored and always distracted with shiny things, a fact that make Evie disagree with Bea's want to be superheroine beside Evie also still a worrywart of mom figure. Yet, with the story unfold, I guess Journey's big theme is about how Bea processed her grief. Bea lost her Mom in the tender age of 12 and the event was traumatic she withdraw from real life, from her best friend, then always angry to the world. We always know a saying that said time will heal the wounds. Yet, it's need 10 years for Bea to finally let go of her sadness and pain, then decide to moving forward with her choices.
This book is pretty much family drama with super heroine, mind mojo and demonic invasion as added flavors. The found family theme is pretty well executed especially if you already follow the heroic trio (Evie, Aveda, Bea) from the beginning. The stake is pretty much mild since the focus of the book is how Bea become a better person and make amend with Evie regarding their sisterhood relationship. I also liked while all books featured romance with trope friend to lover, Kuhn managed to make them all different! In Evie and Nate's case, it's more like colleague to lovers, complete with insta-lust if that your things. Aveda and Scott are childhood friend that drift apart because of misunderstanding to finally give each other second chance to start love. While Bea and Sam is more like your high school friend slash rival slash platonic friend then develop into love. All of them guaranteed HEA and I liked that the romance is pretty much natural in case of Bea and Sam. I mean, their romance is pretty much my catnip and while the sex scenes more like fade to black (aka vanilla) the sexual tension are plenty.
Heroine Complex series have its up and down, and yet I still enjoy Evie, Aveda and Bea's story. Since all of them told from first PoV, their story feel personals and some things are resonated deeply for me. The Asian American and PoC's problems in overall also well executed, provide some insight. Yep, all the books are pretty much diverse, in race and also sexuality, since Bea herself is a bi and her best friend, Leah is a lesbian (not forget, Lucy too). Heroine Journey's mark the end of the first arc of the heroic trio and will continue in the second arc, start again with our first ordinary people turn super heroine, Evie. I admit, I liked her PoV since we both first born and I kind of resonated with Evie's problems as a first born.
I don't think that the series will get emotionally wrecked and yet Heroine's Journey proved me otherwise. Heroine's Journey is the third book of Heroine Complex series and now the story told from Beatrice Tanaka's first PoV. If you already read book 1 and 2 (and yes, books must be read in order. Can't be read as stand alone), then you already know about Bea. We know her first as Evie's younger sister, a kinda spoiled 17 y.o brat with tantrums rivaled Aveda's. Although we got explanation that behind all that tantrums was a girl with grief so big after Evie and Bea's mother died of cancer. Heroine Journey's timeline is fast forward 4-5 years later. Bea is no longer 17, she's now in her 22 y.o, a respectable adult (in her opinion anyway). The book start with Bea feeling frustrated because Evie and Aveda disagree with her decision to become a super heroine and suddenly an invisible entity called to Bea. Much to Bea's surprise, the entity is Bea's deceased Mom! Or is she really her mom or another demonic being with malicious intent?
Did Bea still throwing tantrum here and there? Yep. But, you said she's already in her 22? I think, in my 22, I too somehow act like Bea, lel. I just realized that all of the heroine of this series, from Evie, then Aveda and Bea, all of them are kind of unlikable. Evie with her pushover tendencies, Aveda with her magnanimous attitudes and then Bea with her spoiled brat personality. Yet, in the end Kuhn managed to love them all with all their insecurities and weakness. Because, she write them with so much personal development, make them feel like a real person. Yes, Bea is constantly anger and she do some unethically things with her mind mojo. She also easily bored and always distracted with shiny things, a fact that make Evie disagree with Bea's want to be superheroine beside Evie also still a worrywart of mom figure. Yet, with the story unfold, I guess Journey's big theme is about how Bea processed her grief. Bea lost her Mom in the tender age of 12 and the event was traumatic she withdraw from real life, from her best friend, then always angry to the world. We always know a saying that said time will heal the wounds. Yet, it's need 10 years for Bea to finally let go of her sadness and pain, then decide to moving forward with her choices.
This book is pretty much family drama with super heroine, mind mojo and demonic invasion as added flavors. The found family theme is pretty well executed especially if you already follow the heroic trio (Evie, Aveda, Bea) from the beginning. The stake is pretty much mild since the focus of the book is how Bea become a better person and make amend with Evie regarding their sisterhood relationship. I also liked while all books featured romance with trope friend to lover, Kuhn managed to make them all different! In Evie and Nate's case, it's more like colleague to lovers, complete with insta-lust if that your things. Aveda and Scott are childhood friend that drift apart because of misunderstanding to finally give each other second chance to start love. While Bea and Sam is more like your high school friend slash rival slash platonic friend then develop into love. All of them guaranteed HEA and I liked that the romance is pretty much natural in case of Bea and Sam. I mean, their romance is pretty much my catnip and while the sex scenes more like fade to black (aka vanilla) the sexual tension are plenty.
Heroine Complex series have its up and down, and yet I still enjoy Evie, Aveda and Bea's story. Since all of them told from first PoV, their story feel personals and some things are resonated deeply for me. The Asian American and PoC's problems in overall also well executed, provide some insight. Yep, all the books are pretty much diverse, in race and also sexuality, since Bea herself is a bi and her best friend, Leah is a lesbian (not forget, Lucy too). Heroine Journey's mark the end of the first arc of the heroic trio and will continue in the second arc, start again with our first ordinary people turn super heroine, Evie. I admit, I liked her PoV since we both first born and I kind of resonated with Evie's problems as a first born.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Cancer
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Pregnancy
nodoze's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5