Spectra: A Cynical Superhero by Amy SumidaMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Fabulously Reluctant Superhero
This book was so much fun. Amara is a 34 year old translator who works closely with the US President. She can speak every language she hears or reads instantly. She is also supernatural. She has the ability to see and manipulate auras and her life is good. She lives inside "The Supermarket”, the area of Washington DC that is home to supernaturals and no one who isn’t supernatural can even see the entrance, let alone walk through it.
A local supernatural often acts as a superhero with the normal humans because he wants to do something worthwhile with his abilities. He keeps trying to drag Amara into his superhero gang, but Amara is reluctant. Then the angels and demons come calling, and maybe having superheroes on her side isn’t such a bad thing.
This author has created a wonderful world of supernatural beings who live in harmony, for the most part, unknown by human society, but known about by the establishment. They all have different abilities and strengths, which are all well thought through.
I really enjoyed Amara and her cynical sarcasm. She is elegant and has an Ivy League education. She has a cutting remark at hand for every occasion and calls everyone darling. I really enjoyed that she was secure and knowledgeable about her abilities. This is a grown woman who knows what she wants and goes after it.
The plot is fun and large in scope. It moves quickly and not all resolutions are happy ones. However, on the whole Amara gets a HFN ending, to keep us content until the next book can be read.
This book is well worth a read, and I’ll definitely be reading the next in the series.
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