Throw in a zany cast of outcast potential superheroes, a dark stranger following Thom everywhere he goes, and a disappearing mom and you've got Hero. The book has issues to spare... family issues, abandonment, sexuality, and characters facing death every other day... Through it all, Thom is learning to trust who he is, to show who he is, and to see beyond the faces that everyone else shows the world. His two most important relationships in my eyes are with his dad and Ruth. Not Goran but I did enjoy the romantic subplot. His dad and him don't see eye to eye so we get a lot of tension between them. A lot of tension. But it's the moments that aren't tense that mean a lot. The moments where Thom is undercover at the factory and the ending where Hal gives his parting advice. That moment was honestly horrible because it had to happen. Thom deserved better at the end than having both his parents dead. His mum was missing for most of the book and then shows up whenever. She was useful but I didn't enjoy her parts. I could have done without the romance element, which was again cliché since you have the hero-falling-for-the-villain-but-they-don't-know-who-the-other-is-beneath-their-masks bit. *Cough* Batman and Catwoman *cough*

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Kat McClain just got out of a failed marriage and is the only sister in a family of super-protective brothers. She wants to move on with her life, which is perfect timing for family friend Tommy Kirby, who conveniently has been crushing on Kat and wants a wife and kids of his own. Could these two find the romance they've both been waiting for in each other? This is an excellent book. It is not only for gay teens or fans of comics. It appeals to everyone who has ever felt rejected, outcast, or uncertain whether their friends would like them if they knew what was going on under the surface... and who cant relate to that? And on the off chance you haven't binged the Netflix series yet, the Bridgerton series is about each of the Bridgerton siblings finding love and marriage in high-society London in the early 1800's. Each book tells the story of one sibling's romantic journey. This first novel in the series, which the first season of the show follows, is about Daphne falling in love with the Duke of Hastings, who also happens to be her older brother's best friend. I wish a few things were more drawn out and explained like the evolution of his powers, but it didn't kill the book. Why did I like this aspect so much? I think it was because it was so extraordinarily moving. Many of us can relate to dealing with issues such as acceptance with parents or other family members. In Thom's and Hal's case these problems are exacerbated by their personal situations: their inherent wish to be honest and open with each other; their unwillingness to cause hurt and hesitancy to take that first step; the concern and shame both feel about what happened to Hal and consequently to the family; their pride in the Hal's former life as a superhero; their desire to help people; and, above all else, their love for each other. All of these themes and issues came through so evocatively in Hero and the majority of them the reader is privileged to explore through Thom as he discovers and begins to comprehend his and his father's past, present and future.

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Honestly this book felt like it could have been two parts (before and after Dad finding out about League and murders). I'm still not sure why it wasn't written that way as I think it would have been a great duology.

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Moore told The New York Times in 2007 that he planned a series of book sequels featuring Thom Creed. [2] We spoke to Ade, the passionate visionary behind Nubian Skin – an international fashion brand with a unique purpose. Here, we have supposedly the most good, upstanding hero in the world, Justice. About his colleague, he says: "Warrior Woman's a bitch." (182). Great. for any young girls, gay or not, reading this book, it's good to know that the most prolific and respected woman superhero can be flippantly referred to as a bitch, by her colleague. Mona Lisa Gregory has been with only one man over the last 35 years. She's over it, and she's ready to move on and redefine her previously held beliefs about love, sex, and more. Along comes Dex, who wants to be the only one in Mona's heart. Will the couple make it work? You'll have to read to see. Moore said he wrote the book after being upset by a Marvel Comic. In the 2005 "Enemy of the State" storyline, the gay character Northstar is killed by Wolverine (while the latter is brainwashed by The Hand). [1] Moore believed that having one of Marvel's biggest superheroes murder its most prominent gay character sent the wrong message to readers. [2] Moore subsequently created a list of 60 LGBTQ superheroes who have met with torture, rape, disembowelment, decapitation, had their genitalia disfigured or removed, or retconned as heterosexual. [3] [4] His growing awareness of the poor treatment of LGBTQ superhero characters led him to write Hero to present a more positive side.The last thing in the world Thom Creed wants is to add to his father's pain, so he keeps secrets. Like that he has special powers. And that he's been asked to join the League - the very organization of superheroes that spurned his dad. But the most painful secret of all is one Thom can barely face himself: he's gay. To pay her college tuition, Erin cleans reclusive ex-soldier Blake Morris's house twice a week. Then, one day she accidentally walks in on him in a, uh, compromising position, and feels something deep and sensual stir inside of her. Meanwhile, Blake is secretly infatuated with Erin but believes he'll never be good enough for her. He hopes to reenter the world—and become worthy of her love—when he accepts an associate professor position at his alma mater. But on his first day, Blake finds out Erin is one of his students. Will they be able to keep their relationship strictly professional? Almost every review I've read for this book applauds the subject matter (a gay teen superhero) but laments the sloppy writing. I'm going to add my voice to this choir. Despite the somewhat reserved praise, in May 2008, Hero won a Lambda Literary Award as the best LGBT Children's/Young Adult novel of the past year. [11] Sequels, and film and television adaptations [ edit ]