It's no secret that I love superheroes beyond the telling of it. I'll try anything if there's superheroes attached (well, almost anything. It's an important caveat!). So when I saw the shiny cover of a new middle grade book called The Ultra-Violets: The Fuchsia is Now, I may have jumped up and down. A superhero book aimed at 8-12 girls? Where it's okay to be girly and superpowered? Where half of the cast-of-four are characters of color? And everything is purple?
Eeee!
My spoiler-free review looks like this:
( Spoilers ahoy! )
All in all, not great but not bad, either. And anything that lets girls (and the publishing industry!) know they can be superheroes too is good in my book.
Eeee!
My spoiler-free review looks like this:
The Ultra-Violets: The Fuchisa is Now, by Sophie Bell, is what would happen if you took Lemony Snicket's writing style (and his habit of humorous inserts), mixed well with My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and used it to write the origin story for a group of sixth-grade superheroes. Iris, Cheri, Scarlet and Opal are reunited after four years apart, and after their first sleepover as renewed BFFs, they realize something very weird is going on: they have superpowers! But weirder, creepier things are happening in SyncroniCity, and it's up to them to put a stop to it. The Ultra-Violets is fast, fun, and viomazing. (Plus, the text is purple. Really!)
For actual opinions, follow the cut.( Spoilers ahoy! )
All in all, not great but not bad, either. And anything that lets girls (and the publishing industry!) know they can be superheroes too is good in my book.