With a diverse cast of characters, both in terms of sexuality and ethnic background, and a wholly adorable romance for Jess, it's a lively exploration of morality in a superpowered age. Lee (Seven Tears at High Tide) offers up a fast-paced, engaging tale set in a quasi-dystopian 22nd-century America where the line between hero and villain is often blurred. Soon, Jess learns that strange things are afoot, with numerous villains disappearing, and the Heroes' League of Heroes may be involved.
Jess takes the job anyway, and she quickly comes to enjoy working with the mysterious mecha-suited M and her longtime crush, volleyball star Abby.
Much to her surprise, it's a front for the dreaded villain Master Mischief. Jessica Tran, 16, would like to be a hero like her parents and older sister, but if she can't do that, working in the Experimental Division at Monroe Industries will at least help with college applications. The non-superpowered teenage daughter of two minor league superheroes ends up secretly working for their worst enemy-as an intern. A mash-up of sf lite and romance, the predictable story is nothing special but pleasant enough for a satisfying summer read.-Cart, Michael Copyright 2016 Booklist From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Funny thing, though: M and Abby are never in the same place at the same time. On the plus side, however, she finds herself working with her classmate, the beautiful Abby, on whom the bisexual Jess has a major crush. Her immediate supervisor is the mysterious M, who wears a mecha suit with a visor so Jess is unable to see her face. There's just one hitch: she discovers she will be working for the villainous Master Mischief, her parents' bête noire. Resigned to her failure, Jess begins searching for an internship instead and eureka! finds one at fabled Monroe Industries. Her chances of becoming a superhero are therefore near zero. Everyone knows that meta-abilities are genetic, but 16-year-old Jessica Tran shows no signs of having inherited any from her superhero parents, Li Hua and Victor Tran, better known as Smasher and Shockwave.
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