Book review - King of Bad by Kai Strand

Book - King of Bad (Super Villain Academy book 1)

Author - Kai Strand

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Review:

Jeff is a teen on the verge of adulthood who needs to find his way in life but is instead spending his time setting fires in school and wasting his time but when he is approached by someone to see if he would be interested in honing his badness by attending the Super Villain Academy to make him the baddest he can be he doesn't know the half of what is to come. With Jeff discovering talents like being able to shoot fire from his hands he must question what he thought he knew to be real and find his way in a new school full of others Super Villains in training. Can he figure out everything going on around him whilst he also discovers more about himself?

The first thing that I have to say is that as I read this book I found myself knowing I would be downloading the next book in the series (Polar Opposites) and headed straight over to Amazon to check out more about the book before even finishing this one (something I know you should never do). The author, Kai Strand, has managed to deliver a very entertaining book that has a great flow to it and means that whilst this is aimed at the young adult market it doesn't read in a way that is so simplistic that it will stop other readers from enjoying it too.

The dialogue is well thought out and delivers a realistic feel that I really found worked well with the story and allowed me to be drawn in a lot more than other books that contain heroes or villains with "super-powers".
A big congrats to the author on a well thought out story which was brilliantly delivered and thanks to the added twists and turns made for a book that stands out in a crowded arena for this genre.


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