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Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

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“We’re all monsters in the end. At least mine lives in the light.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer is a laugh-out-loud, sarcasticly adorable read. Sunshine assistant starts working for grumpy evil villain. Hijinks and bumbling romance ensue.

Evie Sage needs a job. With a father sick with a mysterious illness and a young sister, it’s up to Evie to provide for their family. When she bumps into the Villain, Rennedawn’s most infamous and evil person, in the middle of the dark forest, she is surprised when he offers her employment as a way of thanking her for her assistance. Evie snatches up that job offer and starts working for the Villain immediately.

Normally she would be singing about her new job to everyone she meets, but given that she works for THE VILLAIN, Evie has to keep her employment a secret. Another issue: Evie has a crush on her boss. She can’t help that he’s incredibly hot. His temper and evilness are just screens to hide his true nature from everyone.

This isn’t a typical job. There are people being tortured in the dungeons, severed heads hanging from the ceiling, and a dragon being trained in the courtyard. Right when Evie has finally figured out a routine, she and the boss begin to suspect that there is a traitor in their midst. Tracking them down and stopping his plans to destroy the villain consume Evie and the Villain, bringing them closer together on their mission to destroy the traitor.

Assistant to the Villain was a delightfully quirky read. Conversations are witty, the characters are engaging, and the plot is fast paced. While I knew this book was a fantasy romance, I still found the romance to be unexpected. This is the beginning to a series and I have high hopes for the next books! I can’t wait to see how the characters grow and mature.

This title is also available in large print.

“There is so much that can be fixed by honesty, if you’re brave enough to use it.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain

Lego DC Super-Villains Video Game

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Lego DC Super-Villains is a Lego game from Traveller’s Tales. If you have played Lego games in the past, this one should seem familiar to you. You break stuff, get studs, solve puzzles, and build stuff, all while playing as some of your favorite characters. This coupled with the Lego game’s signature coach co-op means that you can play through the game by yourself or with a friend. This game shifts the focus away from caped crusaders to the nefarious super villains of the DC universe.

There are over 170 playable characters, both villains and super heroes, for you to play as. These range from characters that you know and love such as The Joker, Lex Luthor, Batman and Aquaman, to more obscure DC characters such as Clock King and Condiment King.

This game is unique because of how it integrates the character creation feature into the story. Usually in Lego games, you play as your favorite characters and get to play as them throughout the game. In Lego DC Super-Villains, however, you get to make your own villain named The Rookie that you get to play as an upgrade as you progress through the game.

Another fun game for the whole family to enjoy from Traveller’s Tales. Lego DC Super-Villains is available at the Davenport Public Library for both Xbox One and PS4.

 

Turncoat by Ryan Sullivan

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Turncoat is not your traditional superhero graphic novel. Duke is a superhero assassin. He’s the world’s worst superhero assassin, a fact that is lost on him because on every contract he is sent out on, those superheroes end up dead. He’s never the one that kills them though. His partner ends up doing the killing and Duke gets the credit. (And his partner usually ends up dead as well).

The company that Duke works with keeps pairing him up with weird loser partners and also only gives his contracts to kill D-list superheroes. Who wants to be known as the assassin who killed Bug-Boy or Freedom-Fighter?! Certainly not Duke! He just wants to kill a big name superhero, somebody from the Liberty Brigade. Duke is also battling against his ex-wife, Sharon. This battle isn’t a domestic one; Sharon is also a rival assassin who just happens to be way better at killing than Duke. She keeps stealing his contracts and his money! This bothers Duke. He just can’t win.

When a contract comes through to kill the entire Liberty Brigade, Duke first thinks it’s a mistake, but then realizes that this is the best thing that could have happened to him! He will finally have the opportunity to kill the big heroes, but also to beat his ex-wife at something. Killing the members of the Liberty Brigade will also give him the motivation and the prestige to move on from his ex-wife. Chaos ensues as Duke goes after the Liberty Brigade and realizes that there are other major players behind the scenes pulling the strings. This anti-hero graphic novel was a fantastic palette cleanser from all of the traditional Marvel and DC comic books I had been reading.