Vengeful

paperback, 480 pages

Published Jan. 7, 2020 by Tor Books.

ISBN:
978-0-7653-8753-0
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4 stars (2 reviews)

A superpowered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions--V.E. Schwab returns with the thrilling follow-up to Vicious.

MAGNETO and PROFESSOR X SUPERMAN and LEX LUTHOR SYDNEY and SERENA CLARKE VICTOR VALE and ELI EVER

Great partnerships, now soured on the vine.

But Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush from her brush with death, she's finally gained the control she's always sought--and will use her newfound power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. She'll do whatever it takes, collecting her own sidekicks, and leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, against each other once more.

With Marcella's rise, new enmities create opportunity--and the stage of Merit will once again be set for a final, terrible reckoning.

This description comes from the publisher. Vengeful is the sequel to Vicious.

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4 stars

I enjoyed the second book of this series about very grey superheroes. We're following up on the story of Victor and Eli, former friends turned enemy superheroes. Victor can make people hurt with the twist of his power, Eli has super-regeneration and cannot die. In the previous book there was a showdown that ended with Eli in superhero jail, and Victor revived by fellow ExtraOrdinary Sydney. But he came back wrong, and so keeps dying over and over again. His road to finding a cure for his ailment ultimately leads him back to the city of Merit, for another showdown with Eli.

The last quarter of the book was sheer excitement and action. V.E. Schwab used the narrative style of flashbacks again, so everything works towards that pivotal moment at the end of the book.

If I have a complaint, it's about the new EO and villain Marcella. She was …

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