Daddy Girl Cape High Book Five Cape High Series 5 eBook RJ Ross
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"You're going to wind up in the cells and Aubrey will be heartbroken and everyone that actually likes you will be left behind! It's not like prison, Jack, it's not like you can go in and visit them or even get letters from them, or--or anything! I haven't seen or heard from my dad in six years, Jack. I can't visit him, and now everyone knows that I'm related to a--an out of control cape! They'll start watching me, they'll start wondering if I'm going to turn out like him, and if I am, they'll take me away."
"Zoe and Sunny are kids of a guy that was in the cells," he says.
"What?" I ask.
"Nico," he says, "he was in the cells for, what... some fifteen years? They told you that, didn't they?"
It's supposed to reassure me, right? But it's Nico we're talking about. I snort, shaking my head. "Nico... Nico isn't my dad," I say, turning away from him.
"Then who is your dad?" he asks.
"Mimic," I tell him. "My dad is Mimic."
I hear him take a step back, hear him suck in a short breath. "Oh," he says.
Yeah. Oh.
Daddy Girl Cape High Book Five Cape High Series 5 eBook RJ Ross
Ms Ross is obviously trying to flex her storytelling muscles with this, the start of a new arc in the Cape High series. As such, it's not bad but I wish she'd used a different tact and set of characters.For one, I'm not a fan of time travel in an established world. I always feel hesitant; an author's goal is twofold: to create a believable, interesting world, and to create characters we can care about in that world. Time travel messes with one or both of those premises. We can't really care about the time traveler because if they do their job, s/he will change their world (and thereby gets us into the causality thing). Or s/he gets stranded in `our' time, which I generally consider a cop-out.
So, time travel is not a plot device I'm fond of. Strike one.
Strike two: Morgan just isn't that interesting or appealing. I kept seeing her as a less-evolved version of Zoe from the first book, without the humor and sweetness.
Strike three: the Zoo kids. How and why do these kids have such an `us versus them' bond and mentality? According to how the Zoo was described, they were in separate cages without any doors and no way of communicating. It doesn't ring true that they'd have bonded so completely; even shared trauma won't manage that to the extent we're supposed to believe. And completely leaves begging how Morgan is their unquestioned leader. And none of the capes think that some sort of crisis counseling is necessary until it's tossed in as a plot device?
Three strikes, the book loses a star. That's not to say it's a bad book, or not a thoroughly enjoyable read, but it's definitely my least favorite of the series so far. It deviates too far from the spirit of the first four books...not that the teenage romance angle in those didn't involve a lot of eye-rolling, but this book lacked the spirit of fun those four had. Honestly, it feels like Ms Ross finished the Distort Saga and decided, "Gosh, now I have to write a Serious Story! Dun-dun-DUN! I need Drama! I need ANGST! I need...TIME TRAVEL!"
If you liked...or loved, as I did...the first four, you'll want to buy this because it's Cape High. I'm hoping the next two books in the arc redeem this opener, though...and even then, it won't be one I'll be re-reading with a grin every so often. I don't mind ignorant main characters, but stupid ones don't thrill me and Morgan shows as pretty stupid. Zoe was just as uninformed (ignorant), and arguably even more traumatized, but I can't help thinking she'd have done a lot better than Morgan...but then, it would have been a very short book.
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Daddy Girl Cape High Book Five Cape High Series 5 eBook RJ Ross Reviews
I like this series, I guess it's time to start writing my reviews. This particular entry shows off some really good world-building elements while providing a good main conflict.
A great follow up to the Distort arc. My one major issue that I had was the whole time travel thing. It is always confusing and I get easily lost in it saying that doesn't make sense after I finish the book. At some point I felt sorry for the antagonist even though at the same time I was kind of hoping something more severe for him as punishment.
This series has been an interesting one with many interesting characters and new ones constantly added. Too many perhaps as each book moves on to a new kid with issues and super powers, and most of the old ones are mentioned at best which is annoying if you liked them.
It is an interesting world, too. And I really wish that the author would write books about the adults rather than the kids, who spend endless pages talking to you the reader and spazzing out over some crisis or other. This is the 6th book or so and Morgan is fine as a character, saddled with an annoying room mate and at least her issues are more parental than boyfriend related which was a relief. If you havent read this series it isnt a bad book and the order you read them in isnt really important. Anything you need to know is explained and would not have been much of a spoiler anyway if you go back and read earlier books.
But I find myself reading these for glimpses of the ones I really like. Technico. MasterMental. Superior. Blackjack. Panther. The adults.
These books are kids stuff, but adults can get through the rigors of teenage years and it is easily worth the price.
We found this series while looking for something that our 10 year old would enjoy reading. He got hooked, and the rest of the family loves the series as well. This is very age appropriate with minimal cursing, little violence (yes, there is "super" action but not raw violence), and minimal sexual content (some kissing, emoting, and dating among the students, but very much G or PG rated)
This is a nice YA series set in a world where some people have super powers. There is a Hall of Heroes with branches throughout the country. Villains (mostly) work within set rules, with the rivalry of heroes and villains being reminiscent of WWE or professional sports rivalries. The books are fairly short and so keep the attention of younger readers.
Each book focuses on one (or more) characters, usually teens, in the setting of the newly established Cape High. Think "Sky High" with a smaller student body and much more serious defenses. The principal is a (perhaps reluctantly) reformed super villain who is one of the strongest supers around (one that probably could actually take over the world, or at least really mess it up).
This book focuses on Morgan, a teen with the ability to take someone else's powers as she deals with being in the school, dealing with needy peers (she and several others were rescued from a madman who kept them in a zoo), a time traveling room mate, and the famous singer sent to their school to gain control of his powers, and a father in super prison...
Each book can be read and enjoyed on its own, but I highly recommend starting at the beginning with Super Villain Dad, followed by America's Grandson, Hello Kitty, and You Don't Know Jack (arguably my favorite, but then I am a sucker for redemption stories...), After Daddy's Girl, be sure to check out Aces High and any other book that comes out in the series!
Ms Ross is obviously trying to flex her storytelling muscles with this, the start of a new arc in the Cape High series. As such, it's not bad but I wish she'd used a different tact and set of characters.
For one, I'm not a fan of time travel in an established world. I always feel hesitant; an author's goal is twofold to create a believable, interesting world, and to create characters we can care about in that world. Time travel messes with one or both of those premises. We can't really care about the time traveler because if they do their job, s/he will change their world (and thereby gets us into the causality thing). Or s/he gets stranded in `our' time, which I generally consider a cop-out.
So, time travel is not a plot device I'm fond of. Strike one.
Strike two Morgan just isn't that interesting or appealing. I kept seeing her as a less-evolved version of Zoe from the first book, without the humor and sweetness.
Strike three the Zoo kids. How and why do these kids have such an `us versus them' bond and mentality? According to how the Zoo was described, they were in separate cages without any doors and no way of communicating. It doesn't ring true that they'd have bonded so completely; even shared trauma won't manage that to the extent we're supposed to believe. And completely leaves begging how Morgan is their unquestioned leader. And none of the capes think that some sort of crisis counseling is necessary until it's tossed in as a plot device?
Three strikes, the book loses a star. That's not to say it's a bad book, or not a thoroughly enjoyable read, but it's definitely my least favorite of the series so far. It deviates too far from the spirit of the first four books...not that the teenage romance angle in those didn't involve a lot of eye-rolling, but this book lacked the spirit of fun those four had. Honestly, it feels like Ms Ross finished the Distort Saga and decided, "Gosh, now I have to write a Serious Story! Dun-dun-DUN! I need Drama! I need ANGST! I need...TIME TRAVEL!"
If you liked...or loved, as I did...the first four, you'll want to buy this because it's Cape High. I'm hoping the next two books in the arc redeem this opener, though...and even then, it won't be one I'll be re-reading with a grin every so often. I don't mind ignorant main characters, but stupid ones don't thrill me and Morgan shows as pretty stupid. Zoe was just as uninformed (ignorant), and arguably even more traumatized, but I can't help thinking she'd have done a lot better than Morgan...but then, it would have been a very short book.
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