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Rating: 4/5 Stars
Series: Villains, #1
Length: 364 Pages
Purchase: [Amazon] | [Barnes & Noble]
Synopsis:
Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.
Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end?
_____________________________“There are no good men in this game.”
This is unlike any other superhero stories I have read. Eli and Victor are just two normal students attending a class when a new project comes up. Eli’s thesis involves in the making of EO’s or ExtraOrdinaries, people with abilities. As research moves on, Eli and Victor discover a connection between EO’s and NDE, Near Death Experiences. As you can assume, one cannot conclude theories without experiments and both Eli and Victor decided to do their own experiments. When tragedy strikes due to the experiments, Eli and Victor goes their own ways and become enemies.
Super powers are usually my thing to read about, but Vicious never really stayed on my radar. I never thought it was going to be one of those stories I was going to like. However, everyone (I mean EVERYONE) raved with good reviews about it. When I got a notification that this book was on sale, I went for it. Vicious is different, and in this case, different is good.
What I liked most about this story was that we were able to get alternating timelines between the past and present. I loved seeing the different timelines and piecing everything together as the story moved on. I also njoyed seeing the character of Eli progress through the present day timeline. I am a big fan of the the show “Criminal Minds”, so as I was reading about Eli, I was constantly putting together a “profile” due to his actions. If you have seen the show, you’ll know what I am talking about. It was almost like I was putting a crossover in my mind. I loved seeing how everything rolled out.
At the end, Vicious is really a good book with a different take on humans with super abilities. Although this is technically an adult book, I imagine this can be a young adult book as well, perhaps towards a more mature audience. I wouldn’t suggest the book to anyone younger. The way everything was put together, by connecting abilities with NDE’s and psychology like stuff, I really enjoyed this interesting take on a story.
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