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Caped The Omega Superhero Book One Omega Superhero Series 1 eBook Darius Brasher

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Caped The Omega Superhero Book One Omega Superhero Series 1 eBook Darius Brasher

I'm a huge fan of superhero fiction as anyone who checked my Goodreads book lists would be able to tell (or, you know, has read the Supervillainy Saga). That means I'm always looking forward to a new series which is both established as well as good. This is certainly the case with the Omega Superhero, which has four installments at the time of the publication of this review as well as being good.

The premise is Theodore Conley is a 17-year old living in a world where superheroes are real and the product of a X-men like meta-gene. After accidentally throwing some bullies superhumanly far, he discovers he is a Omega-level superhuman. An attempt to live a normal life goes disastrously wrong and Theodore ends up forced to go to superhero boot camp in order to train with his new abilities.

I happened to really like this book's premise and it reminded me a bit of Starship Troopers as well as the short-lived Avengers spin-off AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE. It was about a bunch of kids put in a mandatory boot-camp by the government to train to be superheroes and how that screwed them up or made them better. This is a far less cynical take on the subject and we get to see Theodore prosper under the guidance of the superheroes there instead of crumble.

I was a real big fan of Smoke and Myth, Theodore's ("Kinetic") best friends that he makes at the camp. Smoke has the usual protagonist's background of being a supervillain's daughter and Myth is just a big bundle of fun. They all play off well against one another and have a very believable dynamic that I think makes the book readable at the worst of times and greatly entertaining at the best.

The villain of the book, Iceburn, is somewhat generic but he exists primarily as an obstacle for Theodore to overcome rather than a more meaningful antagonist. I'm more interested in who hired Iceburn to go after the protagonist, though the law of drama indicates it's probably the one other supervillain mentioned in the book who would cause massive personal drama to our heroes' budding relationship.

For the most part, Caped is a very solid traditional superhero tale about great power and great responsibility. It's a coming of age story where he goes through an arc of trying to put down his own selfish motives and embrace a higher calling without being cheesy. I kind of regret one of the major influences in Theodore's life is killed early in the book because I really liked their relationship and would have been interested in the continuing development of it.

In conclusion, if you're looking for a solid Spiderman meets Superman-esque story of good versus evil as well as what a "realistic" hero might look like then this is a decidedly optimistic non-cynical book for you.

9/10


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Caped The Omega Superhero Book One Omega Superhero Series 1 eBook Darius Brasher Reviews

There was so much potential here. It was a great setup for a tale about a young man suddenly discovering he has powers.

And there was no real follow-through.

I liked the main character, but after his initial discovery of his powers, he never seemed to grow as a character. It was almost like we watched everything occur in a flipbook without the artist offering any insight into how all the action was affecting any of the characters. The story just lacked that heft that makes you think "this story is something."

It's not a terrible story, but the depth that was missing distracted me from the tale and prevents me from saying it was a great tale
There are stories about people discovering their powers and not wanting to use them, usually due to fear of hurting others unnecessarily. Theo’s reasoning is a little different, so was unexpected for me, though, it totally made sense!

He went through a tough time, but handled it fairly well for a 17 then 18 year-old. When he finally came to the point of the decision which would turn his fate one way or another, I was really happy with how he thought it through.

An excellent story overall! I like that the main issue was resolved, yet there is another story already. I like the character enough that I am really curious as to what new challenges he will face in the next book.
A decent read. Lamp-shading abounds (spider-man quotes acknowledged as 'fictitious heroes), a lighthearted approach.

On the negative side, there's a lot of side comments on how the protagonist is a virgin and longs to lose that status. Frankly, I've worked with a lot of teenagers -- and been one not too long ago -- and there's not quite that much focus.

Other than that, it has a lot of good classical references (love that!), character development, and a plot that while predictable, is worth reading.

Keep up the good work!
This book was just meh for me. It wasn't horrible or anything, I just didn't enjoy it. I felt that the main character lacked imagination in using his powers and never really matured or changed throughout aside from learning how to fight. The pacing felt weird too and so did how little he seemed to interact with his two best friends. Minor spoiler ahead for anyone that wants to stop now. Theo sleeps with one of his best friends one time and it is never talked about nor brought up again and served no purpose for the story. I get it if the author wanted a love interest for him or to even show growth of character but at least develop it past that was a thing that happened now moving on. I don't know, maybe this is the book for you, it wasn't for me.
The entire training portion is a beat for beat re-write of Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers. If you have read that book, you will know exactly what is coming once Theo gets to camp Avatar.
This is a good story diminished by a main character with the maturity worse than a 12 year old trying to impress his friends. For someone his age, he should not be constantly making EVERYTHING into a sexual thought. He should not be making that big of a deal about hugging a girl. His immaturity level is by far the most annoying thing in this story. I'm about half way through the 2nd book now and I can't help but roll my eyes on every single page. It gets old!
He can be in a dire situation and all he can think about is a girl's boob pressed against his arm. It's so unrealistic it's stupid. It makes me not want to root for him. Oh and him trying to come up with stupid little catch phrases doesn't make him look cool either, it only makes him more unbearably annoying.
3 stars for a good concept, minus two stars for terrible main character.
I'm a huge fan of superhero fiction as anyone who checked my Goodreads book lists would be able to tell (or, you know, has read the Supervillainy Saga). That means I'm always looking forward to a new series which is both established as well as good. This is certainly the case with the Omega Superhero, which has four installments at the time of the publication of this review as well as being good.

The premise is Theodore Conley is a 17-year old living in a world where superheroes are real and the product of a X-men like meta-gene. After accidentally throwing some bullies superhumanly far, he discovers he is a Omega-level superhuman. An attempt to live a normal life goes disastrously wrong and Theodore ends up forced to go to superhero boot camp in order to train with his new abilities.

I happened to really like this book's premise and it reminded me a bit of Starship Troopers as well as the short-lived Avengers spin-off AVENGERS THE INITIATIVE. It was about a bunch of kids put in a mandatory boot-camp by the government to train to be superheroes and how that screwed them up or made them better. This is a far less cynical take on the subject and we get to see Theodore prosper under the guidance of the superheroes there instead of crumble.

I was a real big fan of Smoke and Myth, Theodore's ("Kinetic") best friends that he makes at the camp. Smoke has the usual protagonist's background of being a supervillain's daughter and Myth is just a big bundle of fun. They all play off well against one another and have a very believable dynamic that I think makes the book readable at the worst of times and greatly entertaining at the best.

The villain of the book, Iceburn, is somewhat generic but he exists primarily as an obstacle for Theodore to overcome rather than a more meaningful antagonist. I'm more interested in who hired Iceburn to go after the protagonist, though the law of drama indicates it's probably the one other supervillain mentioned in the book who would cause massive personal drama to our heroes' budding relationship.

For the most part, Caped is a very solid traditional superhero tale about great power and great responsibility. It's a coming of age story where he goes through an arc of trying to put down his own selfish motives and embrace a higher calling without being cheesy. I kind of regret one of the major influences in Theodore's life is killed early in the book because I really liked their relationship and would have been interested in the continuing development of it.

In conclusion, if you're looking for a solid Spiderman meets Superman-esque story of good versus evil as well as what a "realistic" hero might look like then this is a decidedly optimistic non-cynical book for you.

9/10