Faith: Taking Flight : review

*Disclaimer - this is technically next week's post, but since this book will be released in a couple days, I wanted to go ahead and publish this now!

But don't worry I'm not changing schedules, and the next one will be on the 25th (also a review of a soon-to-be-released book I'm excited for!)*

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Faith: Taking Flight by Julie Murphy

*ARC kindly provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review!*

SUMMARY

From Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin', comes the first in a two-book origin story of Faith, a groundbreaking, plus-sized superhero, from the Valiant Entertainment comics.

Goodreads' link to the book!

Release Date: July 7th, 2020

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Stars: ✦✦✦✦.5

So as usual, I'll tell 4.5 things I liked about the book and 0.5 things I didn't care for.

First I'll point out that I'm not familiar with the original comic, so I can't say how accurate things are.

And quite surprisingly, this is my first book by Julie Murphy that I've read, though I know her work Dumplin' became popular and is being released on Netflix now.

+1 | The plot and pace

It took me some time to actually pick the book up, but once I started reading it, it felt like it flew by. The plot is interesting and the story moves at a good pace

+1 | Events and storyline

It has some crime and a bit of mystery, but at the end of the day, the characters were what made the story so engrossing. Also, another thing I enjoyed was how the author wove in fandom with a popular TV show starting to film in town.

+1 | Characters

I loved Faith's personality, and the set of people were so interestingly different with everyone having their own personality, perspective, and background which brought depth into the book

+1.5/-0.5 | Relationships and romance

As much as I felt like the characters were what drove the story for me, I didn't like the relationship triangle. At the same time, I saw how it was necessary to really show Faith's struggle in getting to know herself. But then when it comes to the friendship groups, I adored them!

Note: If you're interested in this book being "the next superhero book" with plenty of action, you might be disappointed - though there is action and tells the tale of a "superhero" in the making.

Maybe it's the younger-feeling writing or that the characters are at the forefront.

To end I'll just say, that I'll definitely be reading the next (and last?) book when it comes out!

Read on lovelies,

S