Heroes of an Unknown World

I am among the fools who wanted an early reviewer copy of the fourth book in a series. Sometimes that goes well, and sometimes it doesn't.

The world building in this story is intricate and nuanced. I enjoyed the glimpses of the characters and the world that we have in this novel, but am also intrigued by the hints we have at what happens in the prior three.

Without the detailed background, it was slow to get into Heroes of an Unknown World. That was my own fault, so I kept going and toward the end, the plot and the character development that happens in this book alone allow it to stand on its own. Overall, I enjoyed the ideas and the conflicts that exist within this story and may even be intrigued enough to seek out the first three in the show more series to get a better picture of the entire universe that Jama-Everett designed. show less

Starts with an intriguing concept...10% of humanity is about to die. Only this new group of superheroes can prevent this catastrophe! I enjoyed the premise, and the main characters, especially Taggert. I could really visualize him and enjoyed trying to figure out what he'd do next. An exciting story with lots of unexpected bits and twists.

I'd have gone five stars except for some editing issues. Even without an editor, a good beta reader could have corrected a lot of the issues.

Highly enjoyable book. At first I was a bit confused by some the "non-standard English" dialogue, but as I read, it became easier to follow, and definitely added to the story.
The theme is the importance of family and fighting for your values, even if it means letting some of that family travel a road you wouldn't choose for them.
I haven't read the previous books, so I can't comment on how well this wraps up the series, but it contains enough background to stand on its own without tedious flashback, and wraps up its own chapter very well.

It wasn’t for me, I enjoyed the rounded out characters and the found family aspects, but the overall story fell flat for me. I feel like compared to the 3rd book in the series was bounds better. Most of the characters felt pretty 2d and other than some funny spots I just didn’t feel invested.

This was such an interesting book and so different from what I typically read. The writing style was engaging and the story kept me hooked for the most part. There were certain parts of the book where I felt that it slowed down a bit but it was still really interesting to read. I also love the cover!

This book was all over the place, and written in first person from several different points of view, which makes things confusing. And the grammatical errors were very odd. There would be a quote , and it would read “said,” but not actually tell you WHO said it. That made this read more annoying than anything.

DNF at 33%. Honestly could not get into this story no matter how hard I tried. The plot was very difficult to follow, likely because I didn't read the other books in the series, but I still felt like it was overly complex. The writing style itself was good but the book just wasn't for me.