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Heroine Addiction [Kindle Edition]

Jennifer Matarese
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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Book Description

Vera Noble belongs to a long line of famous superheroes, but she's done quite enough lifesaving in her time. Now, she's perfectly happy to serve pie and coffee in her small-town cafe, far away from the bright explosions and enormous radiation-spawned monsters of the big city. However, no life ever stays safe and quiet forever, and one simple request from her family's former mortal enemy upends Vera's semi-average existence.


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  • File Size: 747 KB
  • Print Length: 264 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1257806505
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00520IH62
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #277,394 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The story begins with a meeting between a dame and a retired man, and what looks like a simple "favor" uncovering something much, much bigger: a staple of dime-store detective novels. Of course, in this case, the "dame" is Vera Noble, superheroine and current coffee-shop owner, and the man a retired supervillain who has made the Vera's life significantly more complicated than your typical hero/villain archetypes usually allow for. Thus begins Heroine Addiction, which manages to take staples of assorted genres and blend them successfully into something significantly more unique than its ingredients.

Heroine Addiction is basically what happens if you give a postmodern feminist the Incredibles' universe and a film noir plot to play with and tell them to go to town. The nameless settings in which the story takes place (both a bustling metropolis filled with tabloid and beat reporters and a quieter, more remote city) is examined as a culture where superheroes and supervillains are the norm, and treated as funny-paper material the way celebrity stories are. It features a plot involving murder, arson, robot invasions, and the ruler of an alien planet. And yet, because this story is told from Vera's perspective (aren't all good noir plots told from the protagonist's perspective?), all this insanity is peripheral (to be fair, it's a sizable periphery) to an examination of relationships between friends, family, exes, crushes, co-workers both current and former; how some of these relationships can be strengthened, occasionally at the expense of other relationships; and how they all interact with one another.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable debut from a long time blogger fave August 30, 2011
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Jennifer Matarese is a funny, creative writer on a day-to-day level. Her sense of humor is sharp and her worldview is what might be called "mordant" at the best of times. It's no surprise, then, that she's written a novel that is darkly funny and often a bit uncomfortable.

Vera Noble, a recovering superhero, is the daughter of two still-active superheroes who are arguably among the most famous in a world that apparently teems with people who have super powers and use them for good or evil. But Vera doesn't like the superhero game and gave it up years earlier. About the same time her father ran off with his arch nemesis. The family has kept Everett Noble's affair a secret, which is nothing short of a miracle for a group of people who are so completely dysfunctional that they find it difficult even to have a civilized conversation with each other. Vera doesn't even live in the same city as the rest of her family, but is hiding out in a small town where she runs a cafe called "Tea and Strumpets."

Vera, bless her, is a plus size, bisexual smart-ass. When her father's lover comes to the cafe, her instinct is to spit in his tea. But one day he comes in to tell her that Everett has gone missing, and against all her instincts and wishes, Vera is drawn back into the superhero business and into her own family business. She may not want anything to do with them, but she needs to find her father, the only member of her family for whom she seems to feel anything warmer than a constant, low-level annoyance.

There are a couple of issues that keep this novel from being a real five-star read. One is that Matarese paints many of the characters with too narrow a brush.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars like sky high for grown ups June 19, 2011
By Jen
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I'm a big fan of superhero stories and this one is no exception. The world that Vera lives in reminded me of the world of the movie Sky High, only with a lot of swearing, bisexuality, homosexuality and grittier violence than you're likely to find in a Disney flick.

The heroine, Vera, has given up the superhero biz, despite her family legacy, preferring to live a quiet life in a small town, running her coffee shop, Tea and Strumpets. Naturally, that all goes to hell when she gets a surprise visit from her father's secret male lover, who happens to be a notorious super villain. The visit sends Vera on a reluctant return to superherodom in an effort to figure out what the hell is going on with her family. She has plenty of 'help' from her ex-girlfriend, Hazel, her current crush, Troy, and an old family friend, Travis.

Matarese writes snappy, fun dialogue and handles a fast-moving, compelling plot along with complicated world building deftly.

I hope there's a sequel!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging and different January 17, 2012
By Robeena
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Sort of like The Incredibles but for grown-ups, this book sucked me in right from the start and was a lot of fun. There were a few times when I would have appreciated a little more explanation because it seemed like what was clear in the author's head did not come across clearly on the page, but that didn't take away from my enjoyment of the book. I truly hope she is writing a second book in this series, because I really enjoyed the world she made.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to Put Down May 22, 2011
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I'm not very good at reviewing anything, so this will be short but sweet. Heroine Addiction was such a fun and enjoyable read, and will join my short list of books that will be read again and again. The book was one that was hard to put down. I kept getting annoyed whenever someone interrupted me, not willing to stop reading because it was so good. I love the character of Vera. I adore strong female protagonists and she is no exception. She is witty, smart, funny and sexy. The story itself was fast paced, and each character jumped off the page at me. I'm looking forward to more books by Jennifer Matarese.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars fun and funny
This book was not what I expected in a 'super hero' kind of novel, but it was a great read and I would love to see more from this author.
Published 18 days ago by Jeffrey S. Samuels
3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting if morally compromised effort
Perhaps it's just that my tolerance for immature heros has been used up recently, but the first person perspective of this work didn't allow any escape from the constant hypocrisy... Read more
Published 11 months ago by millernumber1
2.0 out of 5 stars Almost a good book
This proved to be a story of almosts.

I almost liked the main character

I almost wanted to cheer for the heros

I almost got into the romantic... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mvargus
1.0 out of 5 stars Hell's Bells, I HATED This Book!
Hell's bells, this story's protagonist a bisexual superheroine with a dysfunctional family!

Hell's bells, she has a thing for retro clothing and music! Read more
Published 14 months ago by Movie Lover
4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun!
The Author did a great job here!
I am excited to read more by her.
Superheros are portrayed as Human,
with Human problems, emotions, and families. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Clarence Kittelsen
3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was expecting
I read the free sample for Kindle and was really hot to buy this book immediately. Unfortunately, the sample left me expecting one thing, and once I was able to read beyond that I... Read more
Published 22 months ago by RedBlack Checker
5.0 out of 5 stars Super/Heroines are Go!
This book is smart, funny, and well-plotted, with a reluctant superheroine who kicks all kinds of ass. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Harmonyfb
4.0 out of 5 stars First-time author doesn't disappoint!
I was so excited to hear about this book that I paid for and read my copy of Heroine Addiction within the first week of its release. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Trisha L Sebastian
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!
If this opening line appeals to you--

"Vera, there's a supervillain at booth five."

-- then you need to read this novel. Read more
Published on June 15, 2011 by Stephanie Holding
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommend this book
I will begin by saying that I do not normally read sci-fi based books nor do I normally read books written in first person POV. Read more
Published on June 7, 2011 by T Taylor "mudbloodproud"
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Jennifer Matarese hopes to write novels for a living, writes fanfic for fun, and dreams of writing movies. It's possible she needs to get out more.

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