![]() Daniels never excuses or glorifies the extreme violence Danny herself relishes in but unpacks where those feelings come from. Danny’s brutal rage and often cruel behavior is sympathetic because April Daniels explores where it comes from. There are real consequences to what Danny went through and we see them all in gritty detail. ![]() ![]() What’s standout in this sequel is April Daniels’s willingness to address the fall out of the last book in the series. With a new supervillain threat on the horizon, Danny has to deal with both the repercussions of her superhero life and that looming evil presence. Her PTSD from both growing up in an abusive household and caping is compartmentalized and ignored and her relationships are deteriorating. But under the surface, Danny is dealing with a rage that causes her to toe the line of hero more often than not. At the start of the book, Danny has truly come into her own as a superhero, she’s seemingly at the top of her game with public support and the respect of her fellow capes. ![]() Sovereign takes place months after the ending of the first book in the Nemesis series, Dreadnought. This is a novel that starkly plays out the effects of its previous installment adding more depth and nuance to its characters than I thought possible and ultimately culminated in a deeply satisfying sequel. Sovereign went above and beyond the foundations laid by its predecessor. ![]()
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