
'Super Powereds: Year 1' by Drew Hayes is a novel set in a world where people are categorized as normal, powered, or super powered. The story follows five young individuals who are selected for an experimental program to turn powereds into supers. Enrolled in Lander University to train as heroes, they must navigate college life while keeping their hero training and powered past a secret. The book combines elements of superhero and coming-of-age genres, focusing on character relationships, personal growth, and the challenges faced by young metahumans.
The writing style in 'Super Powereds: Year 1' is described as engaging, with a good balance between action, dialogue, and exposition. The characters are well-crafted, each with distinct voices and realistic backgrounds. The novel delves into the thoughts and emotions of the characters, providing insight into their personalities and motivations. The plot is praised for being fresh and multi-layered, offering a mix of combat challenges, character development, and unexpected twists that keep readers engaged throughout the story.
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Has Romance?
There is a medium level of romance in the story, with several characters forming relationships that are important for character development.
From The Publisher:
Knowledge is power. That would be the motto of Lander University, had it not been snatched up and used to death by others long before the school was founded. For while Lander offers a full range of courses to nearly all students, it also offers a small number of specialty classes to a very select few. Lander is home to the Hero Certification Program, a curriculum designed to develop student with superhuman capabilities, commonly known as Supers, into official Heroes.
Five of this year's freshmen are extra special. They have a secret aside from their abilities, one that they must guard from even their classmates. Because for every one person in the world with abilities they can control, there are three who lack such skill. These lesser super beings, Powereds as they are called, have always been treated as burdens and second class citizens. Though there has been ample research in the area, no one has ever succeeded in turning a Powered into a regular human, let alone a Super.
That is, until now...
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Recopilación de un Webserial de hace unos cuantos años.
En un universo donde hay gente con poderes, esa gente está dividida en Supers, los que pueden controlar sus poderes, y Powereds, los que no pueden. En eso se parece mucho a los Ases y Jokers de Wild Cards, aunque aquí hay mucha menos profundidad.
Los protagonistas son un grupo de Powereds a los que intervienen para poder controlar sus poderes y los meten en una de las universidades donde enseñan a los Supers a ser héroes a condición de ocultar que fueron Powereds.
La historia es bastante típica y se centra en la vida universitaria de los protagonistas, más cerca de Los Magos que de Harry Potter, pero en realidad no presenta a los antagonistas hasta la recta final del libro.
Los personajes, aunque simples y arquetípicos, al menos no son totalmente planos y van creciendo poco a poco, y los secundarios están para dar un poco de variedad, pero tampoco terminan de aportar peso al conjunto.
Al final se hace ameno de leer, con capítulos rápidos y en los que siempre tiene que pasar algo, por su naturaleza de Webserie, pero que deja que desear en la parte de trasfondo.
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