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    Please Don't Tell My Parents I've Got Henchmen
    Please Don't Tell My Parents I've Got Henchmen
    Please Don't Tell My Parents I've Got Henchmen
    Audiobook11 hours

    Please Don't Tell My Parents I've Got Henchmen

    Written by Richard Roberts

    Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

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    About this audiobook

    What would middle school be like if half your classmates had super powers? It's time for Penny Akk to find out. Her latest (failed) attempt to become a superhero has inspired the rest of the kids in her school to reveal their own powers.

    Now, all of her relationships are changing. She has a not-at-all-secret admirer, who wants to be Penny's partner almost as much as she wants to be Penny's rival. The meanest girl in school has gained super powers and lost her mind. Can Penny help her find a better one? Can she help an aging supervillain connect with his daughter, and mend the broken hearts of two of the most powerful people in the world? And in all this, where will she find time for her own supervillainous fun, or even more dangerous, to start dating?

    It's going to be a long, strange semester.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateAug 23, 2016
    ISBN9781515978251
    Please Don't Tell My Parents I've Got Henchmen
    Author

    Richard Roberts

    Richard Roberts is a Reader at the University of Sussex. He specialises in financial markets and centres, and is the author of numerous books and articles about international finance.

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    • 3/5
      Still fun and charming, but not as focused as the others. On the plus side, there are a lot of fun characters and powers on display, and that mostly makes up for the weaker, fuzzier plot, IMO
    • 4/5
      I would like to thank Curiosity Quills Press for an e-ARC of this book to review. Though I received this e-book for free, that has no impact upon the honesty of my review. Goodreads Teaser: "What would middle school be like if half your classmates had super powers? It's time for Penny Akk to find out. Her latest (failed) attempt to become a superhero has inspired the rest of the kids in her school to reveal their own powers. Now, all of her relationships are changing. She has a not-so-secret admirer, who wants to be Penny's partner almost as much as she wants to be Penny's rival. The meanest girl in school has gained super powers and lost her mind. Can Penny help her find a better one? Can she help an aging superhero connect with his daughter, and mend the broken hearts of two of the most powerful people in the world? And in all this, where will she find the time for her own super villainous fun, or even more dangerous, to start dating?It's going to be a long, strange semester."Penny's zany adventures continue, often with the help of her besties Claire and Ray. Along with Penny, Claire and Ray are the rest of The Inscrutable Machine, which is the name of their supervillain alter ego. When operating as The Inscrutable Machine Penny's name is Bad Penny, Claire's is E-Claire, and Ray's is as Reviled. Ray is also Penny's boyfriend, adding just that much more to her ever expanding, not to mention evermore confusing, world. As badly as Penny still wants to be a superhero, it seems she's stuck being a supervillain for the time being. But in the interim Penny is suddenly leading their newly expanded club for kids whose parents have superpowers. All of their new members have superpowers of their own, and are beyond eager to be out in the open about it for the first time in their young lives. And for some reason, everyone wants to duel Penny! Yet her parents have expressly forbidden it. What's a supervillain to do? In Penny's case, apparently several things. But her action with the greatest impact is reuniting retired supervillain Bull with his wife and daughter, which starts some sort of strange chain reaction. Now Penny must balance her time with Claire and Ray, school, the club and all it entails, as well as The Inscrutable Machine. If she thought leading a double life was hard, she's in for a shock now that she's got many more aspects of her life to juggle; especially for those she must keep hidden or risk losing everything. It's all these tasks that allow Penny to really grow as a character. Indeed, both Claire and Ray also grow, which somewhat alters the relationship between the three friends, as one would expect. Luckily none of the changes are for the worse, though there is one possible change that I felt was far to soon to be realistically considered. Who knows if we'll see that change come to fruition, or even if this book marks the end of the series. It certainly felt like could go either way. While this story didn't have the wildness that the last one had, there were still plenty of learning, life altering, and just plain fun, moments to be had for all. Between dealing with the normal challenges of growing up, these kids also face the additional, and possibly harder challenges that come with having superpowers. Especially learning to control their powers long before reaching true emotional maturity. It leads to many an entertaining situation, each of which had an attached lesson. But as with the prior books, these lessons were blended well enough to naturally feel very much a part of the story, as opposed to feeling as if they were being forced upon the reader. And at the same time they added to the depth of the storyline, and helped keep the plot moving forward at a decent pace. Once again Mr. Roberts has managed to keep his characters' development moving forward right along with the plot, all while still keeping the storyline cohesive and fun. Nicely done sir, nicely done.