Publishers Weekly
★ 07/16/2018
The decisively entertaining and deceptively complex final installment in Kuhn’s Heroine trilogy (after Heroine Worship) is saturated with action, surprises, and a beautifully developed cast. Twenty-two-year-old Bea Tanaka is the baby of the Jupiter/Tanaka support team. Her ceaseless arguments have finally worn down her older sister, Evie, and it’s now official: Bea is an intern superhero in slightly demon-infested San Francisco. Unfortunately, Bea has a few issues to deal with: impulse control, her dead mother leaving her messages, a newly developing mental power, and a sudden, very surprising romantic interest in one of her best friends, Sam. What’s a heroine to do when she’s coming of age and is faced with the one thing she wants most in the world? Bea’s narration reintroduces readers to the young woman who’s desperate to be grown up, even as her friends and family still think of her as an adolescent. Poignant scenes are interspersed with the high jinks fans of the series have come to expect, making this a hugely fun, yet intensely thoughtful take on superheroics and new adulthood. Agent: Diana Fox, Fox Literary. (July)
From the Publisher
Decisively entertaining and deceptively complex.... Poignant scenes are interspersed with the high jinks fans of the series have come to expect, making this a hugely fun, yet intensely thoughtful take on superheroics and new adulthood.” —Publishers Weekly (starred)
“Interspersed between these high-octane scenes of relationship discovery are intense scenes dealing with the fallout of abandonment.... The emotional tension line was as involving as the magical one, and I found Bea’s voice the most fun of the three books.” —Sherwood Smith, author of the Inda Series
“Kuhn imbues her books simultaneously with great humor and real, raw emotion.... And then she amps it all up with superpowers, demonic forces, and rampaging architectural features.” —Cass Morris, author of From Unseen Fire
“Finally accompanying Bea on her own journey is an honor and a privilege; a hilarious, awkward, rocky, determined honor and privilege.” —Book Riot
“If you looked at Wasp in Ant-Man and the Wasp and immediately demanded more superheroines, then Heroine’s Journey will definitely tickle your fancy.” —Culturess
“These are the superhero books that I would want to live in—with awesome women supporting each other, great representation, fun plots and even a touch of romance!” —All Things Urban Fantasy
“Bea is easy to adore. She’s brilliant, bold, and a butt-kicking heroine in her own right.... Kuhn is brilliant at balancing popcorn thrills with more weighty storylines, and I loved every bit of it.” —Wit and Sin
“Heroine’s Journey is particularly timely because Bea...is facing the struggles so many of us do, foremost of which is attempting to find herself amidst the chaos of family and career and love and life.” —The Roarbots
“I love, love, LOVE this series. It is the cognitive equivalent of a warm hug, a blanket, a kitty, and the best pajama pants I own.” —Confessions of a Curator, Editor, Geek
“This story will resonate with anyone who has ever struggled with being taken seriously by those they love.... As with the first two of the series, this one is a tasty mix of funny, touching, and spicy, hot romance.” —MyShelf
