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Book Review - Hench


Flips The Superhero Story on it's head!



 Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

If you need to run a criminal organization, or a heroic organization, you need, simply put, people to do the work. The everyday folks, who keep the lights on, buy, stock, and fix all your stuff, brainiacs to crunch the numbers, balance the sheets, HR and accounting to pay these folks and allow them to have basic healthcare.  And let's face it, who's CEO boss isn't a little bit evil?


This is the story of one such small cog in the giant wheels of a supervillains empire who uses the power of data, the stories that unfurl from statistics to fight against evil, or at least against those who are hurting people, lots of innocent bystanders, including herself.

I had a blast reading this book; taking this journey along with our heroine from no one of consequence to someone to be reckoned with. Sadly, it doesn't matter if you are a woman with mighty and awesome powers or not, you still have a fight on your hands to be respected by the males in the room. Some of whom exhibit that the more powerful they are the harder it is to get through their thick, stupid skulls.

The plot twists and turns in delightfully unexpected ways and the ending, not only blows up everything, but left me wanting more! Thankfully the author has a sequel coming out very soon!

If you'd like a superhero story with a true underdog, that flips the whole genre on it's head, and takes it in turns being hilarious, heartwarming and brutal, then this book is for you!


8 out of 10 galaxies


Please purchase Hench at your local independent book shop,

Or you can order it online from Bookshop.org







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