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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 yo...