**I received an ARC from Netgalley. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.**
Unsung Heroine by Sarah Kuhn
My Rating: 3.5 stars
Summary: This new installment in the smart, snarky, and action-packed Heroine series follows personal superhero trainer Lucy Valdez and friends Aveda Jupiter and Bea and Evie Tanaka as they combat a new supernatural threat.
Lucy Valdez is many things: fight trainer/bodyguard to superheroines, fabulous vintage fashion plate, undisputed karaoke queen at local joint, The Gutter. She is also one of the toughest fighters in all of San Francisco without superpowers. So why can't she seem to confess her feelings to her longtime crush Rose Rorick, head of the San Francisco Police Department's Demon Unit?
Well.... actually, she knows why. She's afraid Rose won't like the real Lucy, the Lucy underneath all the fabulous bravado. (She is still fabulous underneath that bravado--just in a different way.)
When a mysterious new karaoke star rises up at The Gutter and eclipses her, Lucy finds her confidence further shaken--and when strange, seemingly supernatural happenings threaten both this new star and The Gutter's very existence, she must rise to the challenge and investigate alongside Rose. Will Lucy be able to vanquish the demonic threat to her beloved karaoke haven, confess her true feelings to Rose, and reclaim her karaoke throne?
Unfortunately, it's been a minute since I've read the first three books, so my memory of these events are a little fuzzy. However, I still loved returning to this world with these amazing characters. Going into Lucy's head was nice; I certainly felt and understood her struggles to open up to people.
I loved Lucy, Aveda, and Evie's friendship! Their scenes together were so wonderful; I love seeing women supporting women. It was also refreshing that, despite a lot of evidence pointing to Celine as the villain, they didn't immediately suspect her. Female enmity is so pervasive in our society that I just automatically assumed things based on very little evidence. Again, women supporting women!
Lucy and Rose's relationship was so cute too. Even though I wanted to scream at Lucy for turning down Rose, I knew it came from good intentions because she didn't think she deserved Rose, which is just, so good.
Again, it's been a while since I've read the first few books, so I was fairly confused on the timing of the events in this book. That, combined with the months-old texts interspersed, made the timeline a little fuzzy to me. I did get that it takes place before Heroine's Journey though.
Unsung Heroine was a great bridge between the first and second trilogies in this series. The female friendships were amazing, and I loved the steamy f/f romance. I can't wait for the next few books in the Heroine series!
About the Author: Sarah Kuhn is the author of Heroine Complex—the first in a series starring Asian American superheroines—for DAW Books. She also wrote The Ruby Equation for the comics anthology Fresh Romance and the romantic comedy novella One Con Glory, which earned praise from io9 and USA Today and is in development as a feature film. Her articles and essays on such topics as geek girl culture, comic book continuity, and Sailor Moon cosplay have appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Apex Magazine, AngryAsianMan.com, IGN.com, Back Stage, The Hollywood Reporter, StarTrek.com, Creative Screenwriting, and the Hugo-nominated anthology Chicks Dig Comics. In 2011, she was selected as a finalist for the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) New Writers Award.
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