Book Review: Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty
Author: Mur Lafferty
Book: Playing For Keeps
Genre: Fantasy
Julia Rating: 10
Comments: I may be a little biased on Playing for Keeps, since I follow Mur’s podcast, I Should Be Writing, so I really like Mur. In fact, the podcast is the whole reason I read her book – that and her other book Tricks of the Podcasting Masters, which I obviously haven’t been applying – but hope to at some point in the near future.
Anyway, about Playing for Keeps. This is a superhero novel about Keepsie, a woman with a special super power. She lives in a world where super heroes are the norm and property damage from enormous battles between good and evil are tallied on the news daily.
Keepsie’s power isn’t considered good enough to be a “registered superhero”, so she’s created a bar for other “third wave” superheros like herself and employed only third wavers – a woman with an inability to drop a tray and a cook who knows what you are craving.
After being kidnapped by the super villain Doodad, she discovers an item which she protects with her power – preventing anything in her possession from being stolen. Becoming the center of a battle between heroes and villains, Keepsie has to figure out who’s side she’s on – and if she and her friends can be strong enough to save the city.
Additional Review:
Captain the Puppy says, “This book was good enough to eat! Seriously! While Julia was at work, I ate the Swarm Press logo off the back cover and it was delicious. I didn’t eat the text or the review on the back because I was too busy reading it.”
