I've spent most of the night trying to sort out how I feel about this book, and I think the gist of what I've come to is "disappointed". I was really psyched for The Girl Who Would Be King. I'm a fan of the author's podcast; she seems like a sensible, gender-aware woman, and I was super-excited by the idea of a female-positive YA superhero book that could avoid all of the traps that make this genre so frustrating.Also, that is an amazing cover. I mean goddamn, Stephanie Hans should do every cove...

Last night, as I neared the end of the book, my girlfriend asked me what I was reading. I told her and said "I'm not sure I like it." That was around 90% through. Now I've finished and I'm still not sure I like it. I think it was an entertaining story, but the flaws might override that.I didn't realize it was self-published at first but it explains a bit. I think there's an ellipses in every other sentence, which gets really obnoxious. The suspension of disbelief went too far for me. Very minor

What a weird week, finishing this and Divergent. On one hand you've got a mercilessly marketed NY Times bestseller, on the other a Kickstarter-backed YA-ish novel that didn't find a publisher. One note about the differences: In Divergent, Tris has a weird relationship with an older dude in a position of power who smacks her around in public, then confesses the leavings of his wounded soul in private. In this book, you have two separate female protagonists--granted, both slightly older teenagers-...

In case you don't know, I am what you would call a superhero fan-girl, and I love all things comic book related. Unfortunately, while I've read my fair share of comics, I haven't read that many actual novels about superheroes - only Perry Moore's Hero and Superman: Last Son of Krypton by Elliot S! Maggin. That's why I was beyond ecstatic to hear about this book while browsing through Kickstarter.The Girl Who Would Be King tells the story of two very different girls: Bonnie Braverman and Lola LeF...

I loved this. It was a very different story. Though the back talks about the girls having "super powers" this is not (thankfully) a superhero story. There are two girls who are the opposite sides of the same power. One destined to be good the other bad. But what makes this such an interesting and great story is that despite being quite psychotic, and murdering many people Lola is such a wonderful and likeable character. There's a great realism to the two young women as they blunder through their...

CaptivatingI couldn't stop reading. The take on a modern day superhero origin story was really good. The duality of the two women was interesting. I wouldn't mind reading a sequel.

A real fun read. Great story from an up and coming author. I'm really glad that I backed this kick starter!

Despite some writing that needed a run through with a professional editor, some insta-love and some logic missteps, I really loved The Girl Who Would Be King. As I expected when I read the summary, it’s everything I want in a story: Two main female leads who end up being the other’s enemy, with the fate of the world in the balance, all told like a comic book in prose form. And let’s just say I wasn’t disappointed. The story shifts between two POVs, Bonnie Braverman and Lola LeFever. Of the two,

This is going to be a rough review, because it's been approximately a year since I last read this book. I wasn't writing reviews on Goodreads at the time, but there's been some new interest in this title so I thought I'd post some quick thoughts on it before rereading it for a more detailed review.First, there are some things to be aware of:• This novel is self-published and, as a result, has more errors than you'll usually find in something from a major publisher.• This novel was self-published...

The Girl Who Would Be King — by Kelly Thompson $2.99 E This book is better than Hunger Games. A hell of a lot better. More exciting, more innovative, more fascinating. And yet Traditional Publishers won’t touch it. Why? Because it doesn’t fit their formula. It has no genre, no shelf at B&N, no section in the library. It doesn’t fit neatly in a marketing plan.They can’t handle it.But you can.The Girl Who Would Be King is not a Young Adult title. It’s not an action adventure, or a thriller or a ro...

When I read about the concept to this book, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. I opened the book and read the first paragraph which was entirely in 1st person perspective. I didn't mind that it was in 1st person, but what was starting to bother me was the fact that it was written in the voice of a 16 year old girl. I didn't think much of it, until I continued reading and realized...The whole book was going to be written in the voice of a 16 year old girl. One boring (the hero)and one annoyin...

I really enjoyed this book. It is told in first person by two different narrators. The switch between the two is noted by a small symbol, but once you're a little ways into the book you don't really need those markers. The voices are pretty different from each other. The story is about two girls, one raised by a disinterested mother, the other raised in an orphanage from the age of 6. They both discover they have something that makes them more than other people. They can run faster, they're stro...

The epilogue was a little predictable, and I'm pretty sure I never want to read the word "Um" in dialog ever again, but this book was fantastic. You could tell she was influenced by Whedon. Since when is that a bad thing, though? I'm dying to see what she comes up with next.

I wish I could give this book a million stars, I want to marry it.

Being a graphic-novel story told in a young-adult prose, The Girl Who Would Be King is a difficult book to categorize. Considering it's also a frustratingly bad story told through a wonderfully entertaining narrative, it turns out the book is difficult to review as well! Two girls receive superpowers after the deaths of their mothers. Haunted by the tragic car accident that took her mother's life, Bonnie Braverman vows to use her powers to help people. In contrast, Lola LaFlame proactively obta...

It took me 3 days to finish this book, and honestly it felt longer. Why? There is just so, so very much going on and it's not that it is bad, because it's not, it's just a lot! This book follows Bonnie Braverman and Lola LeFever in their journeys of self discovery and eventually their ultimate battle, which in a book about good and evil (guess which is which) you totally expect to see. This could be called nature vs. nurture, but there really isn't any nurture for either girl, so it's all instin...

I'm not sure where I heard of this book or why I bought it, but I did love it. It started out sorta slow, but then became a page-turner. Sometimes the back and forth between the two characters was jarring, but mostly it was interesting.

All right folks I'll say it upfront, I helped fund this book through Kickstarter.  I also wanted the super duper deluxe edition with all the nifty extras which included everything from the Hardcover deluxe edition to so much swag I can't help but glory in it.  This in no way biased my opinion towards the material however.Honestly speaking I signed up and helped fund this because the book is damn good.  Kelly Thompson takes superheroes, grief, growing pains and learning to adjust in a world that'...

Projects like this are why I love Kickstarter. The Girl Who Would Be King is a fun, well-written gem of a book, and if traditional publishers had the final word, it never would have seen the light of day. This book is admittedly difficult to classify-- it's a YA book that is somewhat longer and more "literary" than most YA books, and it also contains more sex, violence, and sci-fi elements than are normally seen in YA literature. Instead of brooding vampires, jealous werewolves, or teens struggl...

This was an okay read, quiet boring and confusing in areas though.Bonnie and Lola are completely different from each other.Lola is power hungry, and kills anyone who gets in her way. She thinks nothing of killing fourteen people, and goes on to kill more.Bonnie uses her powers for good, defusing horrible situations, and even helping cats stuck in trees. The story was quite slow in the beginning, and it took 60% to pass for the girls to actually meet. When they did meet, it did make me interested...