it was quite a fun read except the annoying fact that Faith mentioned almost every page how she learned "super hero" stuff from books/movies/series.

***Thank you, Netgalley for the chance to review this title ahead of its release date***The cover is what drew me to this book, the very first chapter completely sold me. This was everything I wanted!FAITH starts out with 17 yo Faith Herbery being recruited into what she thinks is a school for superheroes. But when things go awry, she escapes the facility and attempts to go back to her old life, her two best friends and volunteering at an animal shelter. Although Faith has the special ability to...

I thought that this book was cute and fun but also dealt with serious issues as well. To be honest, the ending took a turn that completely surprised me, and overall I thought that it was a well-done story. I liked that despite being a contemporary romance it wasn't too cheesy. Another thing that kind of threw me off a little was how it was very fluffy and chill in the first half and then we kinda got slammed in the second half with so much going on. Characters-I liked Faith as a character and I

I decided to give this book the GoodReads "it was ok" rating because I have mixed feelings on this book. I would read a sequel and I liked the premise and Faith as a character. But ultimately this just wasn't the book for me.*So don't let this low rating scare you from it.*I am not a fan of love triangles and this book does revolve around that a bit if thats your thing read this book.I hope in the next book Julie Murphy clears up a few things about Faith's activation because in places I didnt qu...

Argh, this was kind of a disappointment! I love Faith, I've read the comics, and I think adapting comics to books and telling an original story is hard. How Faith's powers come about and why are told only when the overall plot needs exposition, which leaves the reader sort of lost. Faith isn't a great friend, and her friends aren't great either. It's very obviously meant to be a duology, because all of the action happens in the last 25 pages.

I remember freaking out so much when Julie Murphy announced this on Instagram. Because, hold on just a second, it's about a queer AND fat female superhero?! And the cover depicts her flying?!?!?!Safe to say, I was already hooked. I can't wait to read this!Find me elsewhere: Blog | Instagram | Twitter

An e-arc of the book was sent in exchange for an honest review that was originally posted on TheFandomJulie Murphy has us flying through wild plot lines in FAITH: TAKING FLIGHT.It wasn’t until I got towards the end Faith: Taking Flight by Julie Murphy that Google told me the story originated in the 90s. I was shocked and almost a bit relieved to find out that the main character, Faith Herbert, is a character from a comic series. This novel is the origin story in a prose format that follows the s...

Faith is a steal of a book. Why? You really get 2, maybe 3 stories rolled up into 1. Or at least that's how it feels. First, we start out with the story of Faith the superhero and her origin story. One day she is just a normal, self-proclaimed nerdy fat girl in a chatroom who meets a guy. She takes a leap of "faith" and meets this gamer guy at the mall. (view spoiler)[She is whisked away to a secret location and her powers she never knew she had are activated. Eventually she has to save the day

Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || PinterestDNF @ p. 57 This one just isn't grabbing me and I think it's for a number of reasons. First, the writing seems really young-- and not in an authentic young adult way, but in an artificially breathless, iCarly sort of way. Second, the aggressive way that fandom is shoved down the throat of the reader. I am a fangirl and even I thought it was too much. I knew there was going to be trouble when she describes Oscar Isaac as a "literal cinnam

Originally published on The Nerd Daily | Review by Mimi KoehlerListen. I’m not the biggest fan of superhero origin stories. I know, I know, they’re so much fun as there’s tragedy and hardship to be overcome and we all root for that one character who suddenly gets superpowers. Still, I’ve always had a hard time getting with the program. And maybe that was because I was just going with the flow of the same old story being recycled over and over again. But then, Faith happened to show up at my door...

4.5/5This was such a fun contemporary! I love superheroes and after reading The Extraordinaries I need all the superhero books!Faith Herbert was an ordinary girl, until she accidentally stumbles into a nefarious plot to awaken teens into people with superhuman abilities. After escaping from this "summer camp" from hell, Faith is determined to go back to her normal life. But now she can fly and she finds out her favorite teen drama is coming to her tiny town of Minnesota. Faith thinks all her dre...

3 stars "The broken always have ways of finding each other."And maybe that's how we heal, by finding one another. There was a lot going on in Faith by Julie Murphy, and most of it I really enjoyed. This was a fast paced, action packed, and a wee bit suspenseful story about a plus-sized superhero and I was so here for it. Faith Herbert is like any other teenager. At least that's what she thought. Then she realized she had superpowers. And her celebrity crush from her favorite show may

With Faith: Taking Flight, Valiant Comics gets in on the YA prose novel craze. Faith is one of Valiant's best characters. She's an earnest, overweight fangirl who one day actually gains superpowers, now having the power of flight. Her bubbly, enthusiastic personality is infectious and if you at all like this, I encourage you to seek out some of the Faith comics by Jody Houser.This takes place shortly after she gains her powers in the pages of Harbinger. She has returned home to see her grandmoth...

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No one was more excited for this book than I.I read the author interview. So the author described Faith as fat, a mega fangirl, and optimistic (here i am with my manic depression), and who could forget bubbly. And she’s queer. It sounded like Faith had no personality. But then I was like “how could you write a 338 page book about a character with no personality” Then I read some reviews. I put this thing on hold and waited 3 weeks to get it. When I got it, I saw on the back cover it said “you go...

I like the premise of this book because I think having a plus size flying superhero is awesome but there was just too many things happening in this book. I think if the focus was more about Faith learning about her powers and navigating her family and friend relationships then that could have been enough. Instead we get some of that coupled with a mystery about a new designer drug going around, missing animals in the neighbourhood, sexual identity discovery, high school graduation issues etc. It...

Why you should read this book🌟Fat Superhero MC🌟MC has crushes on both genders , doesn't label herself (that's an important thing we don't see enough.)🌟Small town trope🌟WlW relationship🌟Faith is a dog AND cat person🌟Nerd rep🌟Accurate high school rep (you'll see it when you read it)Faith was a little intense than I thought it would be , but sets an amazing base for more books to come.I received this book thru Edelweiss and Balzer & Bray , this has not affected my opinions. Review to come.

[3.5/5 stars]Faith is a plus sized superhero who is questioning her sexuality AND. I. AM. HERE. FOR. IT. I thought the story was cute, and the characters were fun. I think it could have been just a smidge more fleshed out (her friends were so hard on her 😂). But overall it was a fun read, and I’ll definitely read the sequel because I want to know what happens!Thanks to Harper Collins and Edelweiss for a copy of Faith: Taking Flight for review! This one won’t be out until July 7, 2020!

I'm really sad I didn't like it.I'm kind of seeing a pattern in Murphy's books: mc has secrets, doesn't share them with closest friends, said friends who are supposedly best friends randomly decide they can't be bothered and just start ignoring the mc, unnecessary drama. I really really don't like this trope.The book started promising but then got lost at some point and then became really random and rushed and then it was over.

This story just didn't work out for me. It was dragging through the entire length of the book and seriously speaking, only started taking things a little seriously at 70% of the book. The entire time before that, I was reading; not out of interest but out of the need to complete it somehow. I'm so upset with the beginning part; it just felt boring. The remaining 30% was still better, though.