ARC from Netgalley.
3.5 Stars.
This Volume starts off with 2 short tales.
1) Batgirl investigates a energy spirit infesting the YMCA pool. Turns into a missing persons case from a stolen scientific idea, given the supernatural twist when the spirit is brought back to life.
2) Helping a little girl Esme to find a dog, Batgirl crosses paths with Catwoman who is looking for her cat. Both were stolen by Velvet Tiger (looks like a bad 70's villain) and Bat and Cat save the day.

"Summer of Lies" is the main story, but feels sort of like a story crafted to help modernize the relationship between Barbara and Dick Grayson. Bouncing back and forth between current day and the past, it only becomes completely coherent by the end of the tale.

Past: Batgirl and Robin are working together to save Barbara's friend Ainsley from drug addiction, as well as working for the Mad Hatter on a project involving nanobots. They begin their on again / off again romance here.

Present: A villain known as the Red Queen is hunting Batgirl and Nightwing. She blames them for something they did in the past, leading them to believe it revolves around Ainsley. It turns out that the drug addiction caused Ainsley to die years ago, homeless in the streets. Her younger sister. Edith, began taking the drugs with the Hatter, finished the nanobot research Ainsley started, and became The Red Queen.

Obviously, they work together and fight her, making it very predictable, but I did enjoy it overall. Still not 100% sure about Batgirl, but I do like that they are making strides to remove the young adult attitude from her. Recommend.

This volume started off well with Batgirl and Catwoman teaming up for a rescue of some famous pets that had been kidnapped. Then the Summer of Lies story arc begins and the storyline loops into past relationships, memories and bad artwork to the detriment of the story.

That was cool. It was a hero story as well as a personal/character based story.

The character story was a sort of origin story for the Barbara/Dick, Batgirl/Nightwing (well, at that point Robin) relationship. It was interesting (oh, and someone remembered that at some point Barbara was paralyzed).

As for the hero story, it was a hacker as the bad guy, and we get to see Batgirl and Nightwing go up against the bad guys in the past and the present.

A definite fun TPB and I like what Larson, etc. are doing with it.

I received this book via Netgalley thanks to DC Entertainment.

This was a delightful addition to the Batgirl universe, involving Robin and a villain from the past. There's a little standalone story about a young girl trying to solve a mystery surrounding famous Instagram pets, which feels *slightly* out of place but is cute enough to be easily forgiven. Hope Larson's Batgirl is smart and fun, just like you'd hope.

I received access to this title via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Batgirl's story continues in this volume. There are so many twists and turns in this book! You have to get this if you are a fan of Barbara Gordon.