As soon as I saw The Supervillain and Me on NetGalley, I knew I had to read it. I’m a die hard superhero fan and a die hard YA fan, so the combination of the two was practically screaming my name. I started reading it the minute I was approved…and finished it two hours later. I can already tell you that Danielle Banas is going to become one of my insta buy authors–her writing style has to be one of my favorite that I’ve read in a while, and I can’t wait to see what she comes out with next.

This story is so freaking funny and cute!!!! Banas does a fantastic job of pulling the reader in with her fun and easy to follow writing style, and I found myself laughing out loud on several occasions. Overall, I thought the story was perfectly paced with no dull moments, and I just couldn’t put it down. The one complaint I have is that, although I enjoyed the story, it was somewhat cheesy and cliche. The cheesiness didn’t bother me at all because that’s to be expected with anything involving superheroes, but I was able to figure out one of the big reveals of the story very early on. Even though I found the plot to be a bit predictable during certain parts, it didn’t do too much to diminish my enjoyment of the story. I also wish we got a little bit more background on Morriston and why it’s so crime ridden when other cities don’t seem to have that big of a crime problem. Overall, I thought the story was super fun and action packed, and I really enjoyed it.

The characters were probably my favorite part of The Supervillain and Me, and I could tell that Banas had spent a lot of time creating each and every one of them. Abby was a wonderful main character, and an absolute theatre nerd. She had so many wonderful lines that had me in stitches, and her romance with the Iron Phantom was absolutely swoon worthy. The Iron Phantom himself was a fun character as well, and I enjoyed getting to know both of his personas. Each of Abby and the Iron Phantom’s interactions in Abby’s bedroom were some of my favorite scenes of the entire book. The other supers we get to meet in the book, Red Comet, Abby’s older brother, and Fish Boy, were both really fun as well. I loved getting to know each of their back stories and see both of them in action. Sarah, Abby’s best friend, might’ve stolen the show for me because she reminds me so much of some of my friends who have One Direction shrines as opposed to Red Comet shrines. I love the description of her car as well as her reaction when she discovers Red Comet’s true identity. As one of my teachers one said, a good plot is only possible through good characters, and the plot of The Supervillain and Me is truly driven by the wonderful character development done by Banas.

In conclusion, I give The Supervillain and Me four out of five stars for being a funny, cute, entertaining story that’s perfect for the summer time. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys super heroes and cute teen romance stories.

This isn't really a superhero book. There is a superhero character but the story focuses on the romantic relationship between an allege supervillain and a regular girl whose brother is a superhero. I would have liked this far better if there was more action and thrills. With a name like "The Supervillain and Me" there should be some fun supervillain action like in Megamind. And with the superheroes set in a high school along with regular kids, I expected something more like Sky High. Kudos to the author for bringing in originality, but it needs a shot of excitement.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for a free arc of this book in exchange for a review.

Despite what the title suggests this story isn’t so much about superheroes and villains as it is about our MC in school trying to live a normal life despite superheroes and villains. It’s really more of a rom-com story that has superheroes in it. The book is a bit cheesy but overall a cute enough romance and if that’s your thing you’ll definitely like this book. If by chance you’re here for the superhero aspect and that one thing only, I’d give it a miss.

Abby is a normal high schooler with a not so normal older brother, Connor, also known as the superhero Red Comet. When the crime riddled city of Morriston has another super show up its to the assumption that they’ll be a hero as well but incidents start happening and they’re all being blamed on the newly named super,, Iron Phantom. The more Abby gets to know him though she starts to wonder, is he the menace the world is making him out to be or is he being blamed for crimes not of his own making? He makes a convincing argument and the more he drags her into helping him the more Abby starts wondering, just who are the good guys and who are the bad guys?

The Supervillain and Me is a fun addition to the ever popular superhero genre. This story is told from the point of view of a regular teenager who ends up entangled with both superheroes and villains. It is up to Abby to determine who is right and who is wrong when her city is in danger. Light-hearted but with realistic teen angst, this is a great book for teens who love adventure with a hint of romance.

Cute story but not exactly what I was hoping for. The concept was a good one but left me wanting more from it. I just thought there would be more "super hero" stuff.

This book was a lot of fun. I normally like to veer away from most anything having to do with comic book people. However, this one was more character driven with an awesome focus between Abigail and Iron Phantom. There was still super hero stuff and action as well!

So much fun! I'm always tough on superhero books, they tend to be unrealistic, but this one is fabulous. Believable characters, well thought out powers with no annoying over explaining.

Fun YA read, very different than anything I've read for awhile. Should be an easy hand sell. Just enough teen angst to be legit YA with fantasy undertones because of the Superheroes.

Overall this book was a little cheesy but still cute. I liked the central plot idea and how the story unfolded. The only issue was it was a little too over the top with the YA tropes, however it does work for this book. I DID like the fact that Abby was average and not super hot, in fact she had bad acne. I feel like it made her more relatable. Overall this book was a fun read and an interesting take on something different. 4/5 Stars. 

****I received an e-copy of this title from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review****

Banas, Danielle. The Supervillain and Me. MacMillan Children's Publishing Group, 2018.

Abby's brother is a superhero, so he is always out of the house saving the world. Her father is the mayor and is busy trying to run the city. So when a new super arrives in town and everyone says he's a supervillain, Abby has got to figure out what is going on with him. The Iron Phantom claims that the mayor is plotting something for the town, and Abby helps him solve this mystery while also trying to discover his true identity.

I have read more than a few superhero stories, and I love that they are full of action and exciting, intense plots and battles and are real page turners. If that's what you like, too, this book is not for you. If, however, you enjoy rom-coms and books that focus on relationships instead of a plot, then you will definitely enjoy this story.

This is not really a superhero story. It's a love story set in high school - complete with plenty of high school drama - that happens to also involve superheroes, just like it happens to include a bisexual character who is on stage for about five minutes before disappearing once again. If you think of this book as a contemporary romance, it's an acceptable, although not stand-out, story. For a superhero story, though, it fell short: there is a serious lack of world-building and shortage of action sequences or plots. Even the supposed plot twist is easily discoverable early on. Rather than being a page-turner, this story plodded.

If you are looking for a superhero story, look elsewhere. If you are looking for a contemporary romance, there are still better options elsewhere.

Recommended for: teens
Red Flags: language, some violence
Overall Rating: 2/5 stars

Read Instead: Renegades by Marissa Meyer; Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

I received a complimentary copy of this book through Netgalley for the purposes of review.

The Supervillain and Me was super cute. The romance was swoony and drawn out just enough to make me keep guessing. The story discusses loss, and how people deal with loss, and how even "ordinary" people can be heroes. I would love more stories set in this world of superheroes! Recommended for anyone who likes a mystery, cute romance, or if you enjoyed reading the Renegades, you'll probably like this book.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for a free arc of this book in exchange for a review. This does not affect my opinion.

Was hoping for more superhero action. Cute story but I felt it missed what could have been a great supervillian/Hero YA romance. I love the banter between the characters just the story feel a little flat for.

The Supervillain and Me was a fun, cute read.

This book takes place in Morriston. Crime has been on the rise, but luckily there are superheros in the world. Morriston has two, but they can't save everyone. A third superhero shows up, but he sets fire to the county building and it's decided that he's actually a supervillain.

Abby lives with her father, the mayor, and her brother, Connor, who is secretly a superhero. Connor is Red Comet. Red Comet is the most popular superhero in the area. He can fly and saved a lot of people. However, he couldn't save their mother when she was killed during a bank heist. Connor has a lot of guilt over this still and he tries his best to save everyone.

Fish Boy is the other hero. He's a bit slow and doesn't save people as often.

There are two boys in Abby's life. Rylan is the quiet boy that has been around for years. Abby starts talking to him more because he's part of the new school musical. The other boy is Isaac. He's the lead in the musical and new at school. Both boys are kind of mysterious in their own way.

The new "supervillain" is named Iron Phantom. He saves Abby's life one night and starts showing up in her room at night to talk. She is one of the only people who believes that he's good and is being set up. Abby starts to fall for him, but he won't tell her who he is. He just gives her little clues. She's positive he's Isaac, but he won't admit anything. They start working together after Iron Phantom finds these microchips in the mayor's office. They get into a lot of dangerous situations, but Abby wants to help him figure out what is going on and who set him up.

This book had a cute romance, lots of moments that made me laugh, and some superhero adventure. I really enjoyed it and gave it 4 stars.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me a copy for review.

What a fun book! It took me a bit to jump into the universe where supers are real and crime is commonplace. But, once I did, this was a story with great characters, growth in the main characters and great backstories. I will highly recommend this book to YA/teen readers when it comes out. I love the cover, too. Hope that’s the real one. Thank you!

Abby Hamilton's brother is Red Comet, the superhero in charge of saving the city. And her father is the mayor of the crime-ridden city. All's going well, until a new super shows up—and rescues Abby right before he burns down city hall. But the Iron Phantom tells Abby he's not a bad guy, he's actually a good guy. And he's hot...

This is a DNF at 68%. Maybe it gets better, maybe it doesn't. I already got past one big twist in the storyline, but I still stand by my initial assessment that this is Twilight in superhero form. Maybe this changes. Maybe it doesn't. So far, signs point towards Twilight.

1. Abby Hamilton is super, super, super clumsy.
2. Abby Hamilton has no mother (Bella's mom is basically an absentee parent anyways), and her dad is loving but kinda negligent and also moderately important as the major of the town (but of coooooooourse this does not make Abby popular!). Bonus: in this world her Jasper is Connor, the superhero.
3. She's not hot. I mean, she's blonde and skinny, but she has acne on her forehead that ruins her features and forces her to cover it up with makeup. She's a total dog.
4. At 23% I started counting tropes.
a. We had the "Edward Cullen catches Bella from near-fatal fall out of nowhere"
b. the love triangle with an interesting twist, the describing herself in a mirror
c. the chin-grabbing
d. the alpha-male possessiveness
e. the breaking and entering
f. the watching her sleeping (watching. her. sleeping)
g. the alpha male stalking and physically and emotionally isolating his prey—and asking her to trust him without giving her any other reason beyond his hotness (and she does trust him and go along with him...because duh, he's a hottie)
h. case in point: disappearing female best friend as love interests highjack her life
i. the tickling. OMGF the tickling scene. the dude literally knows her three days and he tickles her!!!!
j. aaaaaaaaaaaand he's rich
k. he calls her "Abigail," and says her name practically every other sentence. She goes by Abby. No one but this dude calls her Abigail.

To top all this off, I have literally no clue about Abby's motivations. Iron Phantom literally breaks into her room and tells her that he's on a mission to bring down her father because ~shady shit~ and tells her to trust him without actually ever telling her any details, and she goes along with him. She chooses a total stranger over her brother and dad for no other reason than he makes her downstairs tingle.

Aside from the love interests, I haven't mentioned the casual misogyny thrown everywhere, but goodness gracious this is ridiculous. All this isn't even discussing the slipshod plotline of the microchips or anything else.

Again, maybe this changes. Maybe it gets better. But with less than a third left of the story, it's just not holding my interest.

I received this ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

What a cute book about supers and family. I loved the romance that came from it. I loved fish boy and Sarah and even Iron Phantom. I would have liked to learn more about Issac. I enjoyed Conner and his relationship with his sister.

I really liked this book! It was clever and funny. Sweet and sassy! It also had me constantly guessing, when I thought I had it figured out then the next chapter would happen and I'd be back to square one. This book made me smile. You should definitely read it! Out of 5 stars this is definitely a 4 and 1/2.

I love superhero fiction. And it pains me there isn't a lot of it out there outside the usual comicbook/blockbuster mediums. So The Supervillain and Me was on my radar for a while. And I was excited, so my so that I read Banas original version on Wattpad. That version had a lot of issue that I'd thought would be fixed when it was eventually published...and they weren't.

The biggest issue with this novel is that it's boring. Which is interesting because Banas made significant edits to make it less boring. But it's not boring in the "there's no action in this superhero story" way but "these characters and interactions are so boring" way. Abby, Iron Phantom, Red Comet, they're all boring people. They don't do anything interesting. Even when Red Comet is saving everyone, there this bland sort of writing accompanying it that just drags the whole mood down. Abby's internal monologue is so monotone and her interactions with read emotionless. Things happen and Abby responds, but her responses never feel like they have emotion behind them. Instead they read like an instruction book. The characters and their interactions never felt real to me, so I was just left with words on a page. And I think this is because Banas put to much empahsi on the romance between Iron Phantom and Abby. She was so focused on that relationship, she didn't make Abby or any other characters that well defined. It was all about the ROMANCE in big capital letters while everything else was secondary. And maybe I'd be more forgiving if Abby and Iron Phantom had an interesting connection, but their romance was just generic and bland. There was no chemistry or spice between them, so I was left with something that was just bland.

I wanted to like this story, but it was all telling and not nearly enough showing.

POW! BAM! WOW! The Supervillain and me is a great book for anyone who has ever wished to fall in love with a superhero!! Abby Hamilton is definitely not your ordinary teenage high school student. Her dad's the mayor, brother's a famous superhero, and she's falling for a notorious supervillain. You have to read this book to find out what happens to Abby and the citizens of Morriston’.