Change of Life (Menopausal Superheroes Book 2)
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This second book in the Menopausal Superheroes series picks up just a few weeks after the events of books 1:
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Back of book blurb:
With great power comes…great frustration!
After seeing a bigger transformation during their “change of life” than they ever expected, Patricia, Jessica, and Linda/Leonel are adjusting (sorta) to life as superheroes. Retired executive Patricia O’Neill is hard at work looking for the woman responsible for their newfound circumstances, while Jessica and Linda/Leonel are training with a covert agency called The Department.
Patricia wants to track down the mad scientist, while Jessica and Leonel want to use their newfound powers for the greater good. Are they being used, like Patricia thinks? Or is she just frustrated because her search is stalled?
Then Patricia disappears, and all the clues point to a dead man. Now it’s up to the Menopausal Superheroes and their colleagues at The Department to find their friend and bring her home.
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Praise for this book
I’m so excited to return to the community of characters that Samantha created from her first book, Going through the Change. In the second book, we get to connect with several memorable characters including Linda/Leonel (a woman who was changed into a super strong man) and Jessica (a woman recovering from divorce and depression who can fly), and Patricia (a high powered professional woman whose skin can make spikes and armor) and find out how they are coping with a missing Cindy Liu (the scientist responsible for creating their changes) and their new lives. Samantha touches on issues that so many women struggle with including learning how to be self-focused (even when others accuse you of being selfish), confident, interdependent and work-life balance issues. We also are treated to new characters including Sally Ann (top agent for The Department, an organization that deals with supernatural occurrences and is training Linda and Jessica) and Mary (the daughter of Helen, one of the villains from the first novel) offer unique perspectives on the unfolding story.
Again, in this novel Samantha skillfully pulls off multiple POVs with ease. The characters are presented with believable and complex internal conflicts that keep getting them into trouble. The main plot is developed too, with a focus away from Cindy Liu to a more complicated story involving her father and his nefarious scientific schemes.
I enjoyed the first book because of the newness of the concept-menopausal superheroes, the adventure and the characters. Samantha has deepened the conflict, the characterization and even upped the craft of her prose in this one. The pages fly in this one. It is a winner that you’ll enjoy.