Batgirl: Possession by Jade Adia

e-Audio, 08:26:06
Narrated by: Khaya Fraites
Release Date: November 5, 2024
Published by: Books on Tape (Random House Books for Young Readers)
Read from: October 25-26, 2024
Stand-alone
Source: PRH Audio App (I recieved an e-ALC from the publisher and their audio app. This did nothing to influence my review.) 
Content Warning: Possession, Fighting, Violence
For Readers Interested In: Science  Fiction, Superheroes, Romance, YA, Supernatural

      Batgirl™ is on the case when strange attacks start happening at Gotham Academy. The long shadows of Gotham City stretch deeper than she imagined when evidence points to black magic and something more sinister still in this original suspense novel!Thanks to a scholarship to the prestigious Gotham Academy, Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl, gets to experience how some of the city’s wealthiest teens live with fast cars, expensive clothes, and more. But when these advantages and luxuries are not enough, Barbara discovers that the some of them have turned to dabbling in black magic to get their kicks . . . setting off a series of strange events and deaths. Batgirl quickly steps in to investigate, but finding the killer proves to be more difficult than usual. The prime suspect’s brother is an irresistible distraction from the case at the same her growing relationship with Robin, the Boy Wonder, is hitting an all-time low. If all that wasn’t troubling enough, the hard facts aren’t to be lining up. Batgirl isn’t one to believe in black magic, but there seem to be forces in Gotham City’s shadows growing hungrier and stronger, and if she doesn’t find a way to shed some light on the case soon, the creeping darkness just might take possession of her . . . forever!Batgirl and supernatural thriller fans will love the mystery and horror lurking in this action-packed original novel!

*MY THOUGHTS*

I LOVE Jade Adia so I’m going to read any and every book she has. So imagine my surprise when I found out this was a thing and it came out this year? How had I not heard of this? So naturally I had to read it because if I hadn’t heard of it and I’m a librarian, I know there’s not many others who did. So, I read it as soon as I could.

So if you didn’t know, I’m a DC fanatic. I know that most people feel this way about Marvel, but I’m a Wonder Woman girly. Always have been and always will. This book isn’t a Wonder Woman book, but it IS about the next DC woman who has my heart, Barbara Gordon! (If you didn’t know, when she grows up, she’s a librarian lol) In this one she’s a young adult and she’s already working with Bat-Man and Boy Wonder. She was tired of being on the backburner to them because of two things: She’s a woman and She’s Black. (And y’all say reading isn’t political………. Haven’t we just discussed this?!) So imagine how she felt when someone came to Gotham asking specifically for her.

I’m not usually a fan of fighting books, but this one had my head swiveling like I was watching a tennis match. This was so crazy. And you would think in a superhero novel this was a book about fighting and of course the good vs evil. And this one definitely had that. BUT there was also a demon? lol I’m telling you it was crazy. And just like I thought it was weird, so did she. She basically denied that something was happening until she couldn’t anymore. But she was determined to take care of this case on her own so that they knew she could handle it.

Since this is a superhero book AND a book with a demon, things never stop happening lol It was like every page! And her bestie is nosey and messy af so things were constantly happening there too. It was pretty much non-stop. I thought this was going to be a low action origin story, but she was already kind of established, so things were already happening and it was so much fun.

I do wish there was more with the demon tho. It came up mostly during the end because Barbara didn’t actually believe in them. So when things were happening and she finally did bring it in, it was already the ending. Like there were little happenings but as the reader you don’t exactly know why this is happening, you just know that something is because of the title. It seemed like it was forgotten about and then all just came back in the end. I think I would have preferred if it was more spread out a bit.

In short, this book has all you need. Batman, Gotham City, Boy Wonder, fighting and possessions? lol It was a wild time and I hope y’all pick it up to take this ride yourselves. I promise you’ll like it. Jade Adia is a BOSS.

Overall, I give this