e-Audio, 10:40:56
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Release Date: June 4, 2024
Published by: Books on Tape (Random House)
Read from: June 1-3, 2024
Stand-alone
Source: PRH App (I received a copy of this e-audio from the publisher’s audio app in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning:
For Readers Interested In: Superheroes, Romance, Marvel, YABefore she was the super hero Storm of Marvel’s X-Men, she was Ororo of Cairo—a teenaged thief on the streets of Egypt, until her growing powers catch the eye of a villain who steals people’s souls.
Few can weather the storm.
As a thief on the streets of Cairo, Ororo Munroe is an expert at blending in—keeping her blue eyes low and her white hair beneath a scarf. Stealth is her specialty . . . especially since strange things happen when she loses control.
Lately, Ororo has been losing control more often, setting off sudden rainstorms and mysterious winds . . . and attracting dangerous attention. When she is forced to run from the Shadow King, a villain who steals people’s souls, she has nowhere to turn to but herself. There is something inside her, calling her across Africa, and the hidden truth of her heritage is close enough to taste.
But as Ororo nears the secrets of her past, her powers grow stronger and the Shadow King veers closer and closer. Can she outrun the shadows that chase her? Or can she step into the spotlight and embrace the coming storm?
*MY THOUGHTS*
When I found out that Tiffany D Jackson was writing a book about Storm I’m not going to lie, I geeked! I just knew it was going to be so good. And yep, I was right. This origin story is one that made me wish for more!
Okay, so with this one I had to keep reminding myself that is an origin story. I wanted more fighting and more like action. In this one Storm is mostly joined by T’Challa. They meet, fall for each other, and run from different groups along the way. And while that’s good, I don’t think that was enough for me. I wanted more fighting. And like I get that this was more so about how she came to be (it was an origin story) but I didn’t understand why they couldn’t have run into more weird things lol
The writing was classic TDJ. She was able to suck me into the book and I couldn’t stop listening. And idk how to explain it, but even with her limitations since this is Marvel, I thought she still made it her own. I had a such a fun time reading this and seeing what she did with all the rest of the characters. And each time another Marvel person showed up, I got so excited. It was just an all around good time.
I did feel like the ending was a bit abrupt. We spent the rest of the book on a journey to find her people and we don’t ever find them until the ending. And then when they finally did find them, it was almost the ending. And then things started happening she found out she wasn’t what she thought, and then it was the end. It was so abrupt. If the ending of the book had been a little longer and the beginning had been shorter this would have been a five star read.
This book was so much fun. My little cousin is a huge fan of Marvel so I offered it to her. I can see her loving this as much as I did!
Overall, I give this
