Sensation

Excellent Superhero Story

Hardmans portrayal of a world where superheroes are common and Teen superheroes all try to make a superhero team is great idea.
The usual fight against evil is present and he typical angst of hiding your secret identity against the world is not unusual, however multiple superhero powers are not infrequent and this raises a lot of hardmans story above the usual.
The hero in this case Kid Sensation (Jim) is without a father but has great help and training from his Grandfather and Mother both holders of superhero powers and an super friend.
Things go aginst our Jim when he falls out with the premier Superhero team during trials for acceptance and his life takes a strange twist.
The story follows typical lines but Jim's story is told quite well if a bit obvious in some places, ideal for the young adult market but will be accepted by a lot of adults in part due to Hardmans skills and the usual excellent narration by Narramore.
Overall i would quite happily follow more of Kid Sensations adventures.
This audio was gifted to me and i choose to leave an honest review and as such is based on my own opinion.

"This is Kid Sensation."

Any additional comments?

Meet John Indigo Morrison Carro, more usually known as Jim, a sixteen years old, normal teenager, well, almost normal. He does have a few abilities not usually found in the everyday teenager - like telekinesis, shape shifting, teleportation and being able to fly - plus a few other handy little attributes. But he is lonely, without a father, rejected by the League and there is a group of six Masters out to get him.

This is a nicely written, lightweight, fun story filled with colourful characters and unsubtle humour (like the name of the psychic, Claire Voyant), a brightly pictorial two dimensional tale of super hero struggles, from trying out for the football teams to saving the world. Written in the first person from Jim's perspective, It is a comic book of the written word.
Narrator, Mikael Naramore, is, as usual, superb breathing life into the characters as he gives distinctive voice to every one besides taking on the persona of Jim, Kid Sensation, himself. His reading is perfectly modulated throughout - with a touch of whiney teenage angst thrown in occasionally.

My thanks to the author for gifting me a copy of his book, Sensation. It was a fun romp, perfect for young adults but also pretty good for those of us that time has moved along.

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What was one of the most memorable moments of Sensation?

Jim pretty much sacrificed his life to save everyone around him, luckily his superpowers saved him but he too the risk without know this!

Which scene did you most enjoy?

I liked when Jim's dad was finally revealed, though I suspected from a while earlier it was good to have my suspicions proved right.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I definitely didn't want to stop listening to this, unfortunately life got in the way and I had to take 2 sittings to finish the book.

Any additional comments?

This is a world where super powers are not quite as uncommon as our world, it is a cool mix of YA and superman.
Jim is a normal teenaged boy with all the usual teen issues to deal with, along with something extra, he seems to have more superpowers than all the other heroes put together and this doesn't make his life any easier.