Playing for keeps

I'd heard Mur Lafferty's name in association with good things like the Escape Pod podcast, so when I saw her name on one of the books included in the Bundle Of Holding, I was excited to get to it. And I wasn't disappointed!

While the premise of the novel is a humorous one, mutants with second rate powers gathering together to save the world, Playing for Keeps isn't played for laughs. As most of the superhero novels I've read are nearly exclusively comedy, this is refreshing. It's a rocking good story, with original and well written characters, that I cared about by the second chapter. Once I got into this book, I just couldn't put it down! I'd love a sequel in the same world, featuring some of the same people.