Review: Superheroes Wear Faded Denim by Law Reigns (2/5 Stars)
Release Date: May 17, 2012
Publisher: F3WSINC
Age Group: Adult
Pages: 333
Format: ebook
Source: Author
ASIN: B0084UMR2W
Rating: 
“Blissany Cherry is tired of sleeping around. Her neurologists’ sleep solutions have failed her. Now that her bizarre sleeping habits have begun to include week long dreams she has resorted to her own methods for a cure.
METHOD ONE: CONTROL DREAMS. All attempts to morph dreams about a gorgeous warrior into romantic fantasies are thwarted. He keeps on insisting she is destined to marry a great king and lead their armies into war. At the end of every dream he asks her: will you fight the war and save mankind?
She laughs in his face.
METHOD TWO: RESIST! Blissany has plans for her life. None include fighting an intergalactic war. When her dreams begin spilling over into reality, she is forced to make a decision that will forever redefine her life. Standing between destiny and desire, she is left with only one option.
METHOD THREE: SURVIVE.”
-Amazon
I’m very conflicted after reading Superheroes Wear Faded Denim by Law Reigns. Though it grabbed my attention, it wasn’t in my usual way. I gave the novel two out of five stars because the story was original, but I wavered between a one and a two because the writing was too archaic and lacked editing, while the characters, mainly the protagonist, Blissany Cherry, were so weak and annoying, that I almost put the book down out of frustration.
This book dripped with the sexual tension Blissany carried with her while on her adventures. Unnecessary metaphors including sexual innuendo appeared here and there, while religion also made a very frequent visit to the storyline.
Blissany was very weak. She was naive and stubborn to the point of stupidity. Seriously, if everyone is telling you the same thing, why are you still not believing them? Sure, the storyline picks up after a while, but Blissany’s character still drove me insane.
I’m sorry guys, I really wish I could have enjoyed this one more, I really do. The story has so much potential and while others may enjoy this ten times more than me, I couldn’t get into the writing. An example of something that really had me on edge is the word “upon”. Reigns loved that word in her novel. Here are two examples: when a character placed something on a table, it wasn’t “on a table”, it was upon a table. When it rained, it wasn’t “Rain fell on leaves”, it was “Rain fell upon leaves”. “Upon” is archaic and stilts the rhythm of the prose. It drove me nuts.
I would recommend Superheroes Wear Faded Denim to readers who want a slightly sexy read about angels and magical beings. If you like quirky stories with potential, then I would suggest this.
I wouldn’t suggest it, however, to those who are like me and can’t get past the flaws and archaic writing in a novel.
I give Law Reigns’s Superheroes Wear Faded Denim:
Happy reading!
