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Saving Supervillains 5 (eBook)
| Saving Supervillains 5 | |
|---|---|
 Saving Supervillains 5 eBook Cover, written by Bruce Sentar | |
| Author(s) | Bruce Sentar |
| Series | Saving Supervillains |
| Publisher | Amazon Digital Services |
| Publication date | May 8, 2023 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 391 Pages |
| ASIN | B0C4NC631K |
| Preceded by | Saving Supervillains 4 |
For other uses of the word Succubus, see Succubus (disambiguation).
Saving Supervillains 5 is an eBook written by Bruce Sentar. It is the fifth work in the Saving Supervillains series by this author. In this work the character Stella can be described as a kind of Succubus and has the physical appearance of being one.
Overview
- Title: Saving Supervillains 5
- Author: Bruce Sentar
- Published By: Amazon Digital Services
- Length: 391 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B0C4NC631K
- Publishing Date: May 8, 2023
Other Works in this Series on SuccuWiki
Plot Summary
Miles’ life has changed irrevocably, with his secret out. He is the center of a wave from the media that he had not anticipated. Both good and bad, Miles must now navigate the political structure of Point City. Before Miles can be too content with his situation, he needs to remove the Brotherhood and the remnant of Roach’s organization. However, before he can mount an offense against Roach’s people, they make the first move. They don’t just come for him, but the entire Bureau of Superheroes. In the wake of the disaster Miles must repair more than just his reputation.
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on July 12, 2024
If there is one overriding evil in Mile’s universe, it’s the evil of politics. When someone shakes your hand, one should check you still have your fingers. One danger may be gone, but there’s always the darkness they left behind and what that might be able to do. But there are some things more important, and Miles has finally come to realize who they are.
The final work in the series is something of a race to the finish line for Miles and the women around him. The constant stream of attacks, threats and challenges bring them all to some critical points in their character develop and it’s that resolution that was the most interesting part of this work. Of course there are battles and other conflicts along to way to add the action, but some of the quieter and more thoughtful moments were the points which, for me, made the most impact.
There is a scattering of erotica along the way, much of which wasn’t played out or explored more than in passing. It’s sort of the theme of the work, Miles is seen as being the centre of attention for so many, but the intimacy seemed to be missing at times. When that happens, that’s when the story interested me the most. Fights and battles bring the tension, but without meaning, there’s something lacking.
Stella, the mostly succubus of the story, did have quite a lot of presence in this work, and she becomes something of a leader in her own right. She’s not perfect, she can be so very silly and fun, but that makes her interesting and gives her purpose. It’s that discovery of what matters most to her that completed her as a character and her arc and that just was adorable.
The series ending both ties things up and leaves something to be desired. Stella’s arc comes to a close that works well with who she is and what she wanted from the beginning. Still, this wasn’t a story, or series, about succubi, it was all about the harem aspect and turning that into a comic book adventure with all of that logic.
Three out of five pitchforks.
The singular issue that left me as a whole less and less interested was the never ending stream of characters that came and went throughout. That’s part and parcel of a series like this, there’s really no getting past that. But the number of characters in the harem, the evil that Miles kept encountering, the shifting allies, it all just made for a story which got trapped in the details and didn’t give the character development I really wanted. Perhaps that’s a matter of my likes and dislikes of course, but having a character calling themselves succubus brings an expectation and this series could have explored Stella’s character arc more than it was and that would have interested me far more.