Imagine a world in which superheroes not only exist, but they are part of your every day life. Now imagine that our typical idea of a superhero is flawed. These mean and women are power hungry and greedy. They use their powers to subject the "human" population to their dominion. That's exactly the trip you go on as you read "Steelheart." The world is turned upside down one day as people start exhibiting powers and use those powers to control everyone else and start territory wars. They are seemingly invincible so most of the population is too scared to fight back. Except for the Reckoners. The Reckoners have set out to bring down superheroes and fight back in secret. David wants in to get revenge for his father and to kill Steelheart.
I really enjoyed this book because of its different take on superheroes. We put this idea of a superhero on a pedestal, but Brandon Sanderson knocks that pedestal down and reimagines the stereotype. I can see kids who love dark books falling for this story. The one thing I didn't love was that there was minor language so putting it in the elementary library might be a stretch. Overall, the language wasn't bad though. I definitely want to read the next installments in the series.
That sounds different and fun. I'll put it on my list.
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