Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Overall Rating: Supervillain lovin’ with good hair (GREAT HAIR)
Plot Summary: Nimona is a girl who gets what she wants. And what she wants is to be the new and totally awesome sidekick to Ballister Blackheart, the biggest name in supervillainy with a dark past and a chip on his shoulder (that is attached to a metal arm).
While Nimona is willing to do anything to make their (not-so) evil plans succeed, Ballister tries to teach Nimona his rules of villainry: don’t kill the bystanders, make sure to have as much facetime with our (hunky) hero Sir Goldenloin, and try to do good in the world (a confusing concept to Nimona).
Throughout this book, Nimona and Ballister work to overthrow the Institution and show all the corruption that they try to hide behind their shiny-haired (hunky) hero and smiles.
Some First Lines: Sir Goldenloin: “Halt, you villains! UNHAND THAT SCIENCE.”
Ballister: “Goldenloin! Should’ve known you’d show up!”
Nimona: “What are you still surprised after all this time?”
Review: Nimona has had her praises sung by LITERALLY ALL OF MY BOOK BUDDIES. So, I thought
This was such an enjoyable read! It was the perfect read to get through in a single reading session. Everyone in this book (except the head of the Institution - she’s not cool) is fantastic. Our three main leads have a drawn-out back-story and I loved getting to know how our fave Ballister began his descent into the dark side.
While this was a great story, there are some details in the book that make it FANTASTIC. First of which is the HAIR. Nimona, Ballister, and Goldenloin had THE BEST HAIR. Seriously, scroll and look at the hair on that cover #GOALS #squad
The second thing that made it great? LGBTQ+ inclusion! I won’t tell you who, but there is a romance that EVERYONE will love!
Read it. Read it. Read it NOW.
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