Sidekick Audiobook By Jaime Castle, C.J. Valin cover art

Sidekick

Raptors, Book 1

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Sidekick

By: Jaime Castle, C.J. Valin
Narrated by: Jackie Meloche
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Winner of the 2021 Best Indie Book Award for Young Adult Fiction.

My name is Sawyer William Vincent - I know, it sounds like three first names - but most people know me as the Red Raptor.

Well, technically no one knows I'm the Red Raptor, he's just a bit more popular.

Wow. Enough about my name. Let me start over. I’m a superhero - the legendary Black Harrier’s partner. Not sidekick. I don't care if I'm still in high school. We work together to bring down the city's most dangerous villains.

When the Black Harrier gets a mysterious note, then goes missing in New York City, things are pretty much left up to me. But don’t worry...I’ve got this. Piece of cake.

If you like Tim Drake as Robin or ever wondered what Peter Parker would be like if he lived in Gotham, Rap-tors is right up your alley.

From number one Audible best seller Jaime Castle and CJ Valin comes a new superhero universe perfect for fans of both DC and Marvel.

Actually, it’s for fans of anything superhero-related. You’re gonna like it. Promise.

©2021 Aethon Books (P)2021 Audible, Inc. Superhero Action & Adventure Fantasy Adventure Science Fiction

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Engaging Superhero Story • Well-developed Characters • Clever Worldbuilding • Unexpected Plot Twists • Perfect Pacing

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Nice take on a superhero in his young phase. Quite entertaining and evenly paced to keep you interested the entire book.

Excellent story

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So much more enjoyable than I thought it would be. Great, fun story and I also enjoyed the parallels to DC.

Satisfied 😌

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I didn't expect to finish this as quickly as I did. Kind of addictive. It was hard to stop listening.

Just good fun

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Sawyer has spent the last 3 years working as Black Harrier's partner. Not sidekick, never sidekick. They are partners. Or, at least, he thought they were. But when Black Harrier suddenly disappears, Sawyer begins to realize that he didn't know much about Black Harrier at all. Will Sawyer be able to find him before something bad happens?

This was a superhero book that seemed darker than a typical superhero book. Our protagonist struggles at school, not because he's not smart, but because he spends his evenings and nights patrolling the city streets. Then his troubles are compounded when his mom finds his computer and tablet and accuses him of selling drugs in order to buy these things. Unable to offer an alternative explanation, his mom ends up grounding him, which puts a real crimp in his nighttime activities just when the Harrier has disappeared.

I really liked the way that Sawyer's relationship with his mother changes over the course of the book. While they do not have a great relationship, it is clear that they love each other and at the beginning of the book, they have fallen into dysfunctional patterns. Though their relationship is not perfect at the end, it is heading in the right direction, and I appreciated that.

The action sequences in the book were also really good. Between the action sequences and the self-talk that Sawyer engages in, there is hardly any downtime. While there were definitely times that Sawyer's self-talk got a bit too whiny and self-pitying. Overall, though, the self-talk allowed for some great insight.

I definitely did not see the twist coming at the end, but it did fit with the overall plot.

The narrator, Jack Meloche, did a good job too, and I will definitely be putting the sequel on my TBR list.

A great superhero story

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The first book in the series reminds me of the tv series Batman Beyond but with a in-depth character dive.

Homage to DC Comics.

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