We all know who Lois Lane is, but what about her life before meeting the infamous Clark Kent? That is what this series focuses on.
The first book, Fallout, introduced us to Lois (and her thick permanent record that follows her from school to school) and her first few weeks in Metropolis. This is the second book in the series and picks up soon after the first book leaves off. Lois and her friends from the Daily Planet offshoot The Scoop are looking for new investigative stories, not just feature pieces, when one bumps into Lois on the street…literally. Melody—twin sister to Matty, one of Lois’s friends and Scoop colleagues—is in trouble and reluctantly decides to let Lois help find out what’s causing her dizzy spells. At the same time, James—another Scoop colleague—asks for Lois’s help to figure out if his political father was falsely charged with embezzlement, causing him to go to jail. As the two stories unfold, they start to seem like there’s more than coincidental timing linking them together. During all this, Lois is also still messaging with SmallvilleGuy, a secretive teen she met online who’s quickly becoming one of her best friends and potential crush.
This book, in my opinion, did a lot better job keeping the reader hooked into the story. I don’t know if the whole “get to know you” part of the first book just seemed forced or if I was really just in the mood to jump in without all the background stories, but this one was fast paced and had just enough quirky to make it a really enthralling read. Lois and her take charge personality really do come through (and I really like how one promo blurb likened her to Veronica Mars, which is totally true). You get to see her soften up a little bit, since she’s trying to figure out how to be a good friend while also sticking to the truth of her investigative stories. Yes, there are some plot points that seem far-fetched, but the story is in the comic book world where there are alien superheroes living normal, teenage lives, so does it really matter?
I’m excited to see what Gwenda Bond’s newest installment, Triple Threat, will bring to the table…
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