Book Spotlight: Rubicons

I was sent Rubicons by Brett Riley almost a year ago (yikes) and was intrigued by the synopsis. Plus I’ve been sent and read two other Brett Riley books in the past and enjoyed them so I was looking foward to reading this YA superhero book of his.

So I started reading this novel and then pretty quickly decided that I would not be able to really read it and properly review it hence this spotlight post instead. Why? Well, when it was pitched to me for review I was told it was part of the Freaks series but could be read as a standalone. I suppose it could technically be read as a standalone, but I found it difficult to do. This is the third book in the series so even though there is a little recap of characters and what happened in the previous book it was hard for me to be engaged and really understand what was going on because there’s only so much you can learn from a brief recap when it’s an ongoing storyline.

The series does seem really interesting though so I will have to one day read it from the beginning! Here is the synopsis for Rubicons:

In Rubicons, it’s junior year of high school in Quapaw City, Arkansas. With it comes a new foe that even the Freaks cannot thwart–adulthood. As they ponder what the future will be like with college and careers looming, they must contend with the ever-more-perilous threat of The Team, the shadowy government agency bent on saving the world from supernatural menaces. At the same time, they must face their most dangerous adversary yet, a creature of scales and wings threatening every life in town—just for starters. New questions arise: can the Freaks achieve a common goal when they no longer agree on precisely what that goal should be? And what happens when they realize they just might be the villains in someone else’s story?

*This book was sent to me complimentary, but all opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links.*