"Great power comes with great..." I raised my eyebrows at Guardian, looking his skin-tight suit up and down. "Urges to wear spandex, apparently." "Are you using altered famous superhero comic book references to insult me?" he asked incredulously. I snorted. "You bet your fucking ass, I am." *** Crown City has all the typical big-city flare. There's a McDonald's on every corner, enough carbon emissions to end life as we know it, and a new supervillain trying to take over right before finals week. For Tessa Kingston, Supers are nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, Tessa likes to pretend that Supers don't even exist at all. Though Tessa isn't exactly shy with her not-so-popular thoughts on Crown City's resident vigilante, Guardian, he seems to have taken a liking to the annoyed teenager. Well, he and his buddies have, that is - buddies meaning two supervillains dressed in Walmart Star Wars masks. Crown City has always been a center for mayhem and superpowers, but when strange things start happening too often to be coincidences, Tessa finds herself in the middle of a fight she didn't start but she sure as hell was going to end. Villains torment her. Heroes try to save her. Tessa just wants to pass Supers 101. In a world full of Supers, it's up to normal-teenager Tessa Kingston to save her city. A typical tagline she's well-aware of, of course. As Tessa prepares to show these Super-fools they messed with the wrong girl, she just has one condition: There's no way she's wearing spandex. *** BOOK #1 OF THE "SUPERHEROES SUCK" DUOLOGY Featured on the Wattpad Adventure, Action, Superhero, and Humour profiles! WARNING: Contains mild swearing, cliffhangers, plot twists, and enough sarcasm to last a lifetime.

"Ladies first," teased the girl with scarlet hair, "Unless you're too scared." Her crimson eyes darted to the tunnel, her warm brown skin glinting in the light of her lantern. I could barely remember what I was doing. Blushing, I turned quickly back to the tunnel. It was dark and not like anything I'd want to explore but my twin brother, Rye, was at home- and he was 99% of my impulse control. Besides, I was never one to look scared in front of a girl. Gathering my scattered remnants of bravery, I began the descent into whatever secret hideout these crazy teens had down there. ... There is a certain mystery to this rural suburban town, and yet Alex Tamsett wants nothing to do with it. He'd much rather finish unpacking into the tiny home he and his twin brother, Rye, now share. However, no matter how hard he tries- Alex can't seem to avoid the peculiar townsfolk and soon starts to discover the secrets that these weird ones are hiding.

"You're here," he whispers, searching my face as if I'm not really. I don't dare speak. His hand lingers near mine for a second longer than it needs to, then he steps back. When he speaks again, his voice is barely a whisper. "Welcome to my world." ... She doesn't know her name. She doesn't know where she is. But at least she's alive. Her world was destroyed, and in a desperate escape, she finds herself in a land of neon lights, talking machines, a pitch-black sky and water that falls from the heavens. All of it is new, dangerous, and exciting. There's challenges to face and connections to build, experiencing all that this high-tech, low-life world has to offer. Luckily, she has a professional on her side; a guy named 'Seven,' whose street-smarts and deadly skills make him more than human, serving him and his team of enhanced beings in every situation. But they must be careful - in a futuristic reality where humanity is altered, things aren't always as they seem, and there might be something sinister brewing behind the veil of sparkling city lights. Join them in this journey of self-discovery and worth, finding out what it really means to be human. Join them, in their world.