Velveteen vs. The Multiverse

by Seanan McGuire

Ebook, 2014

Status

Available

Call number

Fic SF McGuire

Publication

ISFiC Press

Description

He was the last great hero of his generation. Velma Martinez--Velveteen--had never intended to be a great hero, but she was out of choices. "Hello, Jolly Roger." "Hello, bunny-eared girl who's taken over my ship. Have you come to collect the bounty on my head?" "I've come because Dame Fortuna told me how to find you, and we need your help." Velveteen crossed her arms. "The Super Patriots are corrupt, and I think Marketing is evil, and they have my best friend, and we want her back." Jolly Roger blinked, several times, before turning to the Princess. "Is she for real?" "She is," said the Princess, sounding smug. "She would have been happy stayin' out of the way for her entire life, but The Super Patriots forgot the first rule of rabbits. Don't follow them into their dens. They're meaner than they look." Velma hadn't wanted to be a superhero, had walked away from it all once before. But when love and friendship call Velveteen to fight, she can't run away, no matter the odds. Award-winning author Seanan McGuire chronicles Velveteen's ultimate battle in this concluding (for now ) volume of her adventures.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey

Lovely. I had fallen behind in my Velveteen reading - all (I believe) these stories are available from Seanan's website, but I hadn't gone and read them. So it was very nice to have them collected into one book. This one is considerably longer than the first book, and goes a lot deeper and darker.

Without losing the funny - it is a McGuire after all. Wow - there is _not_ a lot I can say about it without spoiling the story. I like the multiversal aspects, which start out important and get more so as time goes on - I really like Victory Anna, for one. Velveteen actually goes up against the Super Patriots, Inc. - not alone, though, and that's the important thing. That world will never be the same. And I hear there's going to be a third book, yay!

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LibraryThing member krau0098

This is the second book in the Velveteen Vs. series. Velveteen Vs. started as a series of stories posted on McGuire’s blog; these books are compilations of those stories. I really enjoyed this humorous yet heart-felt continuation of the Velveteen stories.

I listened to this on audiobook and the

audiobook was very well done. The narrator does an awesome job and I would recommend listening to on audiobook if you like audiobooks.

A lot happens in this book and it was great to finally see Velveteen face off with the Super Patriots. I Loved it!

Velveteen is just such a “real” feeling character; I love reading about both her day to day struggles and the awesome superhero stuff she does. I actually pretty much love every single character in this book. McGurie has a way of making even the bad guys interesting and making you engage and sympathize with them.

My only comment would be to remember that this is more of a collection of stories than a continuous novel. It actually makes a pretty good novel but things can get a bit repetitive because McGuire will kind of explain the basics of Velveteen’s character at the beginning of each “story”.

Things end at a pretty good point, although it looks like Velveteen will potentially be having some more adventures with the Seasons in future installments.

Overall I loved this book even more than the first one. The characters, world, and action are awesome. I would recommend to urban fantasy fans, McGuire fans, and fans of superhero stories.

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LibraryThing member wyvernfriend

This was quite heartbreaking and like the first in the series the stories are sequential.
Velveteen would like to leave the Super-Patriots behind but they seem determined to keep her in their sights. She has to pull in a lot of favours and deal with problems that arise once she has to confront what

people do to people she loves and likes to try to keep their power.
It was heartbreaking in parts but overall a good read.

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LibraryThing member kevn57

Just a terrific followup to the first novel, excellent characters that change and develop as the story progresses and it progresses a lot in this book. And I have a new favorite character along with Vel, Jack and the Princess, Victory Anna the coolest steampunk character ever.

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