The #ReadICT challenge is back for another year, and the first category on the list was a book with a single word for the title. After a brief search, Vicious by VE Scwabb became the choice. I've enjoyed Schwabb's other series, Shades of Magic. Schwabb does a good job of world building, setting up characters that have good depth in world's that give them difficult choices to make. In Vicious, Scwabb explores a world where people with extraordinary powers exist. A pair of college classmates attempt to find what gives people these powers, to try to find how to make themselves extra ordinary. The results of these experiments change their paths and many around them forever. The story is tight, clocking in at a bit under 340 pages. It is set between several characters, mostly the main pair of Eli and Vic. The setting mostly revolves around a few days, with a lot of flashbacks to college and the previous months for both characters and their accomplices. Its an enjoyable look into the darker side of superheroes. Its not nearly as dark as The Boys, but it certainly gives a grittier look than most superhero work out there. It did feel like the resolution came abruptly, but was still fulfilling. It had snuck up on me, and left me wanting a longer look into the work. Overall this is definitely a recommended book, and hopefully the next one will be just as enjoyable. Four stars out of five.
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