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“She was Grendel’s mother; she was vengeance incarnate.”

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

November 1, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 22: Rec’d Those Goodreads emails that include “stuff currently popular” are often annoying, but sometimes skimming them pays off. I saw a review of the sequel to Hench, which led to me clicking on Hench, and being convinced to pick it up from the library based on those reviews. We’ll call that “recommended”. Imagine the world governed by super heroes and supervillains, but the heroes might be as destructive and violent and generally damaging as the villains. Anna is a temp worker for a […]

Filed Under: Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr17 bingo, Hench, Natalie Zina Walschots, super villain, superhero

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:55 · Genres: Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr17 bingo, Hench, Natalie Zina Walschots, super villain, superhero ·
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In six weeks alone, Supercollider was responsible for 468 lifeyears lost.

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

December 29, 2021 by Emmalita 1 Comment

I loved Hench, LOVED IT! It’s funny, thoughtful, violent, compassionate and full of rage. Anna Truelove, pronounced troh-MED-lov, is trying to get a stable job working for a supervillain. The gig economy though, means mostly she temps and tries to stave off scurvy while she rises and grinds and waits for her invoices to get paid. As she’s starting to get a foothold in the Electric Eel’s organization, Supercolider and his sidekick, Accelerator, intervene in the Eel’s dastardly deeds and Anna ends up in the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Book Exchange, Book Exchange 2021, Hench, LittlePlat, Natalie Zina Walschots

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:118 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Book Exchange, Book Exchange 2021, Hench, LittlePlat, Natalie Zina Walschots ·
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