The Gifted Complex

The Gifted World Series, Book One

De: L. D. Valencia

Narrado por: David Reimer

College is hard enough without adding superpowers.

Gabriel Green just wants to go to college and figure out what he wants to do with his life. He is just a regular kid, well one with superpowers that is. He enrolls in the Gifted Program to learn how to use his gifts to help the world. He never dreamed he would get caught up in secret agents and supervillains.

When Gabriel's friends go missing, it will be up to him to find them. Can he overcome what seems like impossible odds?

If you enjoy My Hero Academia, you will love the first book of The Gifted World Series. Get your copy now!

©2020 Luis Daniel Valencia (P)2025 Luis Daniel Valencia

I had hopes. Had.

I met the author and bought the book because it sounded interesting. Unfortunately I found to story to be over outlined. Meaning that scenes had unnecessary descriptions of actions and character identifications. But the most egregious was details given to characters would be completely forgotten and given again. Case in point. The main character is told about how students are ranked with S being the highest and A being the next step down. Later the same character is having a conversation and another student explains the grading system and the main character acts as if it's the first time he has heard this.

Great first book from an excellent author!!

Full disclosure I received this audiobook for free in exchange for an honest review. Overall I thought that this was a very good first book by a new author. The main character was well thought out, easy to relate to, and the reader was able to understand the characters driving force that made him who he is. The plot was good and the author was able to naturally world build as the characters interacted in a way that did not feel forced. The “gifts” were pretty typical with a few surprise here and there.

The main reason why I’m only giving it four stars is I desperately wanted more! I can’t help but to compare this book to Superpowereds. As it follows a similar tract of gifted kids in college. I wanted more interactions of the characters in their day to day lives. I felt that the story had so much more room to expand upon but instead fast tracked to the exciting conclusion. I felt that the story could have been double the length and I would have been eating up every moment of it! This being said the overall story was a solid first good book and if I had the ability to give 4.5 stars I totally would! I’m looking forward to listening to the next book and seeing the story expands and grows!!