I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence!

Please Don't Tell My Parents Series, Book 0

By: Richard Roberts

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Being a superhero should be fun. After all, a world of super powers is a world where Amazonian juggernauts made of candy battle guys in spandex that drive talking cars. Irene loves that weirdness, loves the game of fighting, and loves being a four-foot-tall woman who still gets to drop big heavy objects on villains' heads. In 1980, that fun is in danger. A mad scientist who murders people for his research has everyone afraid. Two of the friendliest super-powered rivals around stop playing and go for the kill. If superheroes and villains aren't safe in their own homes, how can having powers be anything but a nightmare? Irene will not let that happen. She wants to show her friends - a 10-year-old grim reaper and a zombie mish-mosh of living and metal parts - that their lives don't have to be grim. With the help of a superintelligent spider, Team Tiny will make the world fun again. Except maybe it's the spider who's in charge after all.

©2016 Richard Roberts (P)2016 Tantor

Fun and interesting prequel to the series

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If you are picking this book up clearly you already know that this precedes the previous books in this series. It is interesting to see the way that the various heroes and villains got their start. The characters are fun and interesting, and the universe itself is consistent to its own rules. A big plus for me! I was at first dubious, but I'm glad I finally picked it up. It was a fun ride throughout and while it is missing the inscrutable machine as it predates their birth, it's still a fun read. If you like the first ones you know you're in a pick this one up, so stop dithering and do it.

light and full of fun and humor. buy this book.

rain patterns on roof tops of the crazy baying midget of the thousand feet tall land shark of happiness. I endorse the pop doctor and all his clasicly trained flying monkeys.

great back story

this book finally explains the origins of many characters in the previous books. I can't wait to read the next book.

Funny and really well voiced!

I really enjoy the Please Don't Tell My Parents books. This was the first I've heard one on Audible. Emily Woo Zeller did a great job with all the voices, and it was very easy to tell who was talking even before the "she saids".

Great story. Fills out the world of PDTMP.

I recommend listening to it between the 3rd and 4th Penelope Ack books. Emily Woo Zeller's performance as Spider and Psychopomp were amazing, but the book may have benefited from another actress to play Irene. In long stretches of narration she sounded a little too much like Penny.