Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!

3.5 Stars!
This was actually a very interesting premise. A doctor struggling with addiction, trying to keep up while dealing with treating regular patients by day and supervillains by night. Watching Rose try to battle her temptations to slip back into her addiction since she only needs "just one pill" was interesting as it was heartbreaking to read. But the rest of the plot pieces didn't quite feel like they fit together. We learn pretty much nothing about powered people, and only really know that people consider them to be dangerous to society. We only meet roughly four powered people in the entire novel. People with powers are oppressed, but how the oppression is written feels clunky. Rose is also moonlighting as a personal physician for one of the city's biggest supervillains. Except, you could have changed "super villain" to "crime lord" or "evil politician" and the story wouldn't have changed in the slightest. The plot points felt like they were pinging from one point to another way too quickly. This story does practically no world-building and it leaves the story feeling rushed along. If the story could have had a bit more space to breathe, and flesh out certain details, it would have a better pace to it. If you removed people having powers, the story would barely change. This story isn't bad in the slightest, and in fact, I think it could make an excellent television show. The pacing is just off. (Also there was a minor continuity error that made me giggle. On one page the ink well pen is blue, but on the next page, the same exact pen is now red. It's a minor issue, but I thought for a split second she had whipped out her own pen.) ( )