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    Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon
    Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon
    Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon
    Audiobook13 hours

    Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon

    Written by Richard Roberts

    Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Supervillains do not merely play hooky.



    True, coming back to school after a month spent fighting—and defeating—adult superheroes is a bit of a comedown for the Inscrutable Machine. When offered the chance to skip school in the most dramatic way possible, Penelope Akk can't resist. With the help of a giant spider and mysterious red goo, she builds a spaceship and flies to Jupiter.



    Mutant goats. Secret human colonies. A war between three alien races with humanity as the prize. Robot overlords and evil plots. Penny and her friends find all this and more on Jupiter's moons, but what they don't find are any heroes to save the day.



    Fortunately, they have an angry eleven year old and a whole lot of mad science . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateAug 2, 2016
    ISBN9781515978244
    Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon
    Author

    Richard Roberts

    Richard Roberts is a Reader at the University of Sussex. He specialises in financial markets and centres, and is the author of numerous books and articles about international finance.

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    • 4/5
      I would like to thank Curiosity Quills Press for a copy of this e-book to review. Though I received this e-book for free, that has no impact upon the honesty of my review. Goodreads Teaser: "Supervillains do not merely play hooky. True, coming back to school after a month spent fighting - and defeating - adult superheroes is a bit of a comedown for the Inscrutable Machine. When offered a chance to skip school in the most dramatic way possible, Penelope Akk can't resist. With the help of a giant spider and mysterious red goo, she builds a spaceship and flies to Jupiter. Mutant goats. Secret human colonies. A war between three alien races with humanity as the prize. Robot overlords and evil plots. Penny and her friends find all this and more on Jupiter's moons, but what they don't find are any heroes to save the day. Fortunately, they have an angry eleven year old and a whole lot of mad science..."Picking up not to long after book one left off, Penny, Ray, and Claire almost immediately get themselves into a whole new level of supervillain fun. Space, the final frontier. . . Only it probably isn't the final frontier for The Inscrutable Machine. Though the kids continue to gain a bit more depth, this book seems a bit more focused on the action end of the whole supervillain equation. And there is more than enough action to be had for each of them, which is crystal clear to all of them when they each find themselves missing, of all things, school! Of course before they get anywhere near that stage they encounter all sorts of interesting characters, running the gamut from normal, to supreme evil, to ultimate heroes. Along the way Penny begins to realize what Mourning Dove mentioned about her superpower being a problem for her. It keeps wanting to create things that, though initially fun, aren't exactly what they seem to be in the beginning. In fact, some are flat out evil. And while The Inscrutable Machine likes to play at being supervillains, they aren't ready to commit to a lifetime of supreme villainy beyond their own worst expectations. So they are growing up. Aren't they? The way this one ends makes me hope that they'll be able to embrace becoming superheroes, even if they have to leave The Inscrutable Machine behind to achieve it. I did find it interesting that with Penny's professed love of history, and her oral recitation in class while in space, she never seemed to catch the outrageously obvious clues that were right in front of her face. Dealing with a strange 'witch-woman' named Juno who was all about restoring the Jovians? While they are bouncing from place to place around Jupiter? I still haven't decided if that was an inside joke of Mr. Roberts', or what. Obviously he knows the history of those names and places, so why have his evil mistressmind (kinda wanted to see how it felt to change the gender on that powerful word) be totally oblivious to such blatant clues? Maybe it will be explained in the next book, or maybe I'll simply have to learn to let it go, someday. As with the first book, this one tells a great story, filled with action, emotions, and built in lessons for both the characters and readers. The pacing felt better to me in this book than it did in the first, but that may have related to this story having a more linear feel. Either way, I certainly enjoyed it and look forward to reading the next book!
    • 5/5
      Charming and fun characters and lots of interesting locations make this a really great addition to the series. There are a few typos here and there, and even after reading this three times, I'm still not sure about the puppeteers and the Jovians, but it doesn't interfere with enjoying the story. If you liked the first one, you will probably like this one as well.
    • 3/5
      *Book source ~ A review copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

      The Inscrutable Machine has been living on a high, taking on and defeating adult superheroes, but it’s time to go back to school. How boring. Penelope, Ray and Claire have caught the itch and now they need more daring do to, well, do. When an opportunity drops into their laps they don’t need very much persuading to run off straight into another adventure. Only this time they aren’t fighting on Earth. They’re fighting in outer space.

      I loved the first book, Please Don’t Tell My Parents I’m a Super Villain. It was quirky, fast-paced and fun. However, this second book failed to wow me. The Inscrutable Machine keep saying they want to be Heroes, not Villains, but I don’t see much in their actions to tell me that’s what they truly want. They love being known as the villains. And while I know they aren’t even in high school yet, they are really immature. Immature combined with super powers is not a good thing. And Penny’s parents are supposed to be super smart. How have they not twigged to the fact that the Inscrutable Machine is made up of Penny and her friends?

      Another problem I had with this story is the whole plot of going to outer space. I was confused from the moment they left Earth until they got back. I understood nothing about what went on for about ¾ of the book. Colonies that we’ve heard nothing about. Weird mutant goats. Alien races and their war that I couldn’t separate or keep straight. Robots. And what exactly was that red gooey stuff? Besides being gross. There was just too much going on in this book. I couldn’t keep it straight or keep up with what was happening. There’s also some kind of Super Villain/Super Hero history that isn’t explained yet it’s written into the book as if everyone should know it. I was disappointed in the story, but I do love the cover.