
The Hero Complex
Helen Comerford(Author)
Bloomsbury YA (Publisher)
Published on 5. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-5266-6763-2 (ISBN)
Description
Expect even more swoon, outrageous humour and epic battles in The Hero Complex, the sequel to Helen Comerford's Carnegie-nominated YA debut The Love Interest.
Jenna Ray was the Love Interest, but now she's the HERO. Unfortunately, as it turns out, having actual superpowers doesn't make life any easier.
For starters, being an official superhero means Jenna and Blaze can work together but not be together, no matter how much they are drawn to each other.
Jenna knows she can make it work. She can be 'just friends' with Blaze while handling intensive hero-training exercises, a world-ending prophecy and her own power-triggering panic attacks ... She can be the perfect hero.
As the pressure builds, what more will Jenna have to give up in order to save the world?
SWOONY | SUBVERSIVE | SUPER
Jenna Ray was the Love Interest, but now she's the HERO. Unfortunately, as it turns out, having actual superpowers doesn't make life any easier.
For starters, being an official superhero means Jenna and Blaze can work together but not be together, no matter how much they are drawn to each other.
Jenna knows she can make it work. She can be 'just friends' with Blaze while handling intensive hero-training exercises, a world-ending prophecy and her own power-triggering panic attacks ... She can be the perfect hero.
As the pressure builds, what more will Jenna have to give up in order to save the world?
SWOONY | SUBVERSIVE | SUPER
Reviews / Votes
A funny, swoony, romantic, feminist take on the superhero genre. Who needs a hero when you've got yourself? * Christine Pillainayagam, author of Ellie Pillai is Brown on The Love Interest * Original and witty and such assured writing that crackles as much as it shines ... Helen Comerford is a writer to watch * CJ Skurse, author of the Sweetpea series on The Love Interest *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
282 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-6763-2 (9781526667632)
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Person
Helen Comerford writes funny and fantastical tales, with diverse casts of characters, for children and young adults. She is fuelled by a love of all things super-powered, feminism and chocolate raisins. When she's not writing, you can find Helen hiking around the Welsh countryside with her dog, Cocoa.
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