Inheritance

It is definitely a good book. They should let Ms Grayson do some more hero novels, no doubt about it. I even laughed out loud at some bits. She went over some backstory I didn't know about, which was interesting Batman is on the cover, and appears, but it is not a Batman story, so to speak, basically more like this :- Nightwing-Arsenal-Green Arrow-Aqualand with appearances by Batman and Aquaman that are more cameos, or referenced, rarely from a protagonist point of view. Humor, action, psychology, the occasional fan reference like a Suicide Squad line. She clearly has a Nightwing thing, unsurprisingly, using Green Arrow as a sly hot boy joke reference, at times, which is quite amusing.

If the answer to that question is 'yes', then this book is for you. Though from the front cover art and back cover 'blurb', this looks like more of a a "Batman" book, it comes off as more of a "Green Arrow/Arsenal(Speedy)" story. The action does take place on in Batman's town(Gotham of course!) and his presence is felt through out the story. But Green Arrow is the one who brings everyone together, much to Batman's chagrin. The basic plot: While Green Arrow, Aquaman, and Batman are working together on a current case with their former sidekicks,(Arsenal:Speedy, Aqualad:Tempest, and Nightwing:Robin)we learn the back story of each sidekick. It seemed that Arsenal has the most ink, (which was a good thing for me, having never read the classic comics from the 70's written by Deeny O'Neal and drawn by Neal Adams)But Nightwing and Tempest are not short changed in any way. Even if you do know the back stories, this book should be a fun read!

I got this book because I enjoy reading books about Batman. I enjoyed how descriptive this book was and going into some background about characters I had little or no knowledge of prior to reading it. There wasn't enough Batman in it, and I was slightly annoyed to have to wait to the last third of the book before I got the background stuff on Nightwing. All in all, it was very good with good descriptions of the characters and their backgrounds.

I greatly enjoyed this book, it filled in sections of the heroes past I hadn't read about and gave some fun interactions between them in present time. My single complaint? The author starts with a chapter about people you don't know or care about, what happened to them, who they are related to, etc...is this essential to the main story? Yes. Should a chapter with someone more widely known been used to get you into the book before forcing you to wade through what is chapter 1? Most definitely. Slow starting, but once it picks up, very enjoyable.

This is a very good book for comic books fans with extensive or not-so-extensive background knowledge. There are lots of details about character histories, especially the three sidekicks, Nightwing, Arsenal, and Tempest. The story seems to take place in current, or at least recent, comic book continuity, including such details as Aquaman's mystical hand and Arsenal's recent gunshot wounds, but being familiar with this comic book continuity isn't really necessary in order to enjoy the story. It's a good book about the characters as people, first of all, and an enjoyable action story second. I highly recommend it.