Heart and Hero (New Heroes #1) Review

Mood:

What a ride!!! I loved it 😍. This book had everything, a great group of characters dealing with their insecurities, a fantastic magic system, a little bit of romance, and great friendships.

Summary:

We are introduced to a world where people with magic (often referred to as "supers" or "superhumans") and people without magic coexist.
When the organization's director thinks that an old prophecy has come to pass, he appoints the blue team to care for and protect the person whom he believes is the Heart (who will either bridge the world or divide it).
Karla is a nerd who loves superhumans and wishes to be one of them. Little does she know that she is in the middle of it. Her new school, New Hero University, is covered with supers who are hiding their powers from her and a team of supers who are trying to protect her. Not knowing anything about her situation, she is just trying to power through and make some new friends along the way.
Andre is a super and is also the leader of the Blue Team. He and his team are put in charge of protecting Karla, but he has his own struggles to deal with. Being born with a unique magical power, he has not yet learned to control it. In addition to this, his new responsibilities and his breakup with his girlfriend are not helping him in any way.
When an unknown enemy rises and threatens to destroy the world, they will need to work together and control their power to save the world.

Plot and Magic system:

This is the first book in the series, so the major part was introducing us to the world and the cast.
It is written in first person, from the dual POVs of Karla and Andre. There are a few chapters from other characters points of view. Who doesn't like a book that keeps readers frantic, guessing till the end, and on their toes? And although being on your toes is a good reading experience, sitting back, stress-free, and relaxing with a book is also required sometimes. There are a few twists and turns, but it is written in a way that we as a reader are able to guess a few of them well before the characters find out, which for me elevated this book to a whole new level of getting a stress-free, even-paced experience, the opposite of always being on your toes, which I really enjoyed.
The Magic System is very well structured and very well explained to the readers from the start.

Characters: 

I loved all the characters and was kind of rooting for each of them. Even though this book is not character-based, the author has done a fantastic job with each and every one of them, introducing them and then keeping them relevant throughout the book. I was very attached to all the cast.
Karla is an introvert; she gets embarrassed, tongue-tied, and nervous, and this was so relatable, I just loved her. I also loved all the other characters as well and am looking forward to reading about them in the next books.

Recommendation: 

I would like to recommend this book to every middle-grade and adult reader out there who would like to read about super heroes with an introverted main character in a very heartwarming way.

ARC:

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.