The Flash: Johnny Quick by Barry LygaMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved the first Flash adventure Barry Lyga wrote, Hocus Pocus, because of how much Lyga gave us better characters than their equivalents on the CW TV series. Here, in Johnny Quick, Lyga not only writes these characters super-well, but also gives us an even more thrilling story very much worthy of the TV series at its best: loaded with action and Fringe-grade multiverse-hopping, tons of favorite characters making little appearances (I especially loved Captain Cold getting some time in the spotlight, since he's long been a fave of mine on the strength of Wentworth Miller's range alone), and not letting the whole Hocus Pocus storyline hang by itself - it's pretty clear here that we're in for a tightly plotted trilogy to conclude with one more book. And my personal favorite bit - the fact that instead of corny WestAllen scenes dragging me out of the moment, Barry and Iris both get to kick ass and take names as best they can, he as a speedster and she as a journalist. H.R. and Joe and Cait and Wally are also very much tons of fun - especially Wally, of course. And while Cisco's a little brought down by his attempts to quit caffeine giving him a bit of a downer attitude, I'm happy to see Lyga shaking things up a bit here.
One more book in the trilogy, which I cannot wait to read...and in the meantime, there's still Jo Whittemore's Supergirl: Curse of the Ancients for me to pick up eventually.
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