This book could have been a lot better.

First of all it is confused, mostly due to the story-line around Karma and the various mind control bits. That story seems to have started before this book and presumably ends after - but in this one it is hard to tell what's real.

And then there are the main players. Jean-Paul and Kyle. I don't know them. But what I've seen before of Jean-Paul/Northstar really never had an impact. So making the comparison to a Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson or a Clark Kent/Lois Lane - it's really just not in the same league.

But the writing was good and insightful. And the throwaway comments from say Rogue and Puck were interesting. And a lot of the art was a little better than typical. And Kitty wasn't horribly awful, though Lockheed was done better. 3.5 of 5.