Ashley Rayburn is an upbeat girl with a downbeat past. Her father is in jail and once used her to help him evade justice. However, someone got killed and he is incarcerated in a federal prison. In the meantime, Ashley has bounced from foster home to foster home and is a challenge for her social workers. Her latest set of foster parents are Kitch and Yuka Nolan. Kitch, like Ashley, is an artist and he has a groovy sixties vibe. Yuka is a geneticist who works for a tech company with a government contract. Yuka's top secret project has her concerned and she brings the project home so that her superiors can't get ahold of it. It is a set of body paints that when applied to the skin grants the wearer a wide range of special powers. When Ashley comes home from school, she sees the set of paints and thinks that it is a surprise birthday present for her. Ashley soon realizes that she has stumbled upon something dangerous but she decides that she can use the paints for good and appoints herself a superhero with a new name, Primer.
The characters all had very different but strong personalities. Ashley is a comedian who can't stop cracking jokes. She always has a positive attitude even though life has dealt her an awful hand. Her friend Luke is also quite positive even though he is an outcast at school. Ashley is an outcast too and that is why she and Luke get along so well. The Nolans are a modern couple. Kitch is a professional artist and works out of the home. Wife Yuka is the breadwinner. Although Primer is a comic, these characters are fully fleshed out.
I wish that this was the start of a new comic series but I believe that it is a stand-alone novel for young adults. 5 out of 5 stars.
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