3.5
Marvel: What If . . . Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings? (A Scarlet Witch & Spider-Man Story)
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Wanda and Peter Parker embrace great responsibility in the next adventure of an epic multiversal series that reimagines iconic Marvel origin stories.
So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched death court the Scarlet Witch. But . . . what if Wanda didn’t have to suffer her grief alone?
All Wanda has ever known is her friendly little neighborhood in Queens. As an infant, after her parents died, she was adopted into a family where her doting Aunt May and Uncle Ben would always be at the breakfast table. One that includes her idiot brother, Peter Parker, who thinks hiding a spider bite, joining a secret fight club, and becoming a super hero are somehow good ideas.
When Wanda’s own powers emerge, blood, chaos, and suspicion follow in their wake. But as she learns to harness her power under the guidance of Doctor Strange, Peter is standing beside her in the Sanctum Sanctorum. And as they try to protect New York City, the Parker siblings learn that with great powers, there must also come great responsibilities—and greater losses.
Reeling from tragedy, Wanda finds herself truly alone for the first time in her life. Peter is lost to his own grief, and so she must forge ahead on her own. But on her first solo outing, she runs into a mysterious speedster—a man named Pietro. And everything she has ever known shatters like glass.
Faced with unbelievable truths, Wanda is forced to choose between the life she knows and the life she could have.
So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched death court the Scarlet Witch. But . . . what if Wanda didn’t have to suffer her grief alone?
All Wanda has ever known is her friendly little neighborhood in Queens. As an infant, after her parents died, she was adopted into a family where her doting Aunt May and Uncle Ben would always be at the breakfast table. One that includes her idiot brother, Peter Parker, who thinks hiding a spider bite, joining a secret fight club, and becoming a super hero are somehow good ideas.
When Wanda’s own powers emerge, blood, chaos, and suspicion follow in their wake. But as she learns to harness her power under the guidance of Doctor Strange, Peter is standing beside her in the Sanctum Sanctorum. And as they try to protect New York City, the Parker siblings learn that with great powers, there must also come great responsibilities—and greater losses.
Reeling from tragedy, Wanda finds herself truly alone for the first time in her life. Peter is lost to his own grief, and so she must forge ahead on her own. But on her first solo outing, she runs into a mysterious speedster—a man named Pietro. And everything she has ever known shatters like glass.
Faced with unbelievable truths, Wanda is forced to choose between the life she knows and the life she could have.
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Karmen 💖
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“Why must Wanda and Peter suffer so much in every universe 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭”
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““Let everyone else there is think she's a villain, she'll still have her brother by her side.”
This one was definitely more my speed. Selfishly I wish I had more Fantastic Four and X-Men but that’s just me. I found myself getting frustrated by the time skips but that was because I was gluttonous for every detail about Wanda’s life. I think this concept flows more naturally than the Loki one though that might be because I’m more familiar with the characters in this one.
The fact that they actually acknowledged and explored Wanda’s Roma identity was amazing. It’s always a litmus test for a Scarlet Witch adaptation, especially since the movies have totally whitewashed her. It being delved so deep, with her having a connection to her culture, was such a step up from anything else I’ve seen for her. The fact that this isn’t the standard for Wanda is very disappointing. I did keep getting confused whenever they talked about her parentage since I’m used to adaptations where Magneto is her father. I knew they weren’t gonna go down that route but part of me was hoping that he’d turn up…
If I dislike anything about the book, it’s the ending. It does my least favourite thing that books can do - it just ends. It doesn’t feel like there was a real resolution to the conflict. I understand that it ended that way to shift the story’s focus to America as the Watcher but it was still frustrating. I would’ve liked for Wanda and Peter to get a conclusion similar to the one they gave Loki. However, this isn’t really an issue in terms of the rating. This book was always destined for five starts. Its exploration of complex relationships and engaging writing style are just a bonus. No, the real reason this book gets five stars is simple.
I love Doctor Strange. He is my most favourite of favourites. More than the Fantastic Four, more than Magneto. The fact that this book has an excellent portrayal of Strange makes it a five star shoe-in. He was captured perfectly and I could spend all day talking about the intricacies of his character. All I will say is this. Please give me more Stephen Strange. I am a simple woman, I just need more of him doing things. That is all.”
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About Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire lives and works in Washington State, where she shares her somewhat idiosyncratic home with her collection of books, creepy dolls, and enormous blue cats. When not writing—which is fairly rare—she enjoys travel, and can regularly be found any place where there are cornfields, haunted houses, or frogs. A Campbell, Hugo, and Nebula award–winning author, McGuire released her first book, Rosemary and Rue (the beginning of the October Daye series), in 2009, with more than twenty books across various series following since. She doesn’t sleep much.
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