Elastigirl is busy fighting crime throughout Municiberg when she is offered the opportunity to lead a team of other super-powered individuals. She declines but when the biggest threat the city has seen arises, she learns that it's sometimes better to work with others.

This was a cute but not overly saccharine story in the Disney Incredibles universe. It is indeed a "prequel" and not an origin story as we see an already adult Elastigirl fully in control of her powers. While not having the child characters around could be especially disappointing for young readers, we do see fan favorite Frozone and get an inside look at the meeting of Elastigirl and Mr. Incredible.

That all being said, this book did suffer a little from pacing issues. Sometimes every small step was described in tedious detail instead of getting to the point and some of Elastigirl's musings were repetitive. The chapters were rather long (this 230+ page book had only 13 chapters) and I'm a firm believer in short chapters, especially for kids. With this action-packed story, this book easily could have been a page-turner but it wasn't. However, it was interesting enough that I would probably recommend to other fans of The Incredibles movies. ( )