The Anti-Heroes

A Novel

By: Jen Lancaster

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani, Amanda Leigh Cobb

Two best friends, stalled and dissatisfied, change the course of their lives in a wildly funny novel about facing your fears—to the extreme—by New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster.

Once upon a time, Dr. Emily Nichols—the academic kind, not the physician kind—was an eco-crusader who was shot with water cannons, hunted by poachers, and chased by a bulldozer. Now? Action Emily lives in a bland condo with gray walls and teaches disengaged students at a university alongside a risk-allergic boyfriend, asking herself every day: How did I get here?

Then one afternoon Emily and her best friend, people-pleasing real estate agent Liv Bennett, witness an attempted robbery at their local coffee shop that is foiled by a yoga mom wielding a baby stroller. Their hero attributes her bravery to a mysterious class called Fearless, Inc. Its enigmatic and dizzyingly muscular instructor, Zeus, is now fully committed to helping Emily and Liv overcome their fears, too—one thrilling self-help lesson at a time.

Along with a ragtag group of other wimps, Emily and Liv must embrace the passionately unconventional methods of the leader to harness their powers, gain a bracing new perspective on life, act on their impulses, and be the no-holds-barred anti-heroes of their dreams.

©2024 by Jen Lancaster. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

“Narrators Soneela Nankani and Amanda Leigh Cobb deliver a story told from the alternating perspectives of two friends downtrodden by life.… The narrators reflect the friends' differences: Nankani portrays the blunt but not unkind Emily, and Cobb portrays the bubbly Liv. Both narrators provide great character differentiation for the Fearless Inc. members. Nankani is excellent as a student who perpetually upspeaks. Cobb is hilarious as a drunk character who wildly mispronounces words.” —AudioFile Magazine

Fun read

To be fair, there isn’t a book that Jen Lancaster has written that I haven’t read and listen to an absolutely loved. This was a fun, lighthearted, easy to listen to book. I didn’t completely get the very very end with the epilogue. The last sentence was a little confusing, but I think it was meant to be that way if you like her other fiction books, you’ll like this one.

Painful

Huge fan of Jen. This story was all over , I think I may have earned a college credit for the earth science lecture, & still left without closure . Ouch

Amazing fun filled edge of seat action and twists never expected. a wonderful read.🤗

There was nothing I disliked about this read, it was easy to follow, fun to continue and a joy to spend time on.

Silly story with good intentions

I liked the main environmental messages. And the author drove home the point about self actualization. But the characters were silly and I didn’t relate to them. I didn’t understand the ending but I also didn’t care.

The challenges of adulting and facing your fears

Friends Emily and Liv are in a rut. Emily was once an eco-terrorist but is now a non-tenured, unsatisfied university lecturer teaching about the threat of global warming to students, most of whom are not interested in learning about the environment. Liv is a reall estate agent who has become a people pleaser. She is being walked over by everyone in her life: her sister, her mother and her co-workers - not to mention her clients.

When the 2 women witness a woman fight off an attempted robbery during their yoga class they learn that the woman attributes her success to a class entitled “Fearless, Inc.” Together Emily and Liz sign up for the class hoping to find themselves again and to recognize their fears and overcome them. An assortment of other individuals, each with his or her fears and flaws are also in the class which is taught by a man named Zeus. Through unconventional and sometimes absurd activities and “challenges” each participant is encouraged to recognize and face his or her fears.

A fun, fast moving, humorous tale of the struggles of adulting and facing your fears while being true to yourself. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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nonsense

bunch of ridiculousness. This book is a waste of time. It was not worth reading.

Should be labeled a YA book

Voices are annoying, storyline has no depth. The point about fear holding us back is good, however the presentation did not sufficiently demonstrate the point.