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

So fun!

It was a super fun book! I really enjoyed it. I usually listen to duet, but this was great without it. The book is fun and light, just what you need to put a smile on your face.

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.

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