Prismatic Hearts

Fifteen years ago, five teenage Magical Girls saved the world with friendship, glitter, and enough prismatic firepower to throw the evil sorcerer Vilaittus into his own black hole. Then their powers faded. They grew up. Now Ruby Heartgrove is a thirty-five-year-old nurse with a career, a relationship, and a Rainbow Twinkle Wand gathering dust in a box upstairs. Her old teammates have lives of their own: jobs, children, relationships, divorces, disappointments, and absolutely no interest in another apocalypse. Then Morganna Voidheart arrives. Vilaittus's dangerously sexy former advisor has returned with an army of hopelessly devoted Simpions, and the Cosmic Balance awakens the Prismatic Hearts for the first time in fifteen years. Surely a new generation of teenage heroines will appear. Any minute now. ...Right? The Prismatic Hearts are back. The outfits still fit. The attack names are still mandatory. And saving the world was a lot easier before they had adult lives to lose. --- ★★★★★ “Come for the thirty-something Magical Girls throwing aliens through buildings. Stay for the painfully relatable relationship problems.” ★★★★★ “Sailor Moon soul, Pretty Cure fists, and five women discovering that cosmic destiny does not respect work-life balance.” ★★★★★ “Destiny Jade screaming an attack name she clearly hates before kicking a Simpion through a wall is worth admission alone.” ★★★★½ “Morganna Voidheart could conquer Earth without an army. I would personally hand it to her.” ★★★★★ “Funny, nostalgic, sexy, sincere, and surprisingly emotional. It never mocks Magical Girls for growing up—or grown women for still believing in magic.” ★★★★★ “The transformation sequences still have all the ribbons and sparkles. The heroines now have mortgages. Perfect.”