Review: Prodigy By Marie Lu

Prodigy By Marie Lu

Ratings: 5 of 5 stars

Why Marie Lu? Why do you torture us? I have to wait until November 5th 2013 for the sequel????No!!!!

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Prodigy exceeded my expectations by a mile. Finishing Prodigy gave me goosebumps. I mean after building up the emotions throughout two books, this major cliffhanger happens? Marie Lu you evil genius!

June and Day, our heroes, head to Las Vegas, the military city of the republic, where they're welcomed into the fold of the Patriots, who are anti-Republic revolutionaries. They begin hatching a plan to assassinate the new Elector,  who came into power after the old Elector suddenly died. This plan involves June and Day being pushed around like chess pieces, and along the way they discover secrets about the plan, the Republic and themselves that forces them to question everything they believe is true. And the ending! The ending completely blindsided me. I didn't know what the hell to make of it. It just happened, this huge bombshell, and I was left reeling. 

The story Lu wrote was full of twists and turns and there were a lot of things that happened that I could not guess beforehand. I didn’t even know who the actual evil person was until June figured it out.With amazing characters, an awesome storyline, and dynamic narrations, Prodigy was probably one of the best sequels I have ever read. 


I was absolutely heartbroken about Metias, and the truth about his death.I still hate Commander Jameson, because of everything she did to Day, and i hate Thomas with passion  btw, Kaede kicks ass in this book.I love both June and Day because they are so amazing and I wish that I could do half of the stuff that they can do.
 If you haven't read this series or this book, read it right now. You must or you haven't lived a full life!!
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Review : Legend By Marie Lu

 Legend By Marie Lu

Rating:4.5 of 5 stars

Legend by Marie Lu has officially become a legend in my mind. From the very first page I was drawn into this story. The opening sentence is "My mother thinks I'm dead." Right away I was pulled into this story of Day and his quest to heal his family from the plague. A few chapters and there was no going back.

Day,the republic's most wanted criminal, has lived a rough life growing up in the slums, and he risks his life every day to make sure his family has enough food and the other necessities needed to survive. It would be easy to become a cruel and uncaring criminal, but Day never loses his kindness and compassion. June, the Republic's greatest prodigy, has grown up in a rich district to an elite family. While she is loyal to the military and the government, her older brother Metias is the one she would do anything for. Because of their different upbringings, June doesn't have the same experiences and views of the world as Day. June isn't lacking compassion, but she is naive and ends up placing her trust with people she has always believed in, never excepting the cruelty they are capable of. They never had a reason to cross paths until the day Metias is found dead and the blame is put on Day.

The book had a nice balance of action and development and even a bit romance. I was never underwhelmed by the story. The action had me on the edge of my seat. In most books with dual points of views, I always like one of them better. I skim through the part that I didn't like until I came to the section of the character that I like. In Legend, I gobbled up every word of both points of view and loved every minute of it. I recommended it to those who love action packed dystopias, but aren't too picky about plot or characters.
Book 2 - let's see what you got!
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