Superheroes? Villains? People with weird powers? Future dystopia? SIGN. ME. UP!
An amazon summary, "From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal.
Secret Identities.
Extraordinary Powers.She wants vengeance. He wants justice.
The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies―humans with extraordinary abilities―who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone...except the villains they once overthrew.
Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice―and in Nova. But Nova's allegiance is to the villains who have the power to end them both." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
Do you remember in early writing classes when they discussed atention grabbers to make sure your readers are hooked?
Literally, we get Nova's origin of her power story immediately when her parents and sister are shot dead. When her Uncle Ace shows up, he takes out the guy who murdered her family, and brings her to live with the Anarchists. The Anarchists have fought the current system and made it so prodigies had a chance at life, rather than being hunted down and killed for their extra abilities.
All of that changed when the Renegades attacked the Anarchists, won the battle, and started to establish some form of governing to replace what the Anarchists had torn down to fight for the freedom of the prodigies.
Today, Nova and the remaining team members of the Anarchists try to take out the leader of the Renegades at their celebratory parade. When her mission fails, she regroups with the Anarchists to discuss a new plan, a plan in which Nova may join the Renegades to try to learn everything from inside the group so they can better take them down.
Adrian on the other hand, was born and raised within the Renegades. His mother was murdered when he was about six, and his murder has haunted him ever since. The two leaders of the Renegades adopted him and he's been raised as a renegade every since. He's been dabbling with a different way to apply his power, and he's trying to work a little outside the constraints of the Renegades rules to bring justice about.
That's enough summary.
I love the concept of this book. I've come across similar ideas in different places before, but this feels like a breath of fresh air within the story sphere. However, the book also alternated between Adrian and Nova for third person points of view, and a few times I literally forgot who I was reading the perspective of because their voices sounded very similar for numerous reactions.
But, I also like the showcase of different powers, of kind of explaining how the new world works, and what the Renegades and Anarchists hope to accomplish.
There was also a crazy reveal at the end of the book that I definitely had a SHUT THE FRONT DOOR moment at. It was madness.
This book did take me a while to read, but I'm hoping the series pans out overall so this wasn't a mistake read. I did enjoy most of it, except for the parts previously mentioned, haha.
Happy reading!
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