This is the third book in a trilogy; I reviewed the first book, RENEGADES, and the second book, ARCHENEMIES. If you don't want anything spoiled for books one and two, exit stage left right meow. It's about to get REAL.
An amazon summary, "All's fair in love and anarchy...
Supernova, the epic conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer's thrilling Renegades Trilogy finds Nova and Adrian struggling to keep their secret identities concealed while the battle rages on between their alter egos, their allies, and their greatest fears come to life. Secrets, lies, and betrayals are revealed as anarchy once again threatens to reclaim Gatlon City." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
I just.... ARGH. I ARGH OKAY. A lot of things happened at the end of book two, and book three is reeling from it in the beginning. Also, I am TERRIBLE at remembering people's names, so like.... I'm just going to use powers, except for Nova because her name is so cool. Maybe Adrian too, that would make sense because they are the narrators.
After the battle at renegade headquarters, some of the heroes have lost their powers. The bandit (kid who steals everyone else's powers) is in the hospital, and all of the Renegades are pretty upset that such a massive fight happened in their headquarters while they were at the gala. The search is on for Insomnia.... but they've pretty much figured out that's Nova. So Nova is escaping from the Renegades, since moth superpower reformed and ratted her out for sure, the chemical uncle blows up their apartment. Adrian manages to get to their apartment just before it blows, and Adrian and Nova managed not to get killed... but Nova gets cuffed. So basically.... Nova was convicted of being Insomnia. She's thrown into jail, where her uncle, ace anarachy, is being held.
Adrian is just a hot mess. His brother is in the hospital, his dads don't know he's the sentinel, and the whole world just did a 720 when it was revealed that Nova was Insomnia. He's kind of at a loss, but he's also still trying to think of new tattoos that will make him better, that will shield him from pain.
On top of all that, there's still unrest amongst the Renegade ranks over Agent N. Those who have lost their powers are raising some pretty valid points against the use of Agent N that's making a few heroes question how the Council is leading them.
Nova's in jail, trying to figure out how to break herself and her uncle out, Adrian is at a loss, and the world seems bound to make the two come together again.
DUN DUN DUNNNNN
That's enough summary.
I loved/hated this as a book 3, but mostly loved it. How everything tied up at the end left most of my burning questions from last book answered... even if it was in kind of a mediocre way. Like the reveal of what Nova's bracelet actually does is a little.... too much of a magic, make all the things better kind of moment. Especially since kind of an impractical yet precise series of events had to kind of magically fall together in a way that I highly doubt Nova's father could have anticipated in any capacity. ....anyways.
I do love some of the life lessons that kind of cropped up here and there throughout the story, and I also loved how some characters showed their true strength, not just relied on their power. There was also some deaths, general mayhem, and well, anarchy. (Ehhhhh, see what I did there? Ehhhh?)
But as a series recap, I would say the books are worth reading, but I have a sneaking suspicion there's going to be a spin-off sequel series. Especially since there's an epilogue to kind of wrap up the story with a bow on it.
I also loved the questioning and back and forth of what it means to be a hero, a villain, or just a civilian. How some people with powers literally just want to live their lives, and how some villains are treated as the worst even though their crimes were slight.
I would say that sometimes the battle scenes got a bit murky on the details, but they were okay overall.
...so what did I kind of hate about this book? Why the "romance" of course! Even other people being in love, it felt extra and kind of slapped in there. It didn't do anything to explore relationships or add anything different to the table. I also thought it was kind of dumb how there seemed to be an emphasis on Adrian having two days, like this hell bound determination to normalize LGBTQIA+ relationships, but they seemed to shy away from having any meaningful conversations about relationships. ....and many of the problems would have been solved between Adrian and Nova if they just communicated. The whole relationship element just really.... threw a wrench in it for me since there were scenes where it seemed like the focus was the romance rather than the actual problem.
I don't know. It was still a fun and different kind of read overall.
Happy reading!
On top of all that, there's still unrest amongst the Renegade ranks over Agent N. Those who have lost their powers are raising some pretty valid points against the use of Agent N that's making a few heroes question how the Council is leading them.
Nova's in jail, trying to figure out how to break herself and her uncle out, Adrian is at a loss, and the world seems bound to make the two come together again.
DUN DUN DUNNNNN
That's enough summary.
I loved/hated this as a book 3, but mostly loved it. How everything tied up at the end left most of my burning questions from last book answered... even if it was in kind of a mediocre way. Like the reveal of what Nova's bracelet actually does is a little.... too much of a magic, make all the things better kind of moment. Especially since kind of an impractical yet precise series of events had to kind of magically fall together in a way that I highly doubt Nova's father could have anticipated in any capacity. ....anyways.
I do love some of the life lessons that kind of cropped up here and there throughout the story, and I also loved how some characters showed their true strength, not just relied on their power. There was also some deaths, general mayhem, and well, anarchy. (Ehhhhh, see what I did there? Ehhhh?)
But as a series recap, I would say the books are worth reading, but I have a sneaking suspicion there's going to be a spin-off sequel series. Especially since there's an epilogue to kind of wrap up the story with a bow on it.
I also loved the questioning and back and forth of what it means to be a hero, a villain, or just a civilian. How some people with powers literally just want to live their lives, and how some villains are treated as the worst even though their crimes were slight.
I would say that sometimes the battle scenes got a bit murky on the details, but they were okay overall.
...so what did I kind of hate about this book? Why the "romance" of course! Even other people being in love, it felt extra and kind of slapped in there. It didn't do anything to explore relationships or add anything different to the table. I also thought it was kind of dumb how there seemed to be an emphasis on Adrian having two days, like this hell bound determination to normalize LGBTQIA+ relationships, but they seemed to shy away from having any meaningful conversations about relationships. ....and many of the problems would have been solved between Adrian and Nova if they just communicated. The whole relationship element just really.... threw a wrench in it for me since there were scenes where it seemed like the focus was the romance rather than the actual problem.
I don't know. It was still a fun and different kind of read overall.
Happy reading!
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