What happens when a long time, and famous dystopian author tries to write a fantasy book?
To put it simply, it ends up a dystopian book that seems to be putting on airs and trying to be something it isn’t.
No seriously hear me out. Let’s start at the cover. When most authors release the title of their new book or a novella that is exclusive to an e-format they typically have a very simple cover that features the title. In that instance it’s acceptable because the title is the important thing but for the first book in a series it’s a poor and boring move. Even indie and self-published tend to have MUCH better covers than silver letters on top of a storm background that only features Marie Lu’s other books and nothing about this one.
No wonder this book was terrible. It stopped trying before we got to page one. The only thing this book tried to do was pass itself off as a fantasy book but that didn’t last long. Let me explain why: guy who got kicked off the throne by his older sister teams up with a bunch of people society has wronged and wants to kill, psychopathic villain guy is love interest to female protagonist, female protagonist has family issues, and kills off one of the main characters. Those are ALL cliches of dystopian writing. With all those crappy cliches I’m sad to say that’s not even where it stops.
The worst part of this book is the total lack of character development. I’m pretty sure the villains had more character development and they had what? Three chapters at most? Added to that you had the main guy character only fall in love with the girl because she choose the diamond.
What?
Suggestion: Marie Lu as much as I love you in Legend next time get a little more practice with something like a short story in an anthology before you bomb a novel.
And readers? Find a different book that won’t waste your time. Perhaps you should check out Nightfall by Leah Cypress or Rook by Sharon Cameron. Those books won’t disappoint you.
Rating: A sad 1 out of 5 stars. Can I rewind time and get my precious hours back? Please?
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