Book Review: Renegades
Renegades by Marissa Meyer is a book aimed at Teens/Young Adults. The plot focuses on two characters: Nova Artino, and Adrian Everhart. Nova belongs to the Anarchists; a group of villains with superpowers, while Adrian is with the Renegades; the superheroes.
Each of them has a tragedy in their past that motivates their future actions, Nova wishes to bring down the Renegades who she believes are responsible for her family’s murder and Adrian wishes to find out who murdered his mother.
Nova goes by the alias Nightmare and does what she can to find out the Renegades weaknesses, even if she has to infiltrate them to spy. Adrian, while a Renegade known as Sketch, also has a dual identity that he needs to keep secret from both the Renegades and the Anarchists.
This first book introduces a lot about the fictional city of Gatlon, where the story takes place, as well as the history of the war between the villains and the superheroes. It also introduces a sense of ethical dilemma, of whether some superheroes actions are justified just because they are seen as the “good guys”.
I personally enjoyed it; it had some moments where the book was hard to put down. The characters are well written and do not feel flat and lifeless. The plot was interesting, and the story ends on a cliff-hanger making you want to read the next book Archenemies as soon as you are finished.
Each of them has a tragedy in their past that motivates their future actions, Nova wishes to bring down the Renegades who she believes are responsible for her family’s murder and Adrian wishes to find out who murdered his mother.
Nova goes by the alias Nightmare and does what she can to find out the Renegades weaknesses, even if she has to infiltrate them to spy. Adrian, while a Renegade known as Sketch, also has a dual identity that he needs to keep secret from both the Renegades and the Anarchists.
This first book introduces a lot about the fictional city of Gatlon, where the story takes place, as well as the history of the war between the villains and the superheroes. It also introduces a sense of ethical dilemma, of whether some superheroes actions are justified just because they are seen as the “good guys”.
I personally enjoyed it; it had some moments where the book was hard to put down. The characters are well written and do not feel flat and lifeless. The plot was interesting, and the story ends on a cliff-hanger making you want to read the next book Archenemies as soon as you are finished.
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