Legend, by Marie Lu (BOOK REVIEW)

 

"Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment. You take it all one day at a time."

In the country once known as the United States of America is the home of the Republic, a nation that is constantly at war with surrounding colonies. 15 year old June has it easy. She was born into a high ranking family, and passed the Trial with a score of 1500. She is the Republic's well known prodigy and is preparing to become a part of the Republic's highest rank of military. 15 year old Day, is the Republic's most wanted criminal. He failed the Trial and took to living on the streets. Except for his brother, Day's family thinks he is dead and he likes it that way.June's brother, Matias is the one who raised her when their parents died. When Matias is murdered the only suspect is Day. June is determined to hunt Day down and kill him, while Day is trying to save his little brother from dying of the plague. 

Legend, by Marie Lu was a very interesting book. I finished it really fast and definitely have a few thoughts about it. The first thing was the style of writing. It was very easy to read and wasn't challenging to the mind very much. I like books that sometimes make me go back and have to re-read a few sentences or have to let parts really sink in, maybe that's just me. The other thing was that there was a bit of language and minor flirting. It is a romance, so there was kissing. A lot of these things are easy to just overlook. The plot to this book was very interesting. Although it has it's flaws, I did enjoy it.

I give this book a 7 out of 10 and I recommend this book for mature teens +

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Happy Reading! -Ariana