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Prodigy : : a Legend Novel

Lu, Marie, 1984- Book - 2013 Teen Book / Fiction / Dystopian / Lu, Marie None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.4 out of 5

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June and Day make their way to Las Vegas where they join the rebel Patriot group and become involved in an assassination plot against the Elector in hopes of saving the Republic.

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Like it submitted by michael007 on July 1, 2013, 4:14pm I love the book!

loved it submitted by ECReader on June 15, 2014, 2:06pm this book was really good and i liked how it reflected on the first book

I loved, loved, loved this book!! submitted by sumnera on October 1, 2014, 8:54am I loved, loved, loved this book!! If you look back at my assessment of Legend, the first book in the series, I mentioned that it was not very unique and was pretty much like every other YA dystopian novel that has come out recently... Well, I am pleased to inform you that once you get to the second book, all of that has changed! It makes the first book SO MUCH BETTER!!! Seriously, check it out. It's definitely worth reading to get to the second one.

Marie Lu's characters are dynamic and emotional. They act like real human beings under extreme circumstances. Lu does an excellent job of getting at human emotions and motivations in this book. We, as readers, really get to delve into the love, anger, jealousy, patriotism, and fear of these characters as they go through this part of their story. And the ending made me cry. Seriously, I don't tear up over books super often, but this one got me. It's heartrending, yet beautiful. And it's really hard to put into words without giving too much away, so I'll stop there. But trust me! It's awesome.

The romance between Day and June heats up and develops some complications along the way. Lu added some pretty sexy scenes (especially for a YA novel) that definitely got my blood pumping. One thing that I appreciate about this particular romance is that it is complicated. Both June and Day question its legitimacy throughout this second book. Both characters look to others and wonder if their futures would be better off without each other. It's not easy; it's not simple. It's dynamic. And it adds a depth to both of the main characters without distracting from the main storyline.

Another thing I really liked about Prodigy was that some of the secondary characters from the first story really grew as well. Tess and Kaede return, and both change and evolve throughout the tale. Thomas and the murder of Metias both take a twist that really makes June (and the reader) think and question what she perceived as black and white. Nothing is as it seems in this book, and the ending truly surprised me, which is actually quite a feat and something I've railed on other books for lately.

We continue to see the motif of betrayal, but a new motif also emerges: one of lines blurring. Black and white aren't a reality. The world actually works in shades of grey. This is something that many of the characters come to realize over the course of the novel. This book also continues to pay homage to Les Miserables. We see multifaceted rebellion, death of government leaders, a rising of the people, and a realization that the grass isn't always greener on the other side (pardon my use of an extreme cliche, but it fit!).

A great sequel submitted by wilwil04 on June 25, 2018, 8:06am This book was a great squeal to legend. If you haven’t read legend first I would not recommend this book

Prodigy submitted by c_zhang on June 27, 2019, 11:26pm The characters turn very deep and dynamic here. The book reflects on the first one very well, and builds on amazingly. It almost improves the first book. The themes of betrayal and right and wrong are very clear here.

Whoa submitted by O'Eily on July 22, 2019, 4:19pm I like how the author decides to give the story a boost, giving us surprises and twists

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Legend novel
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 374 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780142427552

SUBJECTS
Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.
Criminals -- Fiction.
Soldiers -- Fiction.
Government, Resistance to -- Fiction.
Assassination -- Fiction.
War -- Fiction.