Meyer, Marissa Renegades, 552 pages. Feiwel and Friends, 2017. $20.
Language: PG (5 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: G (non-descriptive LGBTQ
relationship); Violence: PG-13 (lots of fighting, murders)
Ten years earlier, after a gang killed her parents and
little sister, Ace Anarchy rescues Nova and took her into his ragtag group of
Anarchists – people with superpowers who were rebelling against all forms of
government control over, especially since those governments were anti-super. But Ace was later defeated by the Renegades,
a group using their powers for good, meaning defeat the Anarchists and restore
order to the world. Now (ten years
later), Nova and the remaining Anarchists keep trying to find ways to take down
the Renegades. After the latest failed
attempt, Nova decides to make the ultimate sacrifice – pose as a prodigy and
join the Renegades herself – take down the enemy from within. But when Nova sees the Renegades and gets to
know them, will her heart still be bent on vengeance?
Thankfully the romance in this book is not so obviously
Nova’s impetus for any of the choices she makes. Meyer draws a nicely conflicted character
surrounded by flawed systems and individuals.
She keeps getting stronger as a weaver of tales.
MS, HS – ESSENTIAL.
Cindy, Library Teacher
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