Goodreads Summary:
What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic’s wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic’s highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country’s most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.
From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths – until the day June’s brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family’s survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias’s death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.
My Initial Thoughts:
I really can’t write anything here this time… Why? because it’s been so long, I have no clue what I had initially thought.
Review:
(WARNING: TONS OF SPOILERS BELOW!)
One year. That’s how long it took me to read this book. Why? Not because it was bad, but because of the FEELS.
Metias was my favorite character until Ms. Lu killed him off. I read a few more pages after that and stopped. I was furious. It took several months of convincing on behalf of Kayla, and me [sort of] getting over Metias’ death to the point that I was able to continue to read Legend.
Oh my gosh, the action… it was so good! I was at the edge of my seat the entire time. And when June decided to help Day escape, OMG, I was biting my nails because of how anxious and stressed I was. I almost couldn’t take it. (This is where I questioned my sanity and told myself I was crazy for putting this book down in the first place all those months ago.)
What really surprised me was Metias leaving a blog behind for June to find. Metias seemed like such a goody-good that in no way did I think of his death as fishy at first or that he would do such a thing. And. Oh My Word, I couldn’t believe that Thomas killed Metias… he killed his own best friend! Now that was a twist I did not even see coming. Apparently, I didn’t see a lot of things coming.
I had all this stuff I wanted to talk about, making this review more analytic and well thought-out, but this review has now boiled down to me just fangirling and I shall be okay with that. 🙂
Legend is a great first book, and darnet, I cannot wait to read the rest of the trilogy.
The Talking Bookworm 
*clutching my heart from the returned feels* Thanks so much for that, Veronica. But I’m also laughing over here because FINALLY YOU UNDERSTAND PRAISE JESUS FOR THAT.
I so need to reread this series.
*clap* I’m so glad you wound up enjoying this book–it’s always rough when a favorite character gets killed off too soon. I hope you read the rest of the series soon–I really enjoyed seeing how everything came together.
I started Prodigy the other day and I had so many feels I had to stop. I only made it to page 55. LOL
You’ll get there eventually. But be warned: Champion is essentially nothing but feels.