Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Prodigy by Marie Lu

SYNOPSIS:  This sequel to Legend picks up where the first book left off.  As Day and June look for Tess and try to get help for Eden, they discover a new source of propaganda, and have to once again get to the source to find out what is really true.

AUNT SHARON'S TAKE:  Although I liked Legend, I didn't like its sequel quite as much.  I just felt like the second book was a bit darker, and a bit more hopeless.  However, it did have page-turning action, and intelligent characters, so I'm sure fans of the first book will not feel they have wasted their time in continuing with the series.  As far as content goes, there is violence again, and language.  Also, there is a bit more sensuality in the sequel, including some references to a homosexual relationship.

AUDIENCE:  Young Adults

RATING:  PG13 for Violence, Sensuality, and Language

STARS:  1 1/2

BOOKS LIKE THIS:  The Hunger Games, Divergent

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