The most awaited sequel to the well-love sci-fi debut of Marie Lu that is Warcross, Wildcard finally hit the shelves last year and since I had the chance to re-read Warcross early this month, I decided to sift through the entire duology at once and here's my review!

I have high expectations for this book since Warcross definitely hit all the right angles and with that explosive ending, the bar was set high for Wildcard hence a lot of negative reviews were written for, imo, the expectation was never met. And same goes with my experience.

I won't elaborate much on the negativities or where this book went wrong but I'll just leave it here: the action-packed Warcross novel's not embodied on Wildcard for it gave a different approach to Hideo-Emika-Zero triangle.

But anyway, Wildcard still manage to nab a three-star rating for the following reasons:

First, Marie Lu's writing remains topnotch. It is evident in all of her books and though Wildcard did not connect with me and with that *oof* ending, I am still amazed with the way she narrated the scenes in this book. Queen Marie Lu still.

Second, I love how she included a whole different kind of darkness for the Warcross universe in the introduction of Jax and Dana Taylor and the Blackcoats. Though the ending was really anticlimactic, I still love that Jax revelation before Emika decided which side to jump on.

Lastly, that Tremaine-Roshan scene is what really stood out in this book for me! I KNOW! I feel that this duo needs more book time when I finished Warcross and thank God Marie Lu delivered the goods in Wildcard.

Anyway, this is my lowest rating for a Marie Lu book but I still enjoyed the book except for the final chapters! This year, I'm hoping for more Marie Lu books and some Netflix adaptations please!

RATING: 3stars!