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A review by theengineerisreading
The Midnight Star by Marie Lu
5.0
I am officially out of words to describe what I feel after reading the entire The Young Elites series. The only question that lingers in my mind is how can Marie Lu do this to us! I mean, I’m not yet ready but somehow, it all happened fastforwardly. You will forever be missed, Adelina Amouteru, brave girl of Dalia, Queen of Kenettra and Sealands, and founder of the Rose Society.
I’ll admit that I somehow tried to step away from this book because I don’t want to finish this series but I don’t want to feel so left out since my friend, Justine, who buddy read this with me, is already drowning in feels after finishing The Midnight Star.
I won’t do a recap of the event in the final book since I don’t write possible spoilers in my reviews but imagine Queen Adelina Amouteru of Kenettra and Sealands, after years of hardwork and perseverance to reclaim the glory she always wanted since she was a kid, finally faced her final destination.
Actually, the only idea I have in mind before starting this book is that there’s going to be an epic battle between Kenettra/Roses and Beldain/Dagger but the general plot of TMS shifted and introduced us a much different angle of what hindered Adelina this time. I am expecting a much physical adversary and much blood and gore in this book but Marie Lu, being the greatest writer I know, managed to throw us a scorching curveball in the last minute of this book.
I am crying and I am feeling sad with what happened in this haunting conclusion to The Young Elites series but somehow I have to accept that this, too, shall pass.
Overall, this is a sure 5-star read for me as it delivered well in the various book points I always look at—pacing, twists, character development, and impact. I love how Marie Lu gave us a heartwarming book to end the bloody and gory series. I love how she delivered the goods (and the bad goods) in the most unexpected time. And lastly, I love how she redeemed the characters of Magiano and Teren Santoro in the latter part of the book.
So, to end this prolong of blah blahs, let me leave you with this series of quotations I annotated from TMS and I hope you also enjoyed the wonderful world of the Elites.
BEST QUOTE/S:
“Fear works best with some love. Show them that you can be terrifying, yet generous. Let the people love you a little, mi Adelinetta.”
“What if you are wrong? What if the gods sent you, and indeed the rest of us, not because we were never meant to be, but because we were always meant to be?”
“You cannot harden your heart to the future just because of your past. You cannot use cruelty against yourself to justify cruelty to theirs. It is hard. I know you are trying.”
“After a lifetime of darkness, I want to leave something behind that is made of light.”
I’ll admit that I somehow tried to step away from this book because I don’t want to finish this series but I don’t want to feel so left out since my friend, Justine, who buddy read this with me, is already drowning in feels after finishing The Midnight Star.
I won’t do a recap of the event in the final book since I don’t write possible spoilers in my reviews but imagine Queen Adelina Amouteru of Kenettra and Sealands, after years of hardwork and perseverance to reclaim the glory she always wanted since she was a kid, finally faced her final destination.
Actually, the only idea I have in mind before starting this book is that there’s going to be an epic battle between Kenettra/Roses and Beldain/Dagger but the general plot of TMS shifted and introduced us a much different angle of what hindered Adelina this time. I am expecting a much physical adversary and much blood and gore in this book but Marie Lu, being the greatest writer I know, managed to throw us a scorching curveball in the last minute of this book.
I am crying and I am feeling sad with what happened in this haunting conclusion to The Young Elites series but somehow I have to accept that this, too, shall pass.
Overall, this is a sure 5-star read for me as it delivered well in the various book points I always look at—pacing, twists, character development, and impact. I love how Marie Lu gave us a heartwarming book to end the bloody and gory series. I love how she delivered the goods (and the bad goods) in the most unexpected time. And lastly, I love how she redeemed the characters of Magiano and Teren Santoro in the latter part of the book.
So, to end this prolong of blah blahs, let me leave you with this series of quotations I annotated from TMS and I hope you also enjoyed the wonderful world of the Elites.
BEST QUOTE/S:
“Fear works best with some love. Show them that you can be terrifying, yet generous. Let the people love you a little, mi Adelinetta.”
“What if you are wrong? What if the gods sent you, and indeed the rest of us, not because we were never meant to be, but because we were always meant to be?”
“You cannot harden your heart to the future just because of your past. You cannot use cruelty against yourself to justify cruelty to theirs. It is hard. I know you are trying.”
“After a lifetime of darkness, I want to leave something behind that is made of light.”