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Review: Legend

Legend Legend by Marie Lu
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Legend was pretty good, I actually liked it quite a lot. This is good I think, because lately I've been not really liking first books in trilogies/series.

Um, I just don't know how much I like the romance. I mean... main girl character and main boy character... it always happens and it's always so predictable, and it's always insta-freaking-love. I can only think of one trilogy I've read where the main protagonists end up together and it wasn't insta-love, it was in the last book. Honestly, and this might be a spoiler, (view spoiler) This whole book would have been a lot better if there was just no romance. Maybe just kindle it a little, and grow it throughout the series, and then maybe it would become something satisfying. DIVERGENT SERIES SPOILERS: (view spoiler)

For the plot and the world and everything, that's what I liked. I wouldn't say it's action packed, but what led to the action was pretty packed if you know what I'm saying. I'm not looking forwards to reading the next book because of no romance, I'm looking forwards to seeing what's going to go down. Finishing the book left me with a good feeling. This is a feel I do not often feel after first books I've read lately. Thus I deem this is a four star.


All of my Legend Reviews:
Book 0.5
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3

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