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Original Title: | The Young Elites |
ISBN: | 0399167838 (ISBN13: 9780399167836) |
Edition Language: | English URL http://onetrueportal.com/marielu/books/the-young-elites |
Series: | The Young Elites #1 |
Characters: | Adelina Amouteru, Enzo Valenciano, Teren Santoro |
Setting: | Kenettra |
Literary Awards: | Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Young Adults (2016), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2014) |
Marie Lu
Hardcover | Pages: 355 pages Rating: 3.9 | 99411 Users | 12509 Reviews
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I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family’s good name and standing in the way of their fortune. But some of the fever’s survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars—they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites. Teren Santoro works for the king. As Leader of the Inquisition Axis, it is his job to seek out the Young Elites, to destroy them before they destroy the nation. He believes the Young Elites to be dangerous and vengeful, but it’s Teren who may possess the darkest secret of all. Enzo Valenciano is a member of the Dagger Society. This secret sect of Young Elites seeks out others like them before the Inquisition Axis can. But when the Daggers find Adelina, they discover someone with powers like they’ve never seen. Adelina wants to believe Enzo is on her side, and that Teren is the true enemy. But the lives of these three will collide in unexpected ways, as each fights a very different and personal battle. But of one thing they are all certain: Adelina has abilities that shouldn’t belong in this world. A vengeful blackness in her heart. And a desire to destroy all who dare to cross her. It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.Define Appertaining To Books The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1)
Title | : | The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1) |
Author | : | Marie Lu |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 355 pages |
Published | : | October 7th 2014 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia |
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Ratings: 3.9 From 99411 Users | 12509 ReviewsComment On Appertaining To Books The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1)
i love marie lu, so i had no idea i could love her more than i already did. but i honestly think this is my favourite book (and potentially series) she has written. its dark, twisted, powerful, and it surprised me in so many ways. her other two series have either a sci-fi or dystopian feel to them, with both taking place in the future. so assumed this would be similar - imagine my intrigue when i realised the story takes place in renaissance italy?! i am totally on board with that. i just wishWant to know what happens when Marie Lu does darker and sexier? Then read this book. Contrary to what I first believed, this book is not dystopian or post-apocalyptic, but is actually a dark fantasy set in a bleak world full of magic, complex villains and princes looking to reclaim their throne. And it's damn good.Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of a blood fever that swept through her nation when she was a child. The fever left only a few survivors and those survivors remained permanently
I know who you really are. Who will ever want you, Adelina?My fury heightens. Everyone. They will cower at my feet, and I will make them bleed. Two words. Fuck, yeah!I don't even know how to describe this book. Maybe William Shakespeare's Mistborn? It is not without its flaws, but the love of a book, much like the love of a human, is completely chemistry-based, and for me, this book just clicked. Every so often, the planets align, and Khanh completely loves a book. It happens!This book has so
3.5 stars Surprisingly dark, with a sister dynamic similar to Cruel Beauty's and a feel similar to that of Masque of the Red Death's. I admit that the middle lagged a bit for me, I didn't love the multiple POV structure, and there is a LOT of activity going on in Adelina's heart (many references to energy spiking in it, her feelings, etc), but I quite like this world the author has created, and am intrigued to see where the story goes next. One thing the blurbs don't tell you that you find out
I've never had such mixed feelings about a book before.Bloody hell. Pros: it's in the POV of an innocent victim-turned-antihero-turned-villian, which is something you just don't get enough of in the young adult realm (or at least that I've come across). And Marie Lu isn't afraid to take bold decisions here, oh yes.Cons: the writing. It feels lifeless, like a fellow classmate reading out a scene from your school literature book; you're hearing it, you're understanding it, but you're not really
Everyone has darkness inside them, however hidden. When a story isn't told by a hero who goes save the world at all costs and goodness can't conquer darkness, so the hero falls to his knees and his story doesn't end well. This is what I want to say about my expereince with this shocking Young Elites series. I am being in awe right now for Lu. I can't believe that she wrote such an amazing story like this among many typical YA books out there. She didn't even try to make her story feel good for
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