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Archenemies by Marissa Meyer

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kal517's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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lawbooks600's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Representation: Biracial main character
Score: Six points out of ten.

Before I start this review, I have a few things I must discuss. First, I've read from Marissa Meyer before, with books like Renegades, Gilded and Cinder, so now I'm on book #4 overall, and book #2 in the Renegades series. Honestly, I thought it was slightly worse than Renegades, well, both of them were long, with the first one being longer, but at least it had action. This also had some, but much less of that to focus on the characters, and let me tell you, the only attribute they had were their superpowers. Other than that, they're cardboard cut-out caricatures. They're not even characters. Now with that out of the way, it starts (more like continues) with the main characters, Nova Artino, or Nova for short (I don't know why she's also called Nova McLain? I don't get it.) and Adrian Everhart. After an intriguing scene nothing much happens for a few hundred pages, except two things. Nova's grudge against the Renegades and her relationship with Adrian. And look, I get it! Nova hates the Renegades. You don't have to shove that into me a million times. The chemistry, well, it wasn't there. There wasn't any, and I couldn't connect to them. I hoped that this novel would be an improvement over the last, but it's a shame that it wasn't. The ending was outstanding when the characters found out that Ace Anarchy, presumed dead, was alive, and there's another cliff-hanger. I'm not sure if I should read Supernova. Maybe? 

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sydneylmeyer7's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I wanted to read this book because I really enjoyed the Cinder series. So, I thought I would give Marissa’s other work a try. I struggled with the first book, and I also struggled with this book.  

Adrian and Nova are each other’s worst nightmare, they just don’t it. In Renegades, Nova and Adrian fought the battle of their lives against the Anarchist known as the Detonator. It was a short-lived victory. The Anarchies still have a secret weapon, one that Nova believes will protect her. The Renegades also have a strategy for overpowering the Anarchists, but both Nova and Adrian understand that it could mean the end of Gatlon City – and the world – as they know it.  

This book was boring. I would have loved for the hidden identity of Nightmare and the Sentinel. I felt like this book was just delaying the inevitable. It was filler book with no major thing happening except for Frostbite’s team showing to be the real villains. I felt like every single character is just define by their powers and absolutely nothing else. I would have killed for someone to have an actual personality. Adrian started to annoy the crap out of me about 50% in the book, Nova started to annoy me about 25% in this book.  I felt like there was no romance whatsoever in this book and no drama.  

There was so much potential that this book could have, but it was just never there. I just wanted more, and I found myself skimming through the last 10% of the book because I was bored and uninterested. I am going to have the read the last book just to hopeful see someone go down, whether it’s the Renegades or Ace, but someone better go down otherwise I'm going to throw the series out of the window.  

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dianaschmidty's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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robin_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The teenage angst is real in this.  It’s Nova and Adrian are full of it. The way they both think they’re in the right in the way they behave and in the things they believe is getting really obnoxious. I get that they both have been raised with certain propaganda around them but despite them seeing how flawed the things are they’ve been taught, they hold on to their anger and their wishes for revenge. It’s a bit annoying but I’m going to read the next book to see what’s going to happen and how the book will end. 

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shaneent's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I think this follow-up to Renegades was even better than the first book, and I am now very impatient to read the finale!
The characters and their imaginative powers continue to be intriguing. The hidden identities and secret plans and FEELINGS combined to create some truly palpable tension.
This was a great superhero read, with vivid fights and incredible powers and fascinating tools.
And, once again, I love the clash of ideologies, where the validity and flaws of all sides are examined.
A really great, layered read.

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anielabooks's review

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I’m not gonna lie, this book got me in a reading slump for a while but goddamn that ending was stressful. So much action was packed into the last few chapters. I was on the edge of my seat the ENTIRE time. The miscommunication can get a bit frustrating but that is literally what I signed up for by picking up this book. I’m too invested in the characters so I’ll definitely continue reading this series.

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gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is a solid second book to read. Whilst a lot feels like it didn't happen it does spend a bit of time building up with the last 100 pages popping off in a way that the third book can pick up from.

There were some things about the book that I hope will be better explained in the third book,
in particular why Monarch was suspicious of Nova in the first place. Was it just falling asleep in the hospital from the first book. It just seems very weak. Monarch is probably one of the few character that I actually don't like in this series so far.
 
With the ending of this book I cannot wait to see what happens and how everything will unfold. I don't really have an idea of where this could go, but do have some hopes. 

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baileyk113's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0



AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!

It’s so frustrating to read nova and Adrain’s story sometimes because they believe in the same basic ideas but are on different sides 🥲

I really enjoyed reading how Nova is having second thoughts about her who,e identity. It’ll be interesting to see how she turns out in the end.

Also if Max dies, I will be heartbroken. Also also, I’m so glass Frostbite’s team no longer has their powers. They were horrible. 

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