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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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bear_ridge_tarot's review against another edition

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

4.5

 The second book in the Renedages Trilogy starts out with Nova having successfully infiltrated the Renegades as one of them. She not only works with and for the Renegades, but she is also a member of her sworn enemy's son's patrol unit to maintain order in Gatlon City! Now going by Insomnia rather than her Anarchist identity of Nightmare, Nova has to navigate the ins and outs of daily life as a teenage Renedage, hide her secret identity from everyone around her, and figure out what this thing between her and Adrian actually is. Adrian, for his part, is discovering all the things that are wrong with the justice system he grew up with as the privileged son of Gatlon's beloved Captain Chromium and the Dread Pirate. It's an unknown race between the two teens to see who will achieve their goals before their secrets blow up in their faces. 

Again the narration is so good! I enjoy the back-and-forth between the two points of view. Nova gives that snark and sass of the wanna-be villain. Adrian's parts are full of disillusionment and hero heartache. Archenemies carries the story along at a swift and thrilling pace. I cannot wait to see where Marissa takes the conflict in the next book!

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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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jessicaludden's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious 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? No

3.5

“Once we have total power, what’s to keep us from becoming villains ourselves?”

I loved the political nature of this and the question of who gets to decide what’s good and what’s evil with the introduction of a prodigy antidote. This is the slowest burn I have ever encountered and while Nova and Adrian are finally getting somewhere their alter egos are back at war and I’m excited. That being said this book felt very filler to me. It was very repetitive and didn’t really pick up until the ending. But overall, I’m enjoying this series and I can’t wait to see how it ends.

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thebookpaiges's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

4.75


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totallybookedforlife's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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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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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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