A review by abbynice
Warcross by Marie Lu

4.0

I read this to see if it was worthy of a Junior High lunch book club, and I am SO glad I did! Not only does it have a strong female main character, but it brings in computer science, appropriate levels of romance, and a world in the future where videogames dominate the landscape. The ending left quite a bit to be desired. I felt like the first 3/4ths of the book had great character and plot development, and well-placed but not too lengthy descriptions of the setting. The last 1/4th though felt like the author was racing to the end. The action was confusing because of all of the long descriptive paragraphs, there was little dialogue and then POOF twist, and it ended immediately. I know there is a sequel, and that may be why the ending was weird, but it was disappointingly poorly written. The rest of the book is excellent though and I am excited to share it with my students.