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A review by lawbooks600
Archenemies by Marissa Meyer
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?
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?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury
Full trigger warnings: Blood depiction, building collapse, death of a mother mentioned, physical assault and injury, fire, explosions