Review: Prodigy (Legend #2) by Marie Lu

Edition: Hardcover
Pages: 371
Publish Date: January 29, 2013
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile 
Genre: Young Adult Dystopian
Series: Legend
Goodreads Rating: 4.31 (78,666 ratings)

So I don't even know how to rate this book. As much as I want to give it 5 stars for the last few chapters, the fact that I was bored as hell through 3/4 of the book makes that impossible. I'm not even sure if I can give it 4 stars...

This installment follows Day and June after their escape from Day's execution. Receiving more help from the patriots to fix Day's leg after he was shot, and begin to follow the patriots in their plan to assassinate the new Elector Premo, Anden. 
At first it seems perfect, but June is still skeptical. And after Day and June are separated and June is placed back in the Republic to set up the Elector, she is even more skeptical of what this is all really about.

The new elector wants to take apart everything his father built- The trials, the plagues, the mass murders, the entire war. 
June manages to stop the assassination with Day's help. But after words from Tess manipulated Day's trust in June the true feelings come out about eachothers hands in both Day's mothers murder, and June's Brothers. 
All of which is easily forgiven after June falls ill and they flee to the colonies. This is where he learns of a broadcast about his brother Eden being released, and an old patriot/colony friend confirms all that June suspected. 
The Elector wants to change the republic for the better.
Razor was hired to assassinate the elector within the patriots to move in as new elector and destroy the patriots.
After returning and finding the Colonists trying to imprison June from her hospital room, Day and Kaede rescue her and flee back to the Republic.
After undergoing tests, June is finally getting better, but Day is not so lucky.
Discovering that even though he didn't die before from what happened to him after his trials, he will eventually die from it. After realizing this, and that June is up to being the Princeps to the new elector (Princeps basically means fiance or soon-to-be wife) Day chooses to give her up. 

"He is beauty, inside and out.
He is the silver lining in a world of darkness.
He is my light." - June 

January TBR

I have full faith that I'll be able to get through all of these. Hours have been cut back majorly at work so I'll have plenty of free time. With the couple series' I'll be starting I chose to just put the first book. I know I'll probably get through as many books as I have in each series but here are the 12 I have full intentions of reading!
So looking forward to the new year!

December Wrap Up!

Review: The Edge of Darkness (Darkness Duet #1) by Melissa Andrea

Edition: ebook
Pages: 414
Publish Date: May 30, 2013
Publisher: Smashworks
Genre: New Adult Romance
Series: Dueology
Goodreads Rating: 4.17 (1,746 ratings)

This was like a sexy version of Cinderella. 
Araya was a talented dancer accepted to Juliard at the age of 15, on the ride home from a concert with her Mom they were in a car accident that left Araya blind and her Mother passed.
4 years later Araya is living with her Mothers sister who she barely knew growing up, as well as her drunk husband Carl. 
Over the four years she's lived with then she was basically their live-in blind maid. They brainwashed her into believing she had no chance int he outside world, giving her no classes or opportunity to learn to live with being blind. 
Things change after Araya takes a trip to a near by park that she meets Ryland Dare, a charming shadow to her, a blackmailing option for her Aunt and Uncle.
Ryland Dare, the soon-to-be partner in his "father's" company, middle child between an older out of control brother and his younger sister Cara aka "Careless". After being stood up by the mysterious girl at the park he is surprised to find that same mystery girl in his house. Careless is Araya's new tutor, and when she tells Ryland to stay away that only provokes him further, even when he finds out she's blind he becomes even more drawn to her.

He's her knight in shining armor, always saving her, and she's his innocent hummingbird. Never planning or expecting that they would fall in love, they do. and when it finally becomes clear, Ryland's family steps in to destroy it. Revealing the blackmailing plan set up by Araya's Aunt with the help of Careless. The plan to take them for millions to hide a fake pregnancy. Jonathan Dare (Ryland's Father) makes a new deal in an attempt to trap his son in his company and keep Araya away from him. He offers Araya a full education at the school for the blind. Originally going to turn him down, he offers the plan to Araya's Aunt along with $800,000 to send Araya away ASAP. 
Araya get's away with the help of Ryland's brother, but when Ryland reveals his plan to get an apartment for them she's so happy, until he suggests him leaving school and getting a job to take care of her. 
The last thing she wants to be is a burden to the man she loves. Making her own choice she leaves Ryland to attend the school his father payed for. 
AND THAT'S HOW THIS BOOK ENDS?!

Ya WARNING this is a DUELOGY 
Contemporary Romances are supposed to be stand alones or companions. Not duelogies. 
I hate that now I'm committed to 2 books and I'm nervous to see what will happen after that sneak preview "I always get what I want", and the fact that she's still at this school and Ryland is working for his father.

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