Booklight: The Prodigy
With finals in full swing I found myself with an abundance of free periods because I had no finals for the first day of the testing. In a frenzy, I read through Marie Lu’s Prodigy like it was going to burn before I could reach the ending.
I didn’t know what to expect from Prodigy. Would it live up to the standards set by its predecessor Legend? Well, it blew me out the water. I couldn’t get enough of it. The relationship between June and Day had me anxious for more; I couldn’t wait to see how their story would end. Going into Prodigy I was under the impression that there were no more books after it. So when I reached the end I was a little more than frustrated. Now I have my hands on Champion and I’m trying to savior it for all it’s worth, as it is the last of the series.
When we last saw Day and June they were fleeing from the Republic in search of the rebellion forces, the Patriots. The Patriots had long wanted Day on their side and June had to make them a promise to attempt to get Day to join them so they would help them escape at the end of Legend. The pair has made their way into Vegas to find the Patriots and negotiate the terms of joining. Day wants their help finding his brother Eden, who had been taken by the Republic to examine his particular strain of plague. The Patriots agree but only if Day and June help assassinate the new Elector who has replaced his father after his domineering reign came to an end with his death.
June is hesitant. What if this Elector is different than his father? What if he is willing to change? June meets with the Elector and finds out that he is willing to pardon June and Day for all of their crimes against the Republic so long as Day gives the Republic his support so that the people will like the Elector. June begins to grow feelings for the Elector and decides to sabotage the assassination.
She is able to communicate to Day to end the assassination and they escape together to the Colonies where June is hospitalized with sickness that she fears is the plague. Day finds out that the Colonies are not as good and clean as they seem and that they are actually almost as bad as the Republic. When June is left alone with the Colonies hospital they attempt to kidnap her and keep her there. Day saves her and they flee back to the Republic where Day is told he is dying.
I knew I shouldn’t have trusted this series after reading Veronica Roth’s third installment of the Divergent series, Allegiant. The two-character point of views should have been a red flag for me. Now I have to wait until I reach the final book to see if anyone dies and I’m not prepared for a death yet. All in all the book lived up to the expectations of the first book and leaves even higher expectations for the final installment.
