After Reading: Prodigy (A Legend Novel) by Marie Lu

Injured and on the run, it has been seven days since June and Day barely escaped Los Angeles and the Republic with their lives. Day is believed dead having lost his own brother to an execution squad who thought they were assassinating him. June is now the Republic's most wanted traitor. Desperate for help, they turn to the Patriots - a vigilante rebel group sworn to bring down the Republic. But can they trust them or have they unwittingly become pawns in the most terrifying of political games? (Goodreads)

I read this one a while ago and haven't managed to get in a post about it. It was a good read, but again, I didn't find myself as drawn into it as I would have liked. In some way I think this has to do with the fact that the characters, whom I really like, are said to be only 15 years old. This just bothers me. While I'm reading, they are at least 20 or thereabouts. It's impossible for them to be so mature, and especially to have had so many of the experiences they've had, and be so young. I know that's rather silly, but it's something that keeps coming up to me as an issue. But, other than that, I found this to be an interesting read. I especially enjoyed seeing the gov't that's on the other side of the border from the Republic. Lu has some serious political undertones to her work that I found really interesting. That being said, I did enjoy this book and will read the last in the series, though I'd continue to age these people up a few more years :)