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The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1)

Marie Lu

Discussion: . Week 17: Friend Recommendation

Why we're reading this: This can be for week 4, week 9, or week 17 in my case.
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. Week 17: Friend Recommendation

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Dec 15, 2014 Marija rated it it was amazing

Shelves: pub2014, read-in-2015, ebook, over-300-pages, read-in-english, favorites, fantasy, superpowers, new-adult, author-female

Recently, I have been reading one great book after another. The Young Elite is one of them. The interesting main character Adelina and her dark thoughts are ceratinly something new and refreshing in YA. With her missing eye and silver hair she stands out, but what sets her apart is her mind. She is not you avarage character who fights for the greater cause and is, deep in her heart, good. No, she likes to torture people and it gives her joy. She will not weep or beg, she will get revenge and enj ...more

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Feb 23, 2015 Bana AZ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

This was amazing!

Okay, so the story is about a girl, Adelina, and her powers. She lives in Kenettra, a place that has a society which believes that these few people with powers, the Young Elites, are an abomination. Adelina then finds herself caught between two forces: Enzo of the Dagger Society and Teren of the Inquisition. One wants to put power into the hands of the Elites, while the other wants them dead.

At first, I thought this was a lot like Cashore's Graceling, but it's not. This one is a ...more

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