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Legend (Legend, #1)

Marie Lu

Start date: February 23, 2012

Finish date: February 28, 2012

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Feb 11, 2013 Trisha rated it really liked it

June & Day. Metias and John. Eden & Tess.
Just an amazing cast of characters flood this story of adventure through a Dystopian underworld filled with plague, death, spies and love.

I instantly loved Day. He's the dystopian Peter Pan - stealing from the rich in order to feed, care and protect the poor. But his actions aren't all 'for the good of all'.

June has grown up sheltered and fed political propaganda. She's a soldier, through and through - trained to fulfill a command from any higher officer ...more

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Mar 06, 2012 Natalie rated it liked it

Shelves: ya, dystopian

Legend is a YA dystopian novel told from the POV's of June and Day. June is a military prodigy being trained in strategy and command for the novel's futuristic government set in the western US. Day is an independent rebel fighting the big-brother regime.

What I enjoyed about this novel is that June, the girl, was the one being trained for military command and can kick some butt. I also liked that Day as a male took the time care for and take in a younger girl found on the streets and still look ...more

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Apr 14, 2013 Chris rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, youth, dystopia, united-states, young-adult

When I picked up this book I really thought I might be a little burned out on dystopias, especially after having just finished UnSouled. So I was surprised at how quickly I fell into this story and kept thinking about it even when I wasn't reading. Lu has created two great characters in Day - a street kid from a hurricane and environmentally ravaged Los Angeles who has become a Robin Hood of sorts, fighting against the "Republic" that now runs the western part of what used to be the US - and Jun ...more

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