The Young Elites || Book Review || Spoiler Free

Title: The Young Elites
Series: fist book in The Young Elites trilogy
Author: Marie Lu
Format: Hard cover
Page count: 355
Rating: 5/5 stars
Synopsys:
This is a story about a group of kids(teens) who have survived and terrible disease. Somehow, some of these people who have survived, have now powers. These people are called The Young Elites. 
The queen wants them all killed. 

I am a big fan of Marie Lu. I absolutely love the Legend trilogy, it's one of my favorite trilogies ever. So, as you can probably guess, I had quite high hopes of The Young Elites. Luckily, this book did not disappoint!

The World
The Young Elites is set in a world that is made up. It's fantasy, but not high-fantasy. There is no such a thing as a magic system or mythical creatures. The only thing in this world that is magical are the Young Elites.
Even though the world wasn't that special, I really loved it. I liked the atmosphere and the culture in this world a lot.

The Characters
Now, I expected the Young Elites to be a group of unwanted survivors of a disease who have magical powers and want to fight for justice. I thought that we could look at them as super heroes, but I don't really think they are super heroes at all. I have no idea who is 'team good' in this book, which I really like.
All the characters are dark and twisted. Especially out lead character, Adeline. She is so dark and has really bad thoughts sometimes, to the point that I was kind of scared of her thoughts.
I really liked her as a lead, but having a dark and broken character like her as lead made it emotionally challenging to read this book sometimes. Not that I had problems with that.

The Plot
At first I was scared the plot was going to be a bit cliché. The synopsis sounds like something that has already been done in the Young Adult genre. Though I was absolutely wrong by thinking this was going to be cliché!
The plot was fun and interesting. I don't want to give to much away, but I really liked the pace and the things that happened. I flew through this book, but I can see that some people might find the beginning a bit slow. If that is the case, don't worry, keep reading, the pace will definitely pick up towards the ending!


I absolutely loved this book and I can't wait for the sequel! I think this is a very promising trilogy!

If you see any grammar and/or spelling errors, please tell me! English is not my first language, I'm still learning!

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