The Young Elites
von Marie Lu
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Legend seriesI am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside.Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family’s good name and standing in the way of their fortune. But some of the fever’s survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars—they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites.Teren Santoro works for the king. As Leader of the Inquisition Axis, it is his job to seek out the Young Elites, to destroy them before they destroy the nation. He believes the Young Elites to be dangerous and vengeful, but it’s Teren who may possess the darkest secret of all.Enzo Valenciano is a member of the Dagger Society. This secret sect of Young Elites seeks out others like them before the Inquisition Axis can. But when the Daggers find Adelina, they discover someone with powers like they’ve never seen.Adelina wants to believe Enzo is on her side, and that Teren is the true enemy. But the lives of these three will collide in unexpected ways, as each fights a very different and personal battle. But of one thing they are all certain: Adelina has abilities that shouldn’t belong in this world. A vengeful blackness in her heart. And a desire to destroy all who dare to cross her.It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.
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The Young Elites
von Marie Lu
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Legend seriesI am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside.Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family’s good name and standing in the way of their fortune. But some of the fever’s survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars—they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites.Teren Santoro works for the king. As Leader of the Inquisition Axis, it is his job to seek out the Young Elites, to destroy them before they destroy the nation. He believes the Young Elites to be dangerous and vengeful, but it’s Teren who may possess the darkest secret of all.Enzo Valenciano is a member of the Dagger Society. This secret sect of Young Elites seeks out others like them before the Inquisition Axis can. But when the Daggers find Adelina, they discover someone with powers like they’ve never seen.Adelina wants to believe Enzo is on her side, and that Teren is the true enemy. But the lives of these three will collide in unexpected ways, as each fights a very different and personal battle. But of one thing they are all certain: Adelina has abilities that shouldn’t belong in this world. A vengeful blackness in her heart. And a desire to destroy all who dare to cross her.It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.
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Rezension von Natália Oliveira<blockquote><b><i>“I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.”</i></b></blockquote> I really really liked this book. It's been a while since I've wanted to start this trilogy, but only after I won Midnight Stars here on a GR giveaway that I bought the other two books and started the whole series. There aren't many books with a antihero character as the protagonists in YA literature and it's so refreshing. Adelina is a complex character, and we don't actually know what path she'll end up taking - if she'll become a villain, letting her dark side win and give in to the power-hunger and vengefulness, or if she'll let the few sparks of remaining light within her shine, like the love for her sister, wanting to protect the people, especially other malfettos. And even though sometimes the things she did or thought scared me a little, it made her character more interesting and I couldn't help but sympathize with her and her story and even want her to succeed. Also, all the other characters here are in the morally gray area - no one is completely good or bad, so there are really no villains(ok, there is one and he's cruel AF, and sadistic and you want Adelina and the Elites to freacking end him, but even him has his motivations and you get him a little bit). Even the heroes have their own inner motives for 'helping' and they don't extend their goodness to everybody, just a select few. There are some interesting twists, but not many were the 'WTF IS HAPPENING HERE' kind - except maybe the final one because I was so not expecting that. I like the whole medieval Italy feel of the novel and how well developed this universe was and I can't wait to explore it more on the next books, especially since we'll have a new group of powerful people and new powers, some of them already hinted in this book. I'm excited to continue this!