Week 47 Review: The Young Elites

From Goodreads:
I 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.

My Review:
This book was really creepy and amazing! From the synopsis, it doesn't really say the fantasy element in it, because it could've just been a dystopian book, but it's not, it's a fantasy one! And yeah, it was just so entertaining!

So in the back, it says that when she was originally writing this book, it was about a hero, and that when it didn't work, someone suggested that Adelina was a very interesting character, and that sparked an idea of it being a story about a villain. And yeah, there were aspects to her character that are villain-ly. The definitions of the word are a) a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel. or b) a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot. And Adelina has a darkness in her that makes her a "cruelly malicious person" sometimes. Yeah.

On goodreads, on the series page, it says "The Young Elites is set in a Renaissance-like world where magic is new, chaotic, and misunderstood, and three rival societies with supernatural abilities battle for power. And a girl transforms from an unwanted daughter into a fearsome leader, igniting panic and sparking war between seven nations." And this felt like a prequel novel to that, setting all this up, because this book, has the world, and the start of the transformation, because in the end, she's heading in becoming a leader. So yeah, there's that!

One thing that annoyed me, was, to me, ignorance, saying the Young Elites were bad luck, when we know they have powers that link them to the gods. That storm? The one that was sad to be caused because they let a YE compete? Probably happened because she won, and then you took it away from her! Gah, the ignorance was very aggravating!

That ending was sad. And that he thanked her. Because she unwittingly helped him when she thought she was destroying him. And that really sucks! And that she gets kicked out, and then thinks the line in the synopsis. Which is pretty dark. And then the epilogue that was creepy, and confirms a one liner, and yeah, it was very important!

Favourite line: "At a loss for words, You Highness? I'll take that as a compliment." And you should, because it really is!

I really enjoyed this book, so much, the wait for the next book, it just, I want it now, but we don't even have a title, cover, synopsis, or even a release date, so yeah, it's probably going to be a year, but it's still going to be a long wait!

Author: Marie Lu
Series: The Young Elites #1
Read: November 18th, 2014
Source: Bought
Reason Why: Really enjoyed her first series, and it's a 2014 Dystopia Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Published: October 7th 2014

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars