Renegades
Author: Marissa Meyer
Published November 7, 2017
Page Count: 576
Two opposing groups of super powered individuals: the Renegades, who govern, and the villains, called the Anarchists, who want to overthrow them, live mostly at peace in the futuristic city of Gatlon City. Nova, an unknown Anarchist, figures out a way to infiltrate the Renegades by joining their cause. Her goals are to seek revenge for her family's death and dismantle the Renegades from the inside. While working with the Renegades Nova meets Adrian, a legacy Renegade, who not only has a troubled conscience about who he works with, but he also moonlights as a vigilante. The only problem she runs into is that she may be falling for Adrian, who also happens to be the son of two of the Renegade leaders.
Reading Audience:
Middle and High School
Stuff to be aware of:
Gore/Violence - You will find plenty of superhero action including hand to hand combat, assignation attempts, and people being shot at. There are brief mentions of being hung and killed. Someone is shot and the blood from the shot splatters on someone’s face. There is a man shot in the head and blood is splattered everywhere.
Language - There are mentions that characters “curse,” but below is a list of the words that actually show up.
A*s - 1 D*mn - 2 Hell-3
LGBTQ+ - Two male characters are married. They are the adopted parents of one of the main characters. His “dads” are often referenced in the story.
Sexual - A character is mentioned to have “cleavage and curves,” but nothing sexually graphic is mentioned.
Other - There is drinking and a mention of “beer gardens.” Narcotics and drugs are mentioned a few times. Wine is mentioned.
Overall
Most middle schoolers and possibly high schoolers will enjoy this story if they are into superhero love stories. My personal opinion is that the story and the dialogue are not great. Most of the characters are high school age, but their dialogue is a bit cringy. I listened to this book on Libby, so part of it could have been the reader, but a lot of the dialogue was campy, but not on purpose. The story itself isn’t anything you haven’t heard before if you read comics or watch super hero movies. The story combines several X-Men and super hero story beats into one story and sometimes it works better than others.
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