Today's America is fundamentally split down the middle on practically every issue there is. What if we decided to literally cut the country down the middle and divide it in two? The lefty side of me says "hell yeah", but after reading Marie Lu's LEGEND- I'm curious to see more.
LEGEND tells the story of two teenagers in The Republic of America-June is a prodigy being groomed in the upper ranks of society for military success- Day is the country's most wanted criminal accused of murdering June's brother . The Republic is constantly at war with it's neighbors and it's people are suffering of a mysterious plague. The middle class has been eliminated- there are only slums and high rises living under the oppressive regime.
I am confident that the premise of this story is similar enough to The Hunger Games that it will cultivate the same fan base, but not so similar that you feel as though you are reading a copycat.
If you enjoy dystopian fiction, mature YA fiction, The Hunger Games, or just a good page-turner- do yourself a favor and READ THIS BOOK.
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