The Young Elites by Marie Lu

                           Book Review 

                   The Young Elites by Marie Lu

Wow this book was unlike any other book I've ever read and I ahhhh I love how in this book everyone is in the gray area you don't know who's good or bad it's so subjective to the way you look at things what's good and right and bad and wrong is no longer clear the lines are blurred sooo good 

Okay now to the review
Characters: Usually a story is either plot driven or character driven this book was really neither in actuality it was characterization driven which was a first for me our main character Adelina is really what makes the story in my opinion she has this overwhelming amount of darkness in her usually in young adult at the very least the main character is good but no no no Marie Lu decided to take another turn in this book and I was so glad she did Adelina was so unique I've never read about a character quite like her she was strong she knew how to pick herself up when she fell down she was bad she was dark she was sinister vengeful and vindictive with a little tiny bit of goodness in her at first I was a bit creeped out and uncomfortable with her but I got used to her real quick and me and her gelled well and I learned to like her she is an extremely complex character with an extraordinary amount of pain and loneliness and darkness in her she is the feeling of darkness we all have inside of us made into a person she brought up a lot of questions on what is morally right and what is good and bad and made you take a step back at look at yourself which I looved I love morally ambiguous character (*cough Warner my one true love cough*) her character was very intricate and so so strong yes she could be cruel but that was because of the way she grew up and I loved the flashbacks throughout the story that got us to know her so well on a very deep level her character intruiged me to no end and her character was highly unpredictable as for the other characters they were good I liked how no one had 100% good selfless intentions no one was fully good or bad everyone was somewhere in between.

Plot: The plot was fast paced and there was always something going on it never left me bored that's all I. Have to say about it and I loved the whole super powers idea I'm always such a sucker for those and I loved how after you survived the blood fever it left you with random markings like eye or color changes that was particularly fascinating to me I want that to be explored more I like the turn its taking for the second book I have lots of theories :)

Writing style: Unlike the writing style in Legend this writing style was to the point not boring and easy to read and get through it was the writing style that got me hooked right away I flew through this book because of it you know the writing is good when your turning pages without even being aware of it and then you look down shocked to see how far you've gotten such a big improvement from Legend in my opinion

Romance : The romance was interesting I just wished we got to know Enzo more and that he got more time with Adelina for that I didnt feel very connected to him I would have liked to see that fleshed out more

Overall I really liked this book btw I love that Adelinetta has white hair and only one eye how wicked cool is that? Once again she's so unique I was so invested in this story and this world and it felt so real to me I can't wait to pick up the sequel and I hope more people read this I would most definitely reccomend this especially for those who want a darker fantasy btw this was my first fantasy and this genre did not disspapoint so happy this book could be the book to introduce me to the fantasy world I think I'm going to like it here;) 

Favorite quotes: “It is pointless to believe what you see, if you only see what you believe.” 

                              “Embellish your flaws. They will turn into your assets.”

                             “You cannot harden your heart to the future just because of your past. You cannot use      cruelty against yourself to justify cruelty to others.”

                               “It is better to have an enemy who will fight you in an open field then a lover who will kill    you in your sleep."

                                “After a lifetime of darkness, I want to leave something behind that is made of light.”