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Renegades (Renegades, 1) Hardcover – November 7, 2017
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NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal.
Secret Identities.
Extraordinary Powers.
She wants vengeance. He wants justice.
The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies―humans with extraordinary abilities―who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone...except the villains they once overthrew.
Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice―and in Nova. But Nova's allegiance is to the villains who have the power to end them both.
- Reading age12 - 18 years
- Print length576 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level7 - 9
- Lexile measure860L
- Dimensions6.45 x 1.86 x 9.36 inches
- PublisherFeiwel & Friends
- Publication dateNovember 7, 2017
- ISBN-101250044669
- ISBN-13978-1250044662
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!!
A Winter 2017-2018 Kids' Indie Next List Selection
"In a vividly dark and fully imagined universe where special abilities are feared unless they can be strictly controlled and labeled, Meyer celebrates and subverts popular superhero tropes while mining the gray area between malevolence and virtue. Third-person narration builds suspense as it shifts between Nova and Adrian, a Renegade with his own secrets; the worldbuilding details and many combat sequences will captivate devotees of superhero comics. Beyond the capes and masks is a strikingly grounded story of star-crossed would-be lovers, deception, and the recognition that most of humanity exists between the extremes of good and evil."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Tackles a familiar genre in a brand new way."--Hypable.com
"A fully realized new world with compelling characters and just enough edge-of-your-seat action to rival the biggest on-screen adaptation?."--Bustle
"Exciting...perfect for your Fall #TBR list."--PopSugar.com
"Even reluctant fans of hero fantasies will fall for the smart plot and wonderful world-building. Prepare to fangirl."--Justine Magazine
"Meyer delivers a balance between intricate world-building and fast-paced action sequences. Nova’s childhood tragedy will draw sympathy from readers as they watch her integrate into the group of Renegades in order to seek vengeance. Back-stabbing, plot twists, and hidden agendas will have readers turning pages in an attempt to discover the truth."--School Library Journal
"Meyer smartly refrains from focusing totally on Adrian and Nova’s potential romance and instead fleshes the characters out as separate individuals with flaws and strengths, regrets and desires. ...The world is exceptionally well crafted, particularly the complex backstory of the rise of prodigies among humans, and the secondary cast of villains and heroes could give Marvel and DC a run for their money. There’s a lot going on here besides cool names and superpowers, and the book earns both its hefty page count and its expected sequel."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Recommended
Praise for Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles series:
#1 New York Times–Bestselling Series
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“A mash-up of fairy tales and science fiction . . . a cross between Cinderella, The Terminator, and Star Wars.” ―Entertainment Weekly
“Prince Charming among the cyborgs.” ―The Wall Street Journal
“Terrific.” ―Los Angeles Times
Praise for Marissa Meyer's Heartless:
"In Heartless, the nonsense that is Wonderland gets a reverential makeover, full of heart and its own idiosyncratic character." ―Gregory Maguire, Wicked and After Alice
"The author’s best fantasy yet. . . . Meyer has woven all the elements of darkness and light, fate and free will, and love and hatred into an unforgettable story of the evolution of the Red Queen from a young girl who dreamed of true love and freedom to a madwoman best remembered for the phrase 'Off with his head.' If you only read one fractured fairy tale this year, make it Heartless." ―School Library Journal, starred review
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- Publisher : Feiwel & Friends; First Edition (November 7, 2017)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 576 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1250044669
- ISBN-13 : 978-1250044662
- Reading age : 12 - 18 years
- Lexile measure : 860L
- Grade level : 7 - 9
- Item Weight : 1.75 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.45 x 1.86 x 9.36 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #122,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #64 in Teen & Young Adult Superhero Fiction
- #1,404 in Teen & Young Adult Action & Adventure
- #33,451 in Children's Books (Books)
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Marissa Meyer is a fangirl at heart, with a closet full of costumes, a Harry Potter wand on her desk, and a Tuxedo Mask doll hanging from her rear view mirror. Han and Leia are still her OTP. She may or may not be a cyborg.
Marissa is also the NYT bestselling author of a number of books for teens, including The Lunar Chronicles, the Renegades Trilogy, and Heartless.
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Nova is a prodigy. She can touch a person and put them to sleep. Nova herself doesn't sleep ever. Ever ever. She is part of a group called the Anarchists. And they are ready to take the Renegades down.
The Renegades are superheroes who restored order after the Age of Anarchy, during which prodigies were persecuted and villain gangs were everywhere. Now regular humans adore the Renegades for restoring society, but they have gotten complacent about taking care of themselves.
In order to take down the Renegades, Nova becomes one of them. She becomes part of a team with Adrian, adopted son of two of the founding fathers of the Renegades. He can draw anything in to existence as long as he focuses his intent while drawing. As she spies and learns, she also starts to grow fond of her teammates. And she starts to struggle with what is right and what is wrong.
These books are interesting and pretty exciting. I don't really watch superhero movies but I can definitley see the appeal.
***“WE WERE ALL VILLAINS in the beginning.” ***
Let’s all agree that this is a really weird time in the world with all the lockdowns, protests and rioting. So when I started Renegades and it is set in a world where people are living in fear, gangs are running the streets and the basics of society have broken down I almost put it down as it was hitting slightly on the mark of today. I’m glad I didn’t since the set up didn’t take much time and we could get on a little more with the people than the state of the world.
***“There are many dangerous people in this world. but there are also many good people. Brave people. No matter how bad things get, we have to remember that. So long as there are heroes in this world, there's hope that tomorrow night might be better.” ***
Nova was six when her family died tragically, targeted by one of the gangs and executed. She barely survived and since that day was raised by a group of villains. She counted on the Renegades to come and save her and her family, she was so sure it would happen and then when it didn’t she blamed them for not being there. With some kid logic coupled with being raised by villains bent on revenge against the Renegades it has turned into her lifelong obsession to take them down.
***“What the people needed was to learn to take care of themselves, but that would never happen so long as superheroes were running things.” ***
The world used to fear prodigies (people with superpowers) but that changed when the anarchists ignited a revolution and destroyed society. There were so many factions and gangs that pretty much it was a lawless time. Think the wild wild west but with superpowers. The Renegades eventually brought some semblance of order to the land but also at a great cost to Nova, since her Uncle was one of the most prominent prodigies and biggest influencers of chaos at the time.
***“It became the strong against the weak, and, as it turns out, the strong were usually jerks.” ***
The villain group has decided that Nova is perfect for some undercover work and how better to take down an organization than from on the inside. The hard thing is that once you start playing hero, it is hard not to be one of the good guys. It is also even harder to start to get to know your enemy and see them as people. Nova is struggling to hold onto all of her hate and her goals as she makes some friends in the enemy ranks. She might even have a little crush happening on her Renegade team leader, to bad that seems pretty West Side Story doomed.
Good thing there is another prodigy to also focus on who Nova isn’t sure which team he is playing for. The Sentinel seems to be a good guy, but the Renegades don’t know who he is and none of the villains are claiming him either. He is very focused on Nova’s villain ego Nightmare and that is the last thing she needs is someone else looking for her. Little does she know that she and the Sentinel are closer to each other than they know.
***“Your days of villainy are over, Nightmare.”
She scoffed. “You sound like you've read too many comics.”
“You sound like you think that's a bad thing,” he retorted.” ***
I loved spending time with both the villains and the Renegade teams. You could definitely see why one was more cohesive than the other. As Nova traversed both sides it was a little hard not to empathize with both sides of the situation. While I do think Nova’s grudge is a little bit over the top we need it for the story so I’ll let it go. There is some pretty big action at the end and Nova made a hard choice and sacrifice but I like where the story is going and I’m eager to move onto the next book.
PLOT
Are you a Renegade or a Anarchist? is it really as simple as choosing a side? and is it really good vs. evil? The city of Gatlon has been divided by those who admire the Renegades & those who detest them. Our MC Nova aka Nightmare is a Prodigy, someone born with superhuman abilities. Nova at a very young age was raised by her parents to trust in the Renegades to save the day however, too soon she learned this was not the case for her. When tragedy struck Nova at the age of 6, everything she believed in crumbled & the seed of resentment towards the Renegades began to grow deep within. Vowing vengeance, Nova takes to life underground with other Anarchists intent on the destruction of the Renegades. The overall consensus is that Renegades aren’t out on the streets saving lives, they are glorified super stars that the people have come to idolize through parades and intense media coverage. The Renegades themselves believe everything they do is in the best interest of society. However, not just anyone can become a Renegade, Prodigies interested in joining must go through what is known as the Renegade Trials. Based on your super human ability, Renegade teams can choose you to join their squad very much like the American tv show The Voice haha!
We follow Nova as she sets out to get back at those she believes have failed her and the city she lives in. I enjoyed seeing how Nova went about positioning herself to enact her plan however, I do believe plot pacing took a hit. Renegades is generous on the page count & although I LOVED every single one of the characters, there were some moments of no real activity. That being said, my enjoyment wasn’t too impacted & towards the end there are certain elements introduced that serve sort of as a jet-pack concluding with a strong and unsuspecting finish.
CHARACTERS
Although the story does focus mostly on Nova, we meet a slew of characters both Renegades and Anarchists alike. The finished copy actually has a small glossary in the front of the book. Nova was pretty much raised in a underground subway tunnel surrounded by a handful of other Anarchists. It’s made clear that the Anarchists ranks have taken a severe hit and not many are left. Nova spends her time with her adopted family of Anarchists Queen Bee (has a special connection to bees), Cyanide (King of poisons & natural gasses), Phobia (will draw the fear right out of you), The Detonator (BOOM!), and The Puppeteer (creepy as hell lol) who are all Prodigies with innnnneresting abilities. I REALLY liked all of the Anarchists which speaks to how well Meyer blurs the lines between who is good and who is evil.
The Renegades are more of a corporation expanding world wide with many arriving in Gatlon city to train. We meet Adrian Everheart at the start of the story while he is experimenting with his abilities (vague for fear of spoilers). Adrian is the adopted son of Captain Chromium & Dread Warden who are both leading political figures and part of the Council which governs over the Renegades in protecting Gatlon. I appreciated the LGBTQ representation with Adrian’s dads who although they are side characters, are still very important people in leading roles in fictional Gatlon city & that’s pretty damn awesome! Adrian is team leader of his squad & we are introduced to Red Assassin (Gem & Rubies manipulator), Monarch (special connection with butterflies), and Smokescreen (smoke manipulator who is also disabled). However, Adrian is the character we spend most our time with & I ended up loving him to pieces. Although we get some moderate page time with Adrian’s squad, I do wish they were as fleshed out as the Anarchists were.
WRITING & FINAL THOUGHTS
Any time I can get my hands on a Marissa Meyer story, I will! One of my all time favorite YA authors, I cannot resist her writing and the worlds she creates full of complex & morally gray characters. By the time you reach the end of Renegades, it will be hard for you to choose a side. Although the Renegades mean well, are they really helping or hurting the people of Gatlon city? & although the Anarchists claim to want independence for the people of Gatlon city, is full fledged freedom with no government really the answer? I myself haven’t chosen a side yet & love that about this story. Start to finish I enjoyed my time with these characters & found myself at times rooting for both sides lol. The plot could’ve been paced a bit better & I would like to see the other characters fleshed out a bit more, particularly on the Renegade side. Other than that, I CANNOT WAIT for the sequel!!! anyone who has already devoured this knows that with that ending, the suffering will be long & hard haha! MARISSA HAS DONE IT AGAIN!!!! <3 <3 <3
*Special thanks to Fierce Reads for providing a ARC of Renegades in exchange for an honest review
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The story contained every trope that you can think of that you associate with these kind of stories - from tragic origin stories to villainous monologues to spandex costumes and domino masks. While it was amusing as times, as a fan of comic books, I did find this to be a bit tiresome as these elements are hardly original. I also found the two factions to be a bit too clear cut. While the novel tries to build moral ambiguity, this is undermined by the fact that the Anarchists actively refer to themselves as villains and are proud of their kills. This is incredibly hard to justify.
The novel was also far longer than it needed to be. At close to 600 pages, there was a lot of expository dialogue and repetition of ideas, which felt clumsy and really should have been edited down. The climax of the novel was also a bit underwhelming. After a few fairly obvious twists, the story didn't really build up to much until its final 10%, ending with a couple of shoehorned in "reveals" to tie into the sequel. This unfortunately left the book feeling a bit weak on its own, as it was not a complete novel in its own right.
However, I never thought the book was boring. Despite my gripes, it really was carried by its characters. While some of the heroes were very much shades of better know superheroes (Captain Chromium as Captain America, Thunderbird as Hawk Girl etc), it was interesting to see them all interact and some of the powers were creative. I really liked Monarch and her ability to become a swarm of butterflies in particular. My only real issue was that the character list at the front of the books revealed a lot of the powers and secret identities of the characters, and I would have preferred that these were left as surprises.
The protagonists of the novel were very strong. While the story had a large, diverse and very memorable cast, Nova and Adrian are the characters that truly stand out. They are both confident and well-rounded characters who both embody very different view points. Their often-conflicting motivation is clear and always seems very understandable. While their attraction was a bit too instantaneous for my liking, I did like seeing how both of their opinions changed over the course of the novel - Adrian starting to understand the Anarchists a little better while Nova grew conflicted with her loyalties between the two factions.
All in all, it was a bit of a mixed bag. While unoriginal and overly long, it did contain some great characterisation. I am mildly curious to see how this series will conclude.

Okay so I will admit that it places it’s probably not 5 star material and I’d have liked to have seen more about nova’s politics and her discussing that with any of the Renegades. Her and Adrian discussing that was really interesting for me. As was the well meaning but sinister undertones of all things to do with the council, I’m looking forward to getting more of that in the next book.
And that cliffhanger! Oh my gosh. Haha.
But when it comes down to it, I really enjoyed this. It’s an easy and quick read full of fun. And I will always love a story about a person outsmarting others, especially those of “greater ability”

I’m in a post book haze so haven’t processed all the things i love about this book yet, but yes, the ending, i was starting to feel like just maybe, just maybe, and then i was like yes exactly!
And also I love a good team/ friendship/banter/sarcasm book. It’s a favourite of mine, always makes for lovely reading.
Anyway yes, lovely


However, I know it might seem petty to some but I really wanted to edition/cover art shown here so it matched the archenemies (book 2) which I received also from Amazon after chatting with Amazon they seemed liked understood what I wanted but when I received the replacement it was the same 'wrong' cover I got the first time around so just a bit annoying.. I will probably go straight to a book shop now to find the one I want