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I can’t. I just can’t.

May 16, 2014 by scootsa1000 1 Comment

This was really bad. I wish this was one of those “this was so bad, it was good” things. Like that movie The Room, or anything starring Lyndsay Lohan. But this one is just plain old bad. I know, I sound like a broken record when I say that I need to stop with the bad trilogies already. A promising first novel is great, but it rarely seems to mean that the quality will continue throughout the forced trilogy. I was re-reading my reviews for […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, champion, legend, Marie Lu, Prodigy, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR6 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, champion, legend, Marie Lu, Prodigy, Scootsa1000 ·
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Yet another disappointing third book in a YA dystopian trilogy.

March 27, 2014 by narfna 15 Comments

I am exhausted from being yo-yoed around by this book. Up and down and back around. I was prepared for disappointment after Prodigy and the way the series seemed to be heading, but even so I was still disappointed even over that prior disappointment. The ending to this series has cemented my resolve not to start YA series without 1) High recommendations from people I trust, and 2) Having a pretty good idea that the series isn’t going to careen off a cliff at the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: champion, dystopia, legend, Marie Lu, narfna, Young Adult

narfna's CBR6 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Suspense · Tags: champion, dystopia, legend, Marie Lu, narfna, Young Adult ·
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