Book Club
THIS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY LONG. My second favorite author is Marie Lu! She writes mainly YA dystopian and fantasy books. I really love her world building, how she can write actually flawed and realistic characters, and how she writes plot twists.
So far I have read:
Legend (Prodigy, Champion, Rebel, and Life Before Legend 1&2) - A dystopian series with insane world building and plot twists. It’s similar to books like Divergent by Veronica Roth or The Q by Amy Tintera.
Comments
The Young Elites (The Rose Society, and The Midnight Star) - A fantasy trilogy that I actually cried while finishing. It has some insanely complex and flawed characters (with great character arcs :)). Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo and This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson are somewhat similar to this.
Skyhunter (and Steelstriker) - This is a dystopian sci-fi/fantasy duology. It was intense. I’m not sure what else to say.
The Kingdom Of Back - My favorite book of hers that I’ve read so far. (Mozart and a fantasy world?). It reminded me of the world in The Cruel Prince by Holly Black.
I haven’t read Warcross (and Wildcard—also Stars And Smoke and Icons and Infernos) yet, but it is one of my most anticipated books of 2026!
Thank you so much! I never knew Marie Lu wrote a book called "Life Before Legend! I've always been hungering for more books in the Legend series.
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