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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Legend in Books

Jan 6, 2021  
Legend
Legend
Marie Lu | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)
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7.8 (12 Ratings)
Book Rating
I tend not to read books with characters under the age of 17 because they can come across as being immature and annoying.

However that is not the case in this, both Day and June are really mature for 15, maybe it's their upbringing; life on the streets and growing up in a posher area and being a member of the Republic.

I'll admit it took me a while to get into the story--about the 20-25% mark--what with the dual POV and one hunting the other down but once they finally met and got to now each other I became quickly engrossed in their story.

I wasn't sure how to feel about June's brother, Metias, but the more I read and grew to know him through June's memories and his journal, the more I liked him and was sorry that he'd died. He seemed like a really great big brother.

Action, political corruption, dystopia, a bit of romance; it was everything I like in a book and I liked a lot of things about it. I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for the rest of the series
  
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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Nov 10, 2020 (Updated Nov 10, 2020)  
Sneak a peek at the mature Middle Grade realistic fiction novel ARACELI'S PATH: AMONG ANGELS AND DEVEILS IN JUAREZ by Marion Surles on my blog. Read about her cause Love and Literacy in her guest post. (It's a fantastic cause!) Enter the GIVEAWAY to win autographed copies of Araceli’s Path and Grit in Juarez (choice of English or Spanish) by Marion Surles, Day of the Dead shopping bag & plate, Mexican coin purse, and Mexican candy - two winners!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2020/11/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-aracelis.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
Araceli comes from a blended, dysfunctional family held together by the love of a grandmother. Rubí is being raised by a single mother who works as a prostitute. Both young girls are affected not only by their mothers' choices but also by the violence and culture of Juarez, Mexico.

Can they overcome the cards they have been dealt, or are they destined to follow the same paths as their mothers?

Follow the lives of Araceli and Rubí from childhood to young adulthood and listen for children everywhere who are voiceless, trapped in their own cultures.