The Young Elites (Young Elites, #1)

by Marie Lu

[Chelsea]

Thoughts When I Finished:

I wasn’t overly excited about this book but when I finished I felt ok. Nothing spectacular but no overwhelming hatred towards anything.

What I Loved:

The epilogue. I felt like it really hooked you into picking up the next book. It made me curious if we’re going to meet this character and what’s going to happen if we do. This is probably the only thing saving this series for me right now because I felt disappointed with everything else.

What I Didn’t Like:

I didn’t care much for the characters in this book. Adelina annoyed me most of the time and most of the other characters were kind of mean. I just felt no connection to any of them and that makes a book hard to read.

I found the plot could be pretty boring at times. I felt like it mostly consisted of Adelina being unsure of everything when there could have been so much more action happening. We mostly just followed Adelina around as she learned new things about her powers and there was nothing exciting about it. There was no at the edge of my seat moment.

This whole book was pretty much working up to Adelina being in this specific group of the young elites and then things just get weird and complicated. It felt like a let down to me even though, by the title of the next book, she’ll probably make her own.

Who I’d recommend To:

This could be an excellent book for people who want to ease into the fantasy genre. The setting is mostly normal with a little bit of fantasy aspects thrown in. The only really heavy fantasy item was that some people have powers while others don’t. Other than that, it’s a pretty normal story.

Quick Review:

I feel like this story wasn’t very original. I could probably name 5 other books that have the exact same idea. Maybe it’s because dystopia’s are sort of all the same. That’s not an excuse though. Nothing about this book made me feel anything. I didn’t love the characters and nothing in the plot made me sad, excited, or angry. That’s not to say you shouldn’t read it! Someone who hasn’t read quite so many fantasies as me could love this book. If you’re a huge fantasy/dystopia reader though, maybe you should skip this one.