The summary for this book implies what it does not offer, in my opinion. The dystopian aspect promised is limited. While you expect the underwater utopia to be completely different and foreign to "land" living, it is in fact quite similar. I am still confused as to how they include such elaborate te...
Renegade is the debut offering from author J.A. Souders, and although I was frustrated at times with several examples of immaturity throughout this story, ultimately I was intrigued enough to follow it through to the end. With this underwater dystopian, our heroine faces realizing nothing is true ab...
Renegade By J.A Souders The Elysium Chronicles book 1 Genre: YA, Dystopian, Romance, Adventure, Action, Science Fiction Format: eARC, 364 Pages. Published November 13th 2012 by Tor Teen/Macmillan Since the age of three, sixteen-year-old Evelyn Winters has been trained to be Daughter of ...
I enjoyed reading Renegade and would have given it 4 stars if I hadn't felt it had some inconsistencies. The beginning of the book was pretty chilling and Mother was a very ruthless character who we had good reason to fear. However after Evie starts interviewing the prisoner I felt that Mother went ...
The GoodThe excerpts from city documents. On the inside cover is a map of Elysium, which was helpful for context when reading and helps solidify the world-building within the novel. At the outset of each chapter is included an excerpt from a city document, speech, or diary of one of the main charac...
For this review and more visit my blog Renegade is one of those books that despite there being stuff wrong with it, it is still enjoyable and engaging. This is the most exciting dystopian novels I have read in a while. I struggled to put it down, and when I did to watch American Horror Story (whic...
Holy hell, I think my brain box is dead!So, where do I even begin...Okay, we are brought to this beautiful underwater utopia called, Elysium. But girl~ shit goes down in this book and it ain't pretty. It starts like a utopia should be, you know, perfect world, perfect life, just about perfect anythi...
Step into the underwater world of Elysium, and meet Evelyn Winters, the Daughter of the People. All her life she sees the law, the people, everything in her little world is perfect. Or so she thought…Mother has always told her that Surface Dwellers are dangerous, but she need not to be alarmed, for ...
Wow!! For real guys. I was so excited for this book since I heard about it back at the beginning of the year and it was so worth the wait! This book jumps right into things. It is fast paced and totally engaging. An underwater utopia that is completely self sufficient. What a cool concept. And the ...
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