I don't think it's bad that I saw it coming, exactly, but I can say I was a little sad to realize that I was right. I'm not quite sure when exactly I decided that the plot twist was the most likely thing, but I know it was early on, culminating in certainty when Nova went alone to the top floor of the Renegade building. And unfortunately, I saw the ending coming a mile away. I found myself at times reading passages and having to go back on account of the fact that I had forgotten everything I'd read. They almost felt like placeholders, as though they didn't even matter in the first place. I didn't LOVE the characters and in some cases didn't even feel enough to like them. I didn't have that need once through the whole book.

Usually, when I read one of Meyer's books, I'm sat with a pencil eagerly underlining every single passage that really speaks to me, the parts of the story that are just so gorgeous they deserve special recognition for anyone whom I lend the book to as well as for me when I return to read it. I didn't hate anyone, really.but rather fell into a position where I had no feelings whatsoever. It felt.stale in a way I'd never have expected from Meyer. I wasn't even concerned about whether or not one would die. I didn't fall in love with the characters.

It didn't have the same addicting quality to it that has prompted me to finish all of her other books the day I got them. But after the first few chapters, somewhere it all started to fall. I was broken up about it, but also so thoroughly impressed. The opening of this book and Nova's introduction (or backstory) was bold and heart-wrenching. Nova is a very well written and developed character. She's one of those writers who captures the strength that female characters can have and deserve and I have always loved her for that. Her characters in so many ways have been so well developed and beautiful. She's got a great many strengths when it comes to her capabilities as a writer and I've always been thrilled to read her work. Meyer's writing is powerful I'll give her that. Not only is Meyer my favorite author, but she is an incredible writer and has always, without fail, managed to weave some quite impressive and addicting stories for my reading pleasure in the past in the past. This was largely on account of the fact that I, to an incredibly high and likely very personal degree, feel as though Marissa Meyer deserves so much more than a three-star rating for any book that she's written. Though I'd been incredibly excited for this novel at the start, had excitedly rushed home from Barnes and Noble with my purchase-happily having been informed by the salesclerk that this book was actually a very popular one-I had a lot of trouble rating Renegades by Marissa Meyer.

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