Where the hell were they? WHERE WERE THEY? Why would you create such amazing characters and give them approximately five lines in an entire book? I was certainly sad to see hardly any page time for the Anarchists, especially since they played an important role in the first book. I swear Nova hadn’t even really thought she liked Adrian in the first book and now suddenly she’s mooning over how much she likes him? Pass. The romance was the main plot point in this novel, and my god did it move fast. Both of those things flew out the window in Archenemies. I thought it was good that it was in the background and was such a slowburn. There was also ruminating on Adrian’s behalf about does Nova like me? I wanna be the Sentinel but can I do it without telling my friends? I’m going to draw some shit. Shove that 100 times over into a 500 page book and I bet you’ll be bored. Nova angsting about her feelings for Adrian but no she can’t have feelings for him because he’s a Renegade but now she has to fake feelings because ~infiltration~ but are the feelings fake because she might actually like him but can’t like him because he’s a Renegade. Everything stagnated.Īll throughout Archenemies, the exact same things were angst-ed about over and over and over again. Nothing groundbreaking happened in this book, neither in terms of furthering the plot, world building, characters, or their relationships. I was sitting at my laptop trying to think about what had happened in Archenemies, and honestly, nothing much came to mind.

I truly feel like the Renegades series has suffered by being extended, and here are some reasons why Archenemeis just didn’t work: Archenemies really fell into Second Book Syndrome, in which almost nothing happens and where the entire thing feels like a bridge between book one and book three. And I’m sad to say it, but it felt forced. Then I found out that what was going to be a duology turned into a trilogy. And what I thought was going to be the end of the series. When I fell in love with Renegades last year I was incredibly keen to read its sequel. The Renegades also have a strategy for overpowering the Anarchists, but both Nova and Adrian understand that it could mean the end of Gatlon City – and the world – as they know it. The Anarchists still have a secret weapon, one that Nova believes will protect her. In Renegades, Nova and Adrian (aka Insomnia and Sketch) fought the battle of their lives against the Anarchist known as the Detonator.

Part thriller, part superhero fantasy, here is the fiercely awaited sequel to the New York Times-bestselling Renegades by Marissa Meyer, author of the Lunar Chronicles.Īre Nova and Adrian each other’s worst nightmare? How: A copy of this novel was provided by Pan Macmillan Australia for review. What: Archenemies (Renegades #2) by Marissa Meyer

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