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Sunday, May 08, 2016

Legend: The Graphic Novel Series adapted by Leigh Dragoon, illustrated by Kaari

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I received this book for free from G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Legend: The Graphic Novel Series adapted by Leigh Dragoon, illustrated by KaariLegend: The Graphic Novel Series by Kaari, Leigh Dragoon, Marie Lu
Series: Legend: The Graphic Novel Series
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers Genres: Dystopia, Graphic Novel, YA
Source: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
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four-stars

Set in a dark, futuristic Los Angeles, a young government prodigy and a notorious criminal cross paths in this heart-pounding romantic thriller.

Having loved the first two books in the Legend series (I still haven’t read Champion!), I was so excited to dive into these graphic novel adaptations and see how the story would translate over into a new medium.

Day and June are fantastic characters whether they are in a novel or graphic novel. I love them as individuals and I love them as a couple. Although, admittedly, I am kind of upset my favorite bathroom scene did not find its way into the graphic novel (SO MUCH SWOON IN THAT SCENE.)

The action scenes also translate very well into the graphic novel format and I love the ways in which the world building comes to life through the beautiful illustrations. It allowed me to experience the dystopic world Marie Lu had built in the Legend series in a new way and allowed me to relate to certain aspects of it a lot more.

The one problem I do have is the lack of diversity within the world. I don’t know if this is an issue that stems from the Legend series itself because it has been a couple years since I’ve read the books and my memory is dodgy, but I would have liked seeing more colorful bodies in the world that weren’t just cast as villains

Overall though, I would definitely recommend these graphic novels especially if you loved the Legend series. I loved being reunited with my favorite characters and experiencing their lives again, I definitely enjoyed having my heart shredded to pieces by some key moments (JK NO. SEND HELP WHEN YOU CAN.) It helped that June and Day were hella attractive in the graphic novel 😉 Basically, I would recommend these graphic novels, 10/10.

four-stars

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Fresh Batch (May 8th – 14th)

Fresh Batch (May 8th – 14th)

Posted by on 05/07/2016 • 0 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Unrivaled Alyson Noel Series: Beautiful Idols #1 Publication date: May 10th 2016by Katherine Tegen Books

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Everyone wants to be someone.

Layla Harrison wants to leave her beach-bum days for digs behind a reporter’s desk. Aster Amirpour wants to scream at the next casting director who tells her “we need ethnic but not your kind of ethnic.” Tommy Phillips dreams of buying a twelve-string guitar and using it to shred his way back into his famous absentee dad’s life.

But Madison Brooks took destiny and made it her bitch a long time ago.

She’s Hollywood’s hottest starlet, and the things she…

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Fresh Batch (May 1st – 7th)

Fresh Batch (May 1st – 7th)

Posted by on 04/30/2016 • 5 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

The Unexpected Everything Morgan Matson Publication date: May 3rd 2016by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

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Andie had it all planned out.

When you are a politician’s daughter who’s pretty much raised yourself, you learn everything can be planned or spun, or both. Especially your future.

Important internship? Check.

Amazing friends? Check.

Guys? Check (as long as we’re talking no more than three weeks)

But that was before the scandal. Before having to be in the same house with her dad. Before walking an insane number of dogs. That was before Clark and those few months that might…

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Fresh Batch (April 24th – 30th)

Fresh Batch (April 24th – 30th)

Posted by on 04/23/2016 • 4 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

The Star-Touched Queen Roshani Chokshi Publication date: April 26th 2016by St. Martin’s Griffin

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Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you’re only seventeen?

Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are…

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Blog Tour: The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas – Review

Posted by on 04/22/2016 • 3 Comments

This was one of those rare books that actually stumped me until almost the very end. I am usually very good at figuring out a mystery and what is really going on, but this one kept me second guessing myself the whole time. It was fantastic and held my attention the whole time. The characters were great, and the emotional impact was spot on. It was a bit slow moving at times, especially to start, but it really helped build things up. One of the major things I noticed (and loved) was that there was no romance thrown in. It wasn’t necessary and it would have taken away from the story.

Tessa has had a very rough childhood. Her father is in jail, and her sister and mom have abandoned…

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Saving Montgomery Sole by Mariko Tamaki

Posted by on 04/20/2016 • 1 Comment

When I found out that Mariko Tamaki had a book coming out, I was so excited!  I was curious to see how Tamaki’s storytelling style would differ from This One Summer and it helped that the book had a stunning cover.

Montgomery Sole’s voice is truly unique and stands out. She is angsty like many young adults (in YA novels and in real life) but her way of dealing with her angst is usually not dealing with it at all which explains the title and her need to be ‘saved.’ Montgomery Sole also spends a surprising amount of time searching conspiracy theories and buying rocks we know won’t actually do anything. That’s okay though because Montgomery Sole is a precious child that needs to be protected from the world. All of this…

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Fresh Batch (April 17th – 23rd)

Fresh Batch (April 17th – 23rd)

Posted by on 04/16/2016 • 3 Comments

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Flavor of the week:

Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here Anna Breslaw Publication date: April 19th 2016by Razorbill

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Meet Scarlett Epstein, BNF (Big Name Fan) in her online community of fanfiction writers, world-class nobody at Melville High. Her best (read: only) IRL friends are Avery, a painfully shy and annoyingly attractive bookworm, and Ruth, her pot-smoking, possibly insane seventy-three-year-old neighbor.

When Scarlett’s beloved TV show is canceled and her longtime crush, Gideon, is sucked out of her orbit and into the dark and distant world of Populars, Scarlett turns to the fanfic message boards for comfort. This time, though, her subjects aren’t the swoon-worthy stars of…

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