Where Day is practically perfect in Legend, the reader now gets to see more of his flaws, giving him depth and perhaps ultimately making him more admirable. In some ways, I don't think I like him as much now, but in others he's even better. Day, of course, we all loved from the beginning. Readers will find June much more sympathetic and likable in Prodigy. Smart as she is, she has to learn about independent thinking. Torn between her childhood leanings and her new alliances, June has to learn how to evaluate the world on her own, no longer accepting what other people tell her to be true. Where June spent most of Legend being an annoyingly perfect, almost robotic, girl, completely devoted to her role in the Republic, she really develops in Prodigy. The ending leaves the plot poised to be completely epic in the next book, but I hope Lu is cutthroat enough to do what she needs to do, because that's where a lot of young adult authors miss the mark in dystopian novels. Without spoilers, I really cannot tell you much specifically about what is awesome, but just believe me that it is. The first book set the pieces perfectly for her to branch out. The plotting of Legend follows a pretty standard dystopian outline, but, in Prodigy, Marie Lu really does something different.
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