I really like the ending, it was great seeing Adelina finally getting what she’d dreamed of since she was little. Magiano was definitely one of the best characters! I loved his scenes with Adelina and he definitely made the book more interesting. I definitely think this book had a stronger plot and I loved how new characters were introduced.

It’s what she lives and breathes and I just felt really sorry for her. She was only acting out at others because she’d only ever known pain and betrayal all her life. I felt really bad for her and thought she was a very misunderstood character.

She was utterly ruthless and had no mercy. I love how much darker Adelina became and how she lashed out with her illusions to cause others pain. It still wasn’t great, but it was definitely an improvement on the first. I think it was a lot better than the first and I enjoyed it a lot more. This was by far the best book in the series in my opinion. Also the ending did surprise me, I was definitely not expecting Marie to be so ruthless with her characters! I think Marie came up with some great powers for each of the characters. Another thing I liked was how everyone’s power was unique, no two people could have the same power. I wanted to see her take revenge on everyone and make people afraid of her. I was interested in seeing that darkness and fury in Adelina. I read a lot of reviews on Goodreads saying the second book is a lot darker than the first, so this is what made me continue this series.

The only thing that interested me about this book was the main character, Adelina, being more of a villain than a hero and embracing her dark side. I felt like they weren’t fully fleshed out and we were only scratching the surface with them. I couldn’t connect with any of the characters, I just didn’t like them at all. But this ended up being so disappointing and quite boring, actually. I was expecting so much from this book given how much praise I’ve heard about Marie Lu and her writing. I’ve been wanting to write mini review posts for a while now, so I thought this trilogy would be the perfect time to do so! Hey guys! I recently finished The Young Elites trilogy by Marie Lu and while I didn’t enjoy it enough to review each book individually, I still wanted to do a mini review of each book in one post.

The young elites series