I love lots of action in a book as it makes you want to ‘just read one more page’, and together with all of the mysteries and context, this book will keep you interested all of the way through. There are many twists and turns, and always something to keep you on your toes. Starting quite slow, it doesn’t take long before the action arrives as June and Day first meet, and that when the book became unputdownable.Īlthough the story is about two 15 year old’s, they both act and are written as if they are much older, so don’t worry about reading a book about kids as it doesn’t feel like that when you’re immersed within the story. It is a dystopian novel and aimed at young adults, but I read it a few years ago, well over the ‘young adult’ age and I can say I thoroughly enjoyed it. ‘Legend’ is the first book in the ‘Legend Trilogy’. Metias has been her sole carer since their parents died in a car crash, and is all the family that she has left.įollowing the lives of two unique fifteen year old’s, as they fight very different battles, and deal with heart wrenching life changes along the way. She aspires to be a military soldier working for the Republicans just like her big brother, Metias. June passed ‘The Trial’ with full marks, the only person ever to do so. He is now the Republican’s number one, most wanted person, though his family think that he is dead. He should have been shipped out to the ‘supposed’ labour camps for those that didn’t pass, but he managed to escape. Both sides want to take over the whole of the States and are fighting to do just that.ĭay has been living on the streets since he was 10 years old, since he took the compulsory test know as, ‘The Trial’ to assess his worth in society, and failed. The Republicans have taken over one side, the Colonies running the other. The United States has been split into East and West sections. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family’s survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias’s death.īut in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.įollowing the lives of two 15 year old’s, in a futuristic Los Angeles, California. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.įrom very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths-until the day June’s brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country’s most wanted criminal. What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbours.īorn into an elite family in one of the Republic’s wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic’s highest military circles. Irresistibly drawn together, neither knows the other’s past.

On the run and undercover, they meet by chance.

Legend by Marie Lu