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mayzinminthu's review against another edition
5.0
Way better ending than the third installment of this series. Daniel and June could rule the world. I stand by this :)
thisstoryaintover's review against another edition
MY HEART :') this wasn't really the new instalment i was hoping for (seriously wish it had been set entirely in the republic but alas) but i still loved seeing more of my beans june and day and getting to know more about eden. super emotional after the ending though now, and i just keep remembering my emotional self reading the end of champion years ago and sobbing endlesslyyy
hopeglow's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
AHHHHH
-the fact that i didn't even anticipate this release at all in the slightly and yet here we are
-i love that the book focus on Daniel/Eden, them as individuals and them as brothers and the aftermath of what happened in the trilogy (we got povs from both of them and i honestly don't think i've ever read a dual pov where both of them aren't each other love interest so this was so nice and refreshing)
-i love the world building so much and has been since marie introduced us to this high tech world in warcross (bc if i remember correctly it's suppose to be set in the same universe as one another)
-this was such a fun, good, and easy read
-and honestly this is how you write a follow up/epilogue book people, take notes
AHHHHH
-the fact that i didn't even anticipate this release at all in the slightly and yet here we are
-i love that the book focus on Daniel/Eden, them as individuals and them as brothers and the aftermath of what happened in the trilogy (we got povs from both of them and i honestly don't think i've ever read a dual pov where both of them aren't each other love interest so this was so nice and refreshing)
-i love the world building so much and has been since marie introduced us to this high tech world in warcross (bc if i remember correctly it's suppose to be set in the same universe as one another)
-this was such a fun, good, and easy read
-and honestly this is how you write a follow up/epilogue book people, take notes
rizz_amae's review against another edition
5.0
We held our breaths when we read Legend, got at the edge of our seats when we read Prodigy, then our hearts were broken but got eventually repaired when we read Champion. Now prepare to do that all over again with Rebel.
I read the first three books a few years after Champion was released. It was just a trilogy back then and I thought that it ended on a perfect note - an open but hopeful ending. So when Marie Lu announced that she's going to publish a fourth book I was a bit skeptical.
I loved Day and June. And so many other characters. I loved the trilogy so I didn't want to ruin that if ever the final installment was not on par with the other books.
A week before this book was published I had to reread the first three books for me to get into the world of Legend again. And after finishing Champion, I started reading Rebel.
So what did I thought of the book?
It was perfect! From the start until the end! The ending was the most perfect thing that I could ever think of this series
But of course there are noticeable changes in the characters, having the book set ten years after the events of Champion, especially Day/Daniel.
Daniel Altan Wing A.K.A. Day, the legendary hero of the Republic. He saved the Republic from the Colonies when he was still a teenager, with the help of June Iparis, the Republic's prodigy, and many others. He had sacrificed a lot before achieving that title, including his memories, his life, his self. But what he was not able to sacrifice was his remaining family, Eden Bataar Wing. He wouldn't have done what the Republic was asking him if Eden himself hadn't stand up to him.
And now, ten years after saving the Republic and moving into Antartica, something evil is brewing in the bowels of the nation he's currently in.
There are two main conflicts in the book:
1. The relationship between Daniel and Eden.
“I couldn’t protect you any more than John could protect me. You’ve seen the wrong in this world, powerful forces that no brother could ever hope to hide from you. And no matter what John did—or what I do—those things stay with us forever.”
Daniel and Eden are the narrators of the book and even from the start, I can sense that there is something wrong with them.
They are not how they used to be. They used to be so close that they know what the other was thinking by just pure observation. But then they began to drift apart.
This began to happen since Daniel was recruited by the AIS or Antartican Intelligence System because Daniel cannot disclose his job to anyone outside the AIS. And since Eden began having his nightmares about the Republic and what it had done to him and his family because he didn't want to be one of Daniel's burden.
Moreover, Daniel was so traumatized by what happened to Eden back in the Republic to the point that he was overprotecting Eden and was suffocating him. Daniel still sees his brother as a child that needs constant guidance and protection.
Another thing is the way Eden was constantly being referred to as Day's brother. The brother of the hero of the Republic, not Eden, the engineer, the tinkerer. Eden was living in the shadow of his brother and even if he don't want to, he gets shoved back.
These are the instigators of the chasm between Daniel and Eden.
I loved the way Marie Lu resolved this conflict. The chapter where Daniel showed his brother his way of life back at the Lake District was so perfectly done. Eden knew that Day had a very hard time trying to survive each day back then but he didn't live through it, didn't understand it much because Daniel didn't show it to him until the night he brought him back at Lake and showed him how he survived. They opened up to each other and began to draw close again. They are brothers, they are family, so in times of need they should help each other.
“It is not weakness to open your heart. It does not make you less of a man to ask for help. To turn to someone when you’re vulnerable. To need a shoulder to cry on. You don’t have to bear the weight of anything by yourself. Do you understand me? I know what it’s like to be forced to go it alone. I never want you to feel that way.”
So when Eden had to stand up to their enemy, he had his brother by his side. Which is the way it should be.
2. The relationship between Daniel and June.
“Even if we don’t know where we’ll go in the future, perhaps our lives were always meant to collide again and again. Perhaps we are forever meant to be each other’s catalysts.”
Daniel regained some of his memories, but it is not entirely back yet, this includes his memories of June. And then there are the years that he and June are apart from each other so there is no mistake that there is a wide gap between them.
Although they are still attracted to each other, even if they are still in love with the other, they had to do something to bridge that gap.
But the problem was June and Daniel were hesitating. June because of her promise ten years ago to not be a part of Daniel's life again because it was her decision if ever he survived that tragic night - and he did. So when he lost his memories, she sacrificed their relationship.
Daniel because he thought that June is completely at ease with her current life that he didn't want to disturb it. And because he was still in doubt of June's real feelings even after meeting her again. Because he didn't get to hear her say her affection to him during their time together.
"I’ve been in love with you for years, even when we were separated. Especially then."
“I never had a chance to tell you, before you and Eden left for Antarctica, that I love you too. So fiercely that it frightens me.”
These two had gone through so much. So now that they have the chance to be with the one they love, they have to take it, yeah?
I loved the way Marie Lu brought them back together again. In times of crisis, you go to the ones you love and trust. This was how these two got together again. Because they work best when they are together, because they understand each other, because they are so in love with each other, so much that they are hurt when the other is hurt and they hurt if they are apart.
"That in this big world, somehow, I found my way back to this city, to this place, and somehow, after everything, the world still chose to put us back in each other’s lives.”
I was so overwhelmed with my feelings when I read this book especially the ending. Their love is overflowing so much that my heart is feeling it also.
Daniel and June is together and Daniel got to one knee and proposed. What did June say?
"Yes.
Always.
Forever."
I read the first three books a few years after Champion was released. It was just a trilogy back then and I thought that it ended on a perfect note - an open but hopeful ending. So when Marie Lu announced that she's going to publish a fourth book I was a bit skeptical.
I loved Day and June. And so many other characters. I loved the trilogy so I didn't want to ruin that if ever the final installment was not on par with the other books.
A week before this book was published I had to reread the first three books for me to get into the world of Legend again. And after finishing Champion, I started reading Rebel.
So what did I thought of the book?
It was perfect! From the start until the end! The ending was the most perfect thing that I could ever think of this series
Spoiler
unless Ms. Lu decide to make a novella about the married life of Daniel and June - with kids of course!But of course there are noticeable changes in the characters, having the book set ten years after the events of Champion, especially Day/Daniel.
Daniel Altan Wing A.K.A. Day, the legendary hero of the Republic. He saved the Republic from the Colonies when he was still a teenager, with the help of June Iparis, the Republic's prodigy, and many others. He had sacrificed a lot before achieving that title, including his memories, his life, his self. But what he was not able to sacrifice was his remaining family, Eden Bataar Wing. He wouldn't have done what the Republic was asking him if Eden himself hadn't stand up to him.
And now, ten years after saving the Republic and moving into Antartica, something evil is brewing in the bowels of the nation he's currently in.
There are two main conflicts in the book:
1. The relationship between Daniel and Eden.
“I couldn’t protect you any more than John could protect me. You’ve seen the wrong in this world, powerful forces that no brother could ever hope to hide from you. And no matter what John did—or what I do—those things stay with us forever.”
Daniel and Eden are the narrators of the book and even from the start, I can sense that there is something wrong with them.
They are not how they used to be. They used to be so close that they know what the other was thinking by just pure observation. But then they began to drift apart.
This began to happen since Daniel was recruited by the AIS or Antartican Intelligence System because Daniel cannot disclose his job to anyone outside the AIS. And since Eden began having his nightmares about the Republic and what it had done to him and his family because he didn't want to be one of Daniel's burden.
Moreover, Daniel was so traumatized by what happened to Eden back in the Republic to the point that he was overprotecting Eden and was suffocating him. Daniel still sees his brother as a child that needs constant guidance and protection.
Another thing is the way Eden was constantly being referred to as Day's brother. The brother of the hero of the Republic, not Eden, the engineer, the tinkerer. Eden was living in the shadow of his brother and even if he don't want to, he gets shoved back.
These are the instigators of the chasm between Daniel and Eden.
I loved the way Marie Lu resolved this conflict. The chapter where Daniel showed his brother his way of life back at the Lake District was so perfectly done. Eden knew that Day had a very hard time trying to survive each day back then but he didn't live through it, didn't understand it much because Daniel didn't show it to him until the night he brought him back at Lake and showed him how he survived. They opened up to each other and began to draw close again. They are brothers, they are family, so in times of need they should help each other.
“It is not weakness to open your heart. It does not make you less of a man to ask for help. To turn to someone when you’re vulnerable. To need a shoulder to cry on. You don’t have to bear the weight of anything by yourself. Do you understand me? I know what it’s like to be forced to go it alone. I never want you to feel that way.”
So when Eden had to stand up to their enemy, he had his brother by his side. Which is the way it should be.
2. The relationship between Daniel and June.
“Even if we don’t know where we’ll go in the future, perhaps our lives were always meant to collide again and again. Perhaps we are forever meant to be each other’s catalysts.”
Daniel regained some of his memories, but it is not entirely back yet, this includes his memories of June. And then there are the years that he and June are apart from each other so there is no mistake that there is a wide gap between them.
Although they are still attracted to each other, even if they are still in love with the other, they had to do something to bridge that gap.
But the problem was June and Daniel were hesitating. June because of her promise ten years ago to not be a part of Daniel's life again because it was her decision if ever he survived that tragic night - and he did. So when he lost his memories, she sacrificed their relationship.
Daniel because he thought that June is completely at ease with her current life that he didn't want to disturb it. And because he was still in doubt of June's real feelings even after meeting her again. Because he didn't get to hear her say her affection to him during their time together.
"I’ve been in love with you for years, even when we were separated. Especially then."
“I never had a chance to tell you, before you and Eden left for Antarctica, that I love you too. So fiercely that it frightens me.”
These two had gone through so much. So now that they have the chance to be with the one they love, they have to take it, yeah?
I loved the way Marie Lu brought them back together again. In times of crisis, you go to the ones you love and trust. This was how these two got together again. Because they work best when they are together, because they understand each other, because they are so in love with each other, so much that they are hurt when the other is hurt and they hurt if they are apart.
"That in this big world, somehow, I found my way back to this city, to this place, and somehow, after everything, the world still chose to put us back in each other’s lives.”
I was so overwhelmed with my feelings when I read this book especially the ending. Their love is overflowing so much that my heart is feeling it also.
Daniel and June is together and Daniel got to one knee and proposed. What did June say?
"Yes.
Always.
Forever."
aeprice38's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
kenjisbae_'s review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
"My home is where you are."
"Come home soon, then."
🥹✨️
"Come home soon, then."
🥹✨️
ifyouhavebooks's review against another edition
4.0
Being able to revisit this world and these characters was amazing and I'm so so so very happy with the ending Day and June finally deserved! I thought this would be a five-star book for me, however, I just was not hooked the entire time like I was with the original trilogy. I think part of it was that I was not able to read from June's perspective, but I still enjoyed learning more about Eden. I still loved this book and I do not agree with the people who say this was a "cash grab" for Marie Lu. She wanted to revisit the world she created and explore it even further and as fans of this series, we should be happy we had another chance to revisit it. All in all, I'm extremely happy I was able to see all my hopes for some of my favorite characters ever come to fruition, even if the plot wasn't as compelling for me.
callumwbell's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
A nice follow up to a good series
ireneamalaraj's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25