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rinku's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The Talon series is a series that is enjoyable and fun, but not much more, and this trend continues with Legion. The overarching plot gets finally furthered, and we learn more of the secrets around Talon. I liked a bit more than Soldier, so it gets 3.5 stars from me.
After the mean cliffhanger of the last book, Riley saves Garett’s life by transferring him some of his dragon blood (if I remember correctly lmao). Garett’s first chapter after his death was so good, and I love the way his emotions were portrayed. Now, our characters are still trying to find out what Talon has planned while also getting still threatened by the Order. Dante is back again and with him, of course, a lot of drama.
Some of the plot of Legion is just a bit too constructed for me. With Riley, I always have the feeling that he does the things that the plot needs him to do, and not what a real being would do. Mist is also just suddenly on their side . I was additionally annoyed by the throwback chapters; they didn’t add too much to the story. Moreover, it takes one-third of the story until we saw dragons which was a bit long. I’m also not sure what to think about the plot around Talon. It was no surprise that they would fail when they just walk into Talon, and that Dante forces Ember to come with him. This plotline that the Wyrm wants to put her conscience into Ember’s body is just a bit weird tbh .
The .5 of my rating mainly stems from the ending which was really exciting. We get some good old time pressure so that the situation is suddenly much more tense. It’s so cute how they save Riley’s people and how they’re all together in this farmhouse, I loved this . The rest of the finale was so epic and especially Dante’s POV was so well written.
Most of the things I said about the characters in my last reviews is still true for Legion. The POVs are just too similar so that I sometimes forgot whose POV I was reading. Riley is still really annoying and rude, the story would still fail the Bechdel test, and the Asian character is reduced to being Asian and getting sexualized, yikes. At least, the love triangle is finally resolved here. It’s quite obvious who Ember would choose but I’m happy with this choice since Garett and Ember are quite cute together . Furthermore, Dante’s character changes a bit lot, he’s suddenly framed as this cold guy.
Overall, I had fun with Legion, especially with the last chapters. I’m curious how Kagawa will wrap up the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Death, Blood, and Car accident
Minor: Death of parent
lisashelves's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
janaya's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and War