(The Legion #2)
Publication
Date: September 2014
Hardcover, 400- pages, Little Brown Books
Genres:
YA, Paranormal
The heart-pounding sequel to the
instant New York Times bestseller, Unbreakable, by New York Times bestselling
Beautiful Creatures co-author Kami Garcia.
He is here... and he could be
anyone.
Kennedy Waters lives in a world
where vengeance spirits kill, ghosts keep secrets, and a demon walks among us–a
demon she accidentally set free.
Now Kennedy and the other Legion
members–Alara, Priest, Lukas, and Jared–have to hunt him down. As they learn more
about the history of the Legion and the Illuminati, Kennedy realizes that the
greatest mystery of all does not belong to any secret order, but to her own
family. With the clock ticking and the life of someone she loves hanging in the
balance, Kennedy has to ask the question she fears most: what is it about her
past that has left her Unmarked?
My Review
Demon hunting and a hot boy named Jared! What more do you
need?! Not a lot more actually. Because Kami Garcia managed to make a pretty
great sequel.
I was skeptical going into this book. I loved Unbreakable, mostly because it was so
similar to Supernatural (except the
characters are teenagers and there’s hot twins involved). Plus, it totally
creeped me out. So, going in to this I was worried I wouldn’t feel the same
amount of love that I did for the first book. And, I didn’t.
I had forgotten who the side characters of the story were,
and what exactly was going on by the time I got around to reading this book.
(Don’t you hate that! Books should be released less than one month apart so
that readers can remember what the heck happened!) That meant that I wasn’t as
in love with Jared and Kennedy’s romance as I was in the previous book. So I’ll
admit that the first few chapters took a while to get into.
THEN, I got into it. And before I knew it things were
happening and demons were running amok and I’d read more than one hundred pages
without even realizing it. And I’m not exaggerating! The pacing of this book
was really good! Especially since, once I think back on it, not a lot happened.
But Garcia still managed to keep my eyes glued to those pages.
Now that I’ve raved about the plot and pacing, let’s briefly
discuss the characters, shall we? We shall. Oh how we shall… I’ll start with
Kennedy since she’s the MC. Kennedy’s thoughts were a little wishy-washy to me.
The seemed like a normal girls’ thoughts and feelings at times, but at others
they were a little too naïve. This wasn’t a big deal though. And Jared… Oh,
Jared. He’s fantastic! I’m so glad we’re getting a third book in this series
because I would be super ticked with the way things left off for him if we didn’t!
The side characters were fun. Alara’s little bf intro was cute and humorous. I
really want to see more into his character. Now, the whole Elle thing kind of
upset me. I didn’t think it was necessary for her to be in the story as much as
she was. Kennedy has left that part of her life behind, and I think Elle sticking
around just didn’t help move her storyline along. But I can understand why the
author chose to put her in, she had to figure a way to get out of the love
triangle from the first book.
All in all, I enjoyed this sequel. Not as much as the first
book, but I’m looking forward to getting my hands on Book #3. Fall 2015, here I
come!
*Note: I purchased
this book myself.
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