Warcross by Marie Lu
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Upon reread, Warcross doesn’t quite live up to the 5-star energy that I felt the first time around, so I’m dropping the rating down to a 4-star.
I still really enjoyed it, and I stand by my experience back in 2017, but yeah, at this point it’s lost a bit of luster for me.
It still stands out in the YA SciFi genre though and I would absolutely recommend it. I’m excited to actually continue on and finally read the sequel. I can’t believe I never got to it.
The competition elements and the intrigue of what’s going on behind-the-scenes of Warcross is what really stood out to me this time through. Overall, I’m super happy to have revisited this story!
Previously:
Yessss, Marie Lu. I absolutely loved this. In fact, Warcross was my favorite YA book of 2017 and for good reason!!!
Emika Chen is a phenomenal protagonist.
She’s smart, super strong, both physically and mentally, as well as independent AF. Everything I aspire to be.
The gaming elements and competitive feel of this book kept it rolling along nicely with plenty of action.
The final two chapters were nothing short of AMAZING!!!
I loved the low-key social commentary about our times, real life issues and philosophical ideas that could be hotly debated. I was very pleasantly surprised by this aspect.
I cannot wait for the next book to be released. I know for sure I will be preordering it!
Update 3/3/21:
While it is true that I did, in fact, preorder Wildcard, I still have not read it. I loved this first book so much and I am afraid that the second book will disappoint me.
Does anyone else do this? Just me? I am really going to try to pick it up soon. I need to complete this duology and see what happens with my girl, Emika.
I need to DO IT!!