But what Lu does with Adelina’s character in the end just blew me to pieces.

Does it make me hate Adelina? Yea a little bit (or maybe the entire time Raffale has been my favourite). There is huge character development from book one to book three and I didn’t know Adelina would be as evil as she is in the beginning of Midnight Star. It’s also great as reader, to watch Adelina descend into madness.

I seriously haven’t come across a series with a main character that is so dark and crazy as Adelina. Instead, Lu creates this amazing anti-villain dynamic that is just so unique. She’s not the hero, she’s the villain and she owns it. I love Adelina because she’s so dark and evil. The characters in Midnight Star make this book for me. This series is not for people who enjoy happy endings and nice juicy romance scenes because this book is none of that. Damn, in this book Lu seriously achieves a new level of dark. I was also caught off guard when she finds out the voices in her head are all the people she’s killed in her life. These italicized “voices” Adelina deals with in the book is such an interesting angle to work with. As a reader, we’ve gotten to know Adelina’s inner demons and at some parts they are oddly terrifying. It’s so cool to be able to do this with a character. Another thing I really admired with MS is her writing the “voices” in Adelina’s head. Lu writes this scene so well even though the concept of the underworld is so abstract. Near the end of the book, Adelina and the elites enter this weird ethereal underworld setting. She makes me want to visit this renaissance Italy themed world. Midnight Star takes place in it’s own world and she describes this strange world so vividly.

Specifically, I love how descriptive her writing is. I mean, she killed it with her Legend series and did it again with the Young Elites. Marie Lu is definitely one of my favourite YA authors. Warning: spoilers ahead!Īs I did with my previous review, I will rank Midnight Star according to three criteria, writing, plot and characters! This will determine the book’s score! It is the third and final installment in the popular Young Elites series. Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog! Today I’m going to be reviewing the Midnight Star by Marie Lu.

The Midnight Star by Marie Lu