Renegades is Here and Mandy is Not

Sooooooooooooooooooo, I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but I’m pretty sure you have because it’s literally EVERYWHERE, but Renegades by Marissa Meyer has officially been released.

If you have somehow missed the name of Marissa Meyer, she is a verified YA queen. She has brought us the likes of The Lunar Chronicles – futuristic retellings of beloved fairytales including Rapunzel, Cinderella, and Snow White – and also the series that Mandy will literally never stop screaming about nor fangirling (it’s a lifestyle at this point and I can’t stop). If that isn’t your jam (um, I didn’t know it was until I read it and never went back), she wrote a complex, twisty, and absolutely delicious retelling of the notorious Queen of Hearts (keep snacks handy because it made me so hungry – and kind of apathetic to the notorious villain???). And thennnnnnnnnnnnnnn, she wrote an interesting take on Ursula in the anthology Because You Love to Hate Me – which was one of the few books that made that book somewhat tolerable (so much sass there, me).

So, basically, she is everything in my book life, and I was living for the day that I added another book to my Meyer collection. Seriously, I had a semi DM Twitter meltdown to Rendz from Reading With Rendz when my book didn’t arrive on time that then went over to Snapchat and me pacing by the front door quite a bit. The book struggle was so real, BUT THEN GUESS WHAT. THE BOOK ARRIVED AND IS IN MY HAND AND I SOMEHOW ORDERED THE WRONG TARGET EDITION SO I DIDN’T GET THE PRETTY RED COVER ONE BUT IT’S OKAY BECAUSE I HAVE MY BOOK AND I JUST NEED TO HAVE IT AT THIS POINT SO I CAN CRY.

Okay, I’m going to try and lay off the caps for a moment. But in all seriousness, I will be sliding in my little reading cocoon where I can literally go and hide and maybe peek out once this book has utterly destroyed my book soul???? So, I might be on here to blog hop and answer comments somewhat, butttttttttt all regularly scheduled programming might be suspended until I finished crying and screaming. We shall have to see. XD

Oh, and, um, here is the summary for Renegades just in case you have missed it.

Secret Identities. Extraordinary Powers. She wants vengeance. He wants justice.

The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies—humans with extraordinary abilities—who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone…except the villains they once overthrew.

Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice—and in Nova. But Nova’s allegiance is to a villain who has the power to end them both.

What do you think? Are you in the Renegades hideaway, too? What book has made you do this? Let’s discuss in the comments below!