Rebels by Sarah NoffkeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Oh man so much to say.... most of my reasons for a 3 star rating are spoilers....
Defects was so amazing, and it's not so much that Rebels wasn't amazing as that Em didn't seem as strong and independent as she was in Defects. Em as a character felt younger and more naive' to me. I find the title very fitting and this book was a lot like LOTR II where there is a massively long movie gearing up for war, but it just is a LOT longer than it needed to be.
Rebels felt as if it was trying to fill space for me without really much foreground action. I can appreciate what will come and I am honestly very excited to see the culmination of all that has happened come to fruition in Book 3-Warriors.
Overall the biggest issue I had while reading this was the slower pace and the logistics. I didn't feel as though there was a lot of care being taken with the planning and moving around with just Vider's senses they would have been detected and thwarted long ago. Also why has Em never leached Zack? Why is Em so naive when she admits things and then goes on like she didn't. All the screaming and no one does anything about it. Not very convincing. We have more Ren though at least, so it would be interesting to see what he has been up to this whole time.
Overall I have to leave this book with a 3.5 stars... Given the ending... which I am not happy about Sarah.... you know why... it was just so wrong to pull that one on us, especially after you even sent me those photos to feed my obsession. I can't wait to move on to Book 3 and see where all this planning led. PS. Why is there a horse on the cover ;) It's beautiful, but why?
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