Marissa Meyer is best known for her bestselling series The Lunar Chronicles. I have never read that series. Meyer has also published Renegades; this I HAVE read and I was thoroughly entertained. Be warned however - Renegades is just the first in a continuing series, of which, volume two will be out this November.
This first volume deals with the rise of the Renegades and the society they have helped develop. The world had been swept up in the Age of Anarchy, where crime and all things evil run rampant. The Renegades are a collection of people with special powers that have banded together to overcome the Anarchists and bring society back to its feet. The Anarchists have been defeated, but they have not been wiped-out. In the shadows lurk many Anarchists waiting for a chance to get even with the Renegades.
Nova is an Anarchist whose family was murdered during the Age of Anarchy. She was raised by an uncle who was an Anarchist leader and eventually defeated by the Renegades. She has sworn to take her revenge on them. The best way to do this is to go undercover and join the Renegades, hoping to learn enough so she and her fellow Anarchists can bring an end to them. Much of the book deals with Nova's life among both side of this conflict - her identity as an Anarchist is Nightmare while she is known to the Renegades as Insomnia.
I think Meyer does a nice job of developing and working with the main characters. You learn their past and get inside their heads to see how they function in present day. Renegades has plenty of action, mystery, and a couple of plot/character twists that will have you impatiently waiting for part two to come out this fall.
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