This is what they deserve. They wanted me to be a monster. I will be the worst monster they ever created.
Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will—she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods.
Under the Lucis’ brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training, and destroy them from within.
Sloane rises through the ranks and gains strength but, in doing so, risks something greater: losing herself entirely, and becoming the very monster that she ahbors.
Ok, so this book is really violent. Like, really violent. Like, one of Our Heroes beats a boy to death before we even know who she is, and it's No Big Deal.
I can't figure out the Lucis' plan. They want soldiers for their war, so they literally kill 90% of their recruits during training. That is Not How This Works, guys. You'd be better off giving them no training and just throwing them at the enemy, you'd get a better return on things. And while this is not particular to this novel, it's still something that bothers me a lot in this kind of story; why is it always the superpowered people who are downtrodden? They have superpowers! I can kind of understand how they can't get back on top once they're knocked off it; they're scattered, at a fraction of their usual numbers and have no training. But how did they ever get overthrown in the first place?
I'm making this sound terrible, and it's not completely bad; if you enjoyed The Hunger Games this is probably right up your alley. I didn't hate it and I'll read the next one because I'm interested in finding out what happens. (But I'd like to pretend that romance didn't happen, please.)
Good, but not brilliant as far as I'm concerned. Definitely worth a try, though.
Blood Scion publishes on the 8th of March, 2022. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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