Champion by Marie Lu

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Champion by Marie Lu


If you have not read Legend and Prodigy, the two books preceding this is in the Legend Trilogy then I suggest you do so, because this will have spoilers galore and leave you confused. With that being said, Onward!

It’s been eight months since we last saw Day and June saying their goodbyes in Prodigy. Day is still lending his support to the new Elector, Anden, but has not spoken to June in months. Fighting between the Colonies and the Republic has stopped for now with hopes of a peace treaty between the two nations that now inhabit what was the United States of America. June is a Princeps-Elect, training in Colorado to compete for a high government position as next in command to the Elector. Day is living with his brother, Eden, in San Francisco. Eden is slowly recovering from the experiments he had undergone under the previous Elector, Anden’s father. Day is undergoing treatment for the headaches that are continuing to get worse due to the damage done to his brain when he was ten years old and being held by the Republic. Day has been avoiding going to Denver, the Capital of the Republic, choosing to support the cause from a distance. When he receives a transmission from June asking for his presence at an emergency banquet, he goes. The Republic needs Day’s help, again. The Colonies are threatening to end any discussion of peace because of a plague spreading through the Colonies that they believe is a direct result of biological warfare under the hands of the previous Elector. Unless provided with a cure they will attack the Republic. The only hope for the Republic is the child that survived the plague ravishing the Colonies, Day’s little brother, Eden.
                June and Day have come a long way since Legend. They have more depth, more passion, more strength, more power, more integrity. They have everything that has been lacking in this trilogy. It’s all here in this novel. Champion brings us to the pinnacle of disaster. It has all been leading up to this, not in the most gracious way, but I am grateful to be here. When we first met these characters they were flat, slightly motivated (there is no better way to say this) children. They had some integrity. They were mildly interesting. Now Day and June both have amazing arcs, extremely interesting storylines that intersect in the best way imaginable. Day and June are both fighting, not only for each other but for their lives, the lives of the ones they cherish and the Republic.

                I’m not going to lie. I struggled with whether or not to finish this series after reading Legend. It was good but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to dedicate myself to another dystopian series. I pushed forward to Prodigy which was better than Legend. It answered a lot of questions I had. It presented some better solutions, a different outlook on the situation and unexpected plot. But it was still missing that something that made me love it. Champion gave me more than anything I expected. There was not a dull moment in this novel. There was non-stop action, non-stop passion, great writing, and amazing insight into the surroundings, with loads of information about how this world came to be. I cannot stress how much Champion made the entire series worth reading. I give this novel 5 out of 5 stars and would recommend this entire series, simply because you have to start at the beginning to understand the end. 

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