Alas, we have reached the true end of the Legend series! Rebel, like Champion, once again has the broad setting of the entire world but mostly focuses on Antarctica and the Republic of America. Instead of featuring June as a main character, she is replaced by Day’s younger brother, Eden, and the book characteristically switches between his and Day’s perspectives every chapter. Day and Eden are now older, and Day serves as an agent in the AIS (Antarctican Intelligence Service), whereas Eden is a top student at one of the most prestigious universities in Antarctica. However, Eden is unhappy with life in the Upper Levels, where those with greater rank in society live, and prefers the Lower Levels, where it reminds him of the days in the Republic with Day. But when Eden gets mixed up with a notorious criminal in the Lower Levels, things get messy quickly.
Rebel failed to disappoint, and it was still engrossing. However, I felt that this was less because the book was fantastically written but more so because of the unanswered questions from Champion and pure curiosity about what happened to the characters in it. As a standalone book, I’d say Rebel was pretty average. Its plot was pretty predictable and standard in some ways. I almost want to believe if the author had officially concluded the series at Champion, the series would have overall been more powerful in terms of its impact, but Rebel, I suppose, is just fine of a conclusion as well.
The ending made some of the dull parts in the middle of the book worthwhile for me and likely worthwhile for you as well if you enjoyed the first three books of the series. As far as underlying messages of the book go, I felt that ones already in Legend, Prodigy, and Champion were only repeated, but it wasn’t a let-down.
Overall, I felt that Rebel was a solid read, not superb as a standalone book but a fine finish for the Legend series. This series has truly been a captivating and highly engrossing one, as well as very finely written. Please do check it out if you have any interest in the dystopian genre!
Review By ~ Andrew
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