Synopsis:
He is a Legend.
She is a Prodigy.
Who will be Champion?
June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite circles as Princeps-Elect, while Day has been assigned a high-level military position.
But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite them: just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic’s border cities. This new strain of plague is deadlier than ever, and June is the only one who knows the key to her country’s defense. But saving the lives of thousands will mean asking the one she loves to give up everything.
With heart-pounding action and suspense, Marie Lu’s bestselling trilogy draws to a stunning conclusion.
No matter what happens in the future, no matter where our paths take us, this moment will be ours.
I am not a politician. I am a soldier.Daniel Altan Wing or 'Day' as he wanted to be called by his non-family. AHHHHHH I don't know. It's really hard to talk about him while my heart is still yearning for more of him. I need more of him. I am not ready to bid my goodbye to him yet. Not yesterday. Not now. Not even in the upcoming tomorrows. *Inhale Exhale* So here it goes. I've been raving about him ever since Legend and my love for him just skyrocketed up to the far galaxies. I don't think that any other hero has this effect on me (maybe Jem Carstairs) but still my feelings for him is so different in a new whole level. He was just so brave and astonishing in every possible way. His grace in fighting; his irrevocable love for his family; his unwavering love for June; his sincere and genuine love for his fellowmen; his indomitable spirit; his charming & playful personality; his simple Hi & Hello & Hey. In short, he was simply extraordinary. June was right, "He loves so wholly. It is in his nature." Am I done? No. I want to tell you a lot of crap about my feelings for him, but I'll have to do it some other time in some other post.
I feel so out of place here. No matter how much money the Republic throws at me, I will forever be the boy from the streets.Secondary characters like Anden (charming & refined Electro Primo), Eden (the cool & smart kid that was full of hope), Tess (she surprised me with her development), Pascao (cool dude you got there). They brought out different hues to the story. I learned to love them all.
"Too bad everyone in the Republic isn't a soldier." -EdenThe ending wasn't the most flawless of all, but it left me satisfied with happy tears. I had a few questions regarding the 10 years time gap between Champion's set up and its epilogues timeline. But nevertheless, the ending was as brilliant as the characters. I didn't expect that because I thought Day was dying. And I was scared; too stunned to even continue. When I read Legend I thought that in the end of the series, Marie Lu will just unite the two government and make USA again, but no, she didn't. She stayed true to the reality. She stayed true to what is inevitable - that despite everything a peace treaty will always be better than unity of Republican and Colonies.
His scars will never fade. I am certain of that much. But perhaps ... perhaps ... with time, with age, we can be friends again. We can heal. Perhaps we can return to that same place we once stood, when we were both young and innocent. Perhaps we really meet like other people do, on some street one balmy evening, where we each catch each other's eye and stop to introduce ourselves. Echoes of Day's old wish come back to me now, emerging from the mist of our early days. Perhaps there is such a thing as fate.
I reach out to touch one of the walls, imagining that I can feel his life and warmth through it, and I look around again, up toward the rooftops and then all the way to the night sky where a few faint stars can be seen, and there I think I really can see him. I can feel his presence here in every stone he has touched, every person he has lifted up, every street and alley and city that he has changed in the few years of his life, because he is the Republic, he is our light, and I love you, I love you, until the day we meet again I will hold you in my heart and protect you there, grieving what we never had, cherishing what we did. I wish you were here. I love you, always. -June
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