I am legitimately happy to find a young adult series with a female protagonist that DOESN’T focus on romance, especially given the setting of the books. Sure, there’s a bit of that, but the characters’ every waking moments are not spent on it. In fact, relatively few of those moments are focused on romance and I appreciate it so, so much.
I’m also really happy with the way the war was portrayed. Not really any specific hero moments for most of the characters. It was messy and straight up crazy, as a war between powered people should be. I also really liked that we didn’t know exactly what was happening at each and every moment. A general idea, yes, but not a bunch of details that would have muddied the waters too much... pun not intended.
Also, while I’m not really interested in a Nortan reconstruction story, I am kind of interested in how it’s going a few years in. Kind of. I’m pleased with how and where the Red Queen series has ended. Nothing’s perfect, but it definitely tries, succeeding much better than I expected.
