This is the second book in Marie Lu’s Skyhunter duology, so you will need to read the first books, Skyhunter, before you read this one as it sets everything up.
Marie Lu shows what one woman will do to protect her family and friends:
Talin has become a Striker, it is now her job to protect The Premier at all costs or else her mother will suffer. Red is no stranger to the cruelty of the federation and the torture it takes to be transformed into a Skyhunter. Red is determined to free Talon, and free Mara and all the other countries that have been conquered by the Federation.Talin and Red want the same things, but the path is marred by difficult decisions and actions that need to be taken to make sure that the ones they love survive.
I really enjoyed the first book in the series and it really leave you on a cliffhanger so I have high expectations for this book by Lu and I will say that this book is quite different that the first book because of the setting. This book is much more political than the first book, it is about doing things behind the scenes in order to overthrow the Premier. That means there are less battle scenes involving both Red and Talon, so at times this does slow the book down.
I personally love the Strikers and the training that they have gone through to be such effective killing machines and would love to have their POV in a book or novella. They really are the highlight of the book for me, when they are fighting ghosts or sneaking about.
You cannot help but feel sorry for Talin in this book, she is doing everything in her power to protect her mother but fails multiple time as she cannot sit by while the Premier hurts her friends. However, she does do horrible things to people she does not know even though it weighs on her. I’m not sure if Lu was intending to have a philosophical question in this book, but it is very much kill one to save the rest or kill them all. Talin’s inability to see the bigger picture in this case causes more harm to herself, mother and the rest of the people under the Premier’s control. Do I fault Talon for this? No, she is a teenager who is just trying to protect her mother, her friends, but it is a question to ask oneself as you read the book.
This is the first complete series that I have read by Lu and I enjoyed the world building that she does as well as Talin as a main character. I look forward to reading other series by Lu.
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