Legend by Marie Lu

Sometimes we get ARC copies of books. Which are Advanced Reader Copies. A lot of times these copies are not edited or the book is damaged in some way. The pages of the this book wasn't cut right but I could still read the story and that is all I care about. I am always excited when Karin brings me books back from her Children's Meetings. I think I got this book back in October but I wasn't sure if the library was going to buy it so I held off on blogging about it. Then I got caught up in computer training and didn't blog at all.

I loved this book. I was sucked in from page one and couldn't put it down. The world as we know it is no more. What was once the western part of the US is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with it's neighbors. Fifteen year old June was born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts and is a military prodigy committed to her country. Born into the slums of the Republic's Lake Sector, fifteen year old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. June and Day have no reason to cross paths until the day June's brother Metias is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. June gets an early graduation from her military academy to hunt Day and the boy she finds isn't what she expected. Day is in a race for his family's survival and caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse. Together June and Day uncover a shocking truth about the Republic and the sinister lengths to which it will go to keep its secrets.

I'm hoping there will be more books but the authors website doesn't say.