Supernova (Renegades #3) – Marissa Meyer

All's fair in love and anarchy...

The epic conclusion to Marissa Meyer's thrilling Renegades Trilogy finds Nova and Adrian struggling to keep their secret identities concealed while the battle rages on between their alter egos, their allies, and their greatest fears come to life. Secrets, lies, and betrayals are revealed as anarchy once again threatens to reclaim Gatlon City.

While I enjoyed reading SUPERNOVA, I really do feel like this series should have been two books. There was so much that happened in SUPERNOVA that I would have liked to see earlier on, likely in ARCHENEMIES, and it would have solved the issue that while ARCHENEMIES was also enjoyable, I didn’t feel like enough really happened plot-wise to have it be a book of its own. Thinking about the series overall, I think a lot could have been cut down and condensed into two books. There were also a few moments where the pacing just felt odd, like some really long battle scenes, and I ended up losing focus.

The epilogue was definitely a stunner but… it was another thing that I really wanted to be in the second book and the open-ended question that’s leftover could have been resolved in this book. I think that would have added nice depth to the plot and added a nice grab/twist in the second book because I really don’t feel like there was much memorable about it, as entertaining as it was. I also wished I had more time to enjoy the contents of the epilogue. To be honest, I really don’t want to continue this story any more so I’m actually hoping there ISN’T a spin-off. Not in a bad way, but I feel like a new series wouldn’t offer a new enough plot and I don’t want to continue the good vs. evil concept in a new series because I feel like too many of the same themes would be repeated.

I didn’t really feel like I was waiting for too many answers in SUPERNOVA. I wanted to know what Phobia’s backstory was (and we do find out and it is really cool) but that was just about it. Basically I kind of figured there would be a happy ending, which isn’t a bad thing, but there were a few things that wrapped up a little too neatly. I felt like for everything that happened, Adrian and Nova ended up being all lovey-dovey a little too easily for all of the secrets and betrayals. There were some cool things that happened in the end to wrap things up but then a couple things unfolded that just felt a little TOO nice and neat. Some of the ending just kind of seemed to nullify the whole series? And start the cycle all over again.

I enjoyed the whole series and I had fun reading it but I don’t think it’s something I need to reread in the future. I enjoyed the original superhero story and I had fun spending time with these characters but I actually felt like the plot could have been improved upon and it lacked the connection that I’ve felt with other Marissa Meyer books.

Kept Me Hooked On: Superheroes. I don’t really a lot of superhero books and I never got into comics. It was really fun to read an original superhero story, especially seeing all of the different powers!
Left Me Wanting More: Structure. I would have loved to see a different structure to this series. Marissa Meyer said it was always meant to be a trilogy but the publisher originally had planned it for two books. I wish it had been condensed into a duology! I think the pacing would have been better and there could have been a better/different focus.

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If you’ve already read the other two books, it’s definitely worth finishing the series! I’m no editor but if I was a reader able to give feedback, I probably would have voiced some things I would have actually liked to have changed. If you haven’t read the series, I still think they’re worth reading! They’re all still fun, even if I didn’t love the whole set-up.