Once again, Day and June take turns narrating the story. Day’s only goals are to make sure Tess is safe and reunite with his brother Eden. Day’s character does not change very much throughout the story, but he is plagued with many internal struggles. June is haunted by Metias’s death. With only Day to hold on to, she is willing to do anything to help him. As she is swept back into the Republic, she meets Anden, whose philosophies are radically different from what she thought. Both characters remain smart and independent, but their love for each other plagues them with insecurities. Neither character feels deserving of the other's love. Situations seem to be constantly tearing them apart, yet, pulling them together at the same time.
Prodigy is an amazing sequel to Legend. Although the characters barely grow, they are placed in situations that test their maximum mental and physical capacity. The plot twists and turns throughout the story and is very hard to predict. Marie Lu is very talented at writing action scenes. Not only can you clearly picture it, but you also feel as though you are there with the characters. Day and June’s love is captivating and heart-breaking at the same time. While Legend focuses on the action, Prodigy provides time to dwell on the romance between the two main characters. Both characters are given possible love interests that create two love intertwined love triangles. The love triangles are dealt with beautifully. We are saved us from the agonizing pain of listening to characters contemplate love interests. Like in the previous book, it is easy to tell who is narrating. June's story is written in the same brown, black while Day narrates in an aqua blue. This book is enthralling and gets readers emotionally invested in the story. Each plot twist makes the view of the setting change. Prodigy perfectly fits the allure of dystopian novels by giving us a setting that feels like it could happen in the future. The world politics of the setting is fascinating, even if it is only touched on once. I give this 371 page book 5 stars.