A really great take on who watches the watchers (or who polices super heroes) with a touch of dystopia thrown in for flavour. An excellent read, and I did not quite see that final twist, so I am ready for book #2.

Will leave rating this book to those who like comic book genres. There are many characters...found it hard to keep track of them all and their very adolescent names. Gave up after a couple of chapters.

Although it took me longer than usual to read this book, I actually really enjoyed it. It's a nice combination of X-Men meets Terminator kind of a post-apocalyptic story. I can't wait to get started on the 2nd book next month.

Each person is their own hero and villain of their story. While we all have judgements on who's wrong and who's right as readers, who are we to impose it on characters that feel differently for themselves. Our two protagonists have their sides of the story to share, that will leave the audience questioning who is in the right. In a world that glorifies superheroes, hides their flaws, and ostracizes villains, is this paradise? Or is it too far corrupt and gone to be saved? I personally cannot wait for the next book after this killer cliffhanger in this one. @Siri of the Hamilton Public Library Teen Review Board

I loved the Lunar Chronicles, and I really wanted to love this, because I think the superhero vs. villain premise of this is incredibly fun, but ultimately, while I did like it, I couldn't quite get to love, and here's why: THE VILLAINS' MOTIVATIONS MAKE NO SENSE. They are anarchists, and Meyer completely fails, for the entire book, to give any sort of comprehensible explanation for how, exactly, they think the world is going to be safer and better once it descends into complete chaos. (Having said that, this is actually a really fun read in all other regards and I'm totally going to read the sequel, which was recently released? I know, I don't understand me either -- I contain multitudes, etc. etc. etc.)

I really liked the way the characters and relationships were developed in this story. Also, I was intrigued by the romance subtly in this novel. However, ***ATTENTION! MAJOR SPOILERS!!!!*** I was confused on the ending, whether Ace is sill alive or not, the plot of the Detonators, etc. Hopefully the second book won't be so vague.

There was something about this book that I really liked which kept me reading it and I'm honestly not sure what it is, but I do know that I enjoyed the overall plot idea and fell in love with the characters. Unfortunately, nothing interesting really happens in the story, especially when it comes to development between characters (with the exception of Ingrid and Nova; if Marissa revisits their relationship in the next book I will be very happy because you can't move on from something like that without a word). Unlike what a few other people have mentioned in their comments, I don't think the pacing is too slow, it's just right at the point of being almost too slow but still managing to move forward with the story. When I finished, I remember thinking, "Wow... It's already the end? That's it? But nothing happened!" I will still read the next book, though, since I've had a positive experience Marissa Meyer's other books and I would like to see where she takes this story, its world, and its characters.

I don't think it's easy to write a superhero story that both embraces what's fun and cool about superheroes while also deconstructing the genre, but Marissa Meyer pulls it off. It helps to make the central protagonists--both villains and heroes--interesting, likable, and with valid, understandable points of view. And having other characters--heroes and villains--be entirely unlikable, the kind of character you hope get taken down several pegs. It also helps to give all of the superheroes and supervillains colorful names and powers. All in all, Renegades is fun, thought-provoking, and it left me desperate to read the sequel immediately.

This book is a very thought provoking read such that neither side is completely right, nor are they completely wrong. As I joined the characters, one from each side of the story, I found this to be a very well written story. Overall really good and I'll repeat myself: thought provoking. Beware of reading this book if you want a low key read.

Although Meyer is certainly a talented author, she weaves a story that begins utterly boring and pointless. And although the ending was exciting, most of the book was just a maze of forgettable characters and secondhand plot lines. Perhaps I was rooting for Adrian and Nova by the end… but before that? Not really. The idea of superheroes and supervillains is pretty cool but it has been already used in book/film series like X-Men. Overall I only moderately liked this book but despite that I will be looking for its sequel.