Goodreads Rating: 4.02 stars (first week of release)

Goodreads Summary:

In the tradition of The Lunar Chronicles, this sweeping reimagining of Les Misérables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet-colony of Laterre.

A thief.

An officer.

A guardian.

Three strangers, one shared destiny…

When the Last Days came, the planet of Laterre promised hope. A new life for a wealthy French family and their descendants. But five hundred years later, it’s now a place where an extravagant elite class reigns supreme; where the clouds hide the stars and the poor starve in the streets; where a rebel group, long thought dead, is resurfacing.

Whispers of revolution have begun—a revolution that hinges on three unlikely heroes…

Chatine is a street-savvy thief who will do anything to escape the brutal Regime, including spy on Marcellus, the grandson of the most powerful man on the planet.

Marcellus is an officer—and the son of a renowned traitor. In training to take command of the military, Marcellus begins to doubt the government he’s vowed to serve when his father dies and leaves behind a cryptic message that only one person can read: a girl named Alouette.

Alouette is living in an underground refuge, where she guards and protects the last surviving library on the planet. But a shocking murder will bring Alouette to the surface for the first time in twelve years…and plunge Laterre into chaos.

All three have a role to play in a dangerous game of revolution—and together they will shape the future of a planet.

Power, romance, and destiny collide in this sweeping reimagining of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece, Les Misérables.

My Thoughts:

It’s a pretty bad sign when the reader flat out dislikes two of the three main characters and only sorta likes the third main character. Yeah… none of them were winners.

Alouette was weak, Marcellus was cringey, and Chatine didn’t believe in anything. Chatine was the best out of the three and I can see the potential she has in the future books. Alouette also has potential. Marcellus was basically useless and I’m sure will have a huge personality change in order for him to actually contribute to the plot or anything really.

This is a retelling of Les Miserables, but I’m really hoping that it won’t end the same way. I hope the authors will add a little bit of variation. I realllyyyyy don’t want Alouette and Marcellus to end up together. Marcellus doesn’t deserve to end up with anyone in my opinion, but Chatine deserves to be happy and if she wants Marcellus then… help a girl out.

This book is almost 600 pages of set up for the next book. Nothing drastic happened. All of the plot twists were predictable, and not just because I know the story of Les Miserables. There are things here not included in Les Mis that I predicted from a mile away.

In conclusion, this book had potential but it squandered it. I will not be continuing with the series. Nobody has time for that.