Rebel Heart
By Moira Young
For We Love This Book
Rebel Heart
is the follow up to Moira Young’s outstanding, Costa Winning, Blood Red Road Saba , Lugh, Emmi and
Jack. Although it is clearly a bridging book before the final instalment of the
trilogy it nonetheless has a story of it’s own as Saba
heads West with a price on her head and Jack tries to find her. This book is
like a combination of all the best elements of Patrick Ness’ Chaos Walking
Trilogy and Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games set in a not too distant future with
a strong heroine and a violent coming of age plot. Saba
is a likeable protagonist and she is haunted by her time as a killer and by the
change in her brother Lugh who seems distant and much changed after his
captivity. She must also contend with a new enemy as the Tonton have a new
leader and they are pushing their way across the land imposing a new order.
The book
sees the return of some of Saba ’s friends and
the introduction of new ones but in such dangerous times it can be hard to know
who to trust. I would recommend you read Blood Red Road before you read this as
there is little back story and the narrative style may take some getting used
to. Nevertheless I would highly recommend this for anyone who has finished The
Hunger Games and is looking for an intense and enthralling read.
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