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The Midnight Star

By: Marie Lu
Narrated by: Lannon Killea, Carla Corvo
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Publisher's summary

The thrilling finale to the New York Times best-selling Young Elites series from "hit factory" Marie Lu.

There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.

Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She's turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved the ultimate revenge: victory. Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one, but with each conquest her cruelty only grows. The darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control, threatening to destroy all she's gained.

When a new danger appears, Adelina's forced to revisit old wounds, putting not only herself at risk but every Elite. In order to preserve her empire, Adelina and her Roses must join the Daggers on a perilous quest - though this uneasy alliance may prove to be the real danger.

Number one New York Times best-selling author Marie Lu concludes Adelina's story with this haunting and hypnotizing final installment to the Young Elites series.

©2016 Marie Lu (P)2016 Listening Library

Critic reviews

“Lu pivots from the ‘coming of age via romance’ formula to pry apart the many emotions that pass under the rubric of love...There’s nothing easy here, for Adelina or readers - there are no safe places where the pressures of betrayal, death threats, and rejection aren’t felt.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

"Readers should prepare to be captivated - and to look forward to a continuation of the Young Elites series.” (Booklist, starred review)

“A must for fans of...totally immersive fantasies.” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

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OMG 🙀🙀🙀 that's how I was then I was like 😿😿 then I was 😻 i would of liked a better ending hope it was still good I really did like this book better then the first 2

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Only book series I can read over and over again.

I dislike reading so much but after reading the young elites for high school, I became addicted. The storyline is of an antagonist which I love. It's written so well I cried and will probably everytime I read the end of this series. The development in the main character is done so well I am attached to her. So happy to find Marie Lu's books.

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The true end of greatness

The story moves from darkness to light. Marie Lu has created a great myth worthy of Greek scrolls. Highly recommend this series.

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One of the best book series ive ever seen tackling the fear and pain in the human psyche and how it will weaponize itself against you

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Worst Book 3 EVER!!!

I don't usually react this way to a series I've read and enjoyed, from an author I like. But this book made no sense. It felt completely disjointed, with absolutely no resolution to all the main story lines - just dumb gimmicks to explain away everything that happened in books 1&2. I feel cheated. I've invested time listening to this series - I even re-listened to the first two books prior to this one. And now I wish I hadn't bothered.

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Wonderful ending to a wonderful trilogy.

It really all makes sense in the end, and resonated beautifully. Don't pass up on this trilogy! The world and characters are remarkable, up untill the very last page.

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Great Suspense and Writing

I listened to this whole trilogy. I love the idea of the main character being a somewhat villain. Very good plot and well written. The voice acting was great. I love the male and female actors for respected parts. If you are interested in this book, I recommend starting from book 1 the Young Elites, but you could still enjoy this one as well. Thanks Marie Lu, I’m looking forward to more of your writing!

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Heart wrenching ending

Great series but the ending, really? Nooo. I won't give it away, you must read.

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it was good

I will always enjoy legend the most out of all of her books but I did like this series a lot as well. the narrator for this series I thought did a great job reading these books.
also this was my first time reading a anti hero story which I also found to be a little too depressing for my taste but the story was overall a good read.

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STARS!

I am not disappointed, but never am with marie lu I have to day this is one of my favorite series...

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