Review: Wildcard by Marie Lu

Wildcard

By Marie Lu
My Rating: 4 Stars

Hardcover, 341 pages

Published September 18th 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Summary From Goodreads:

Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now that she knows the truth behind Hideo's new NeuroLink algorithm, she can no longer trust the one person she's always looked up to, who she once thought was on her side.

Determined to put a stop to Hideo's grim plans, Emika and the Phoenix Riders band together, only to find a new threat lurking on the neon-lit streets of Tokyo. Someone's put a bounty on Emika's head, and her sole chance for survival lies with Zero and the Blackcoats, his ruthless crew. But Emika soon learns that Zero isn't all that he seems--and his protection comes at a price.

Caught in a web of betrayal, with the future of free will at risk, just how far will Emika go to take down the man she loves?

My Review:

Oh goodness, I rather enjoyed this story. It was slow at times, but it never lost my attention. It was full of plot twists and turns, and one of them actually managed to take me by surprise, so it gets bonus points for that.

I do wish there had been a little bit more romance in it (that's just a personal preference), but it was good, regardless. I was 100% immersed in the book, and the science fiction-y/video game-y world that Marie Lu created. Emi was faced with so many challenges, and I liked getting to see how she and her crew handled them.

Zero is still my favorite, I want to know even more about him than we do. I kind of wish he'd been Emi's love interest rather than Hideo.
  
Is this the last book in the series? I can't remember. It left some things open, so that there could be a continuation...