I stand alone.

Overall this series is a pretty good one. If you're looking for a distopian that is actually well written, not completely predictable (and GASP no love triangle, well not really) then I totally recommend this one.

BUT

I seem to be the only one who didn't love the ending. I don't know... June just got so self-sacrificing and melodramatic there towards the end. Other then being a little frustrated with our heroine this conclusion was a wild ride that I am so glad I got on.

So I stand alone in not "loving" the ending but I didn't and hate it and most days thats all a girl can really ask for.

I recommend this series to lovers of "The Hunger Games" and "Divergent" obviously..

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Amazingly Great 3rd Book!!!!

First book, was ok.. second book was much better, 3rd book was amazing!!!!

Not like other trilogies out there, its usually the 1st book which is best, but nooo this one had a different order to it.. the best is this one, the 2nd is the 2nd book and the 3rd is the first book... I have assumed that Champion will have a similar ending to other trilogies, what i mean by this a boring ending, the usual ending, but NOPE!!!! It was refreshing to have a different ending, a good and a great one, but still refreshing!!!

Day and June had a lot of challenges in this book, and they were not all the same challenges, plus too many questions get answered here too. Whats great as well is seeing the changes in Day's life, from a criminal to a famous guy loved and wanted by everyone.

Narration was good as usual!

Marie Lu is a talented author and a refreshing one. looking forward for her next work.

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Close of a Very Underrated Series

Champion was a satisfying ending to a solid dystopian trilogy - one of the most underrated in the last few years, in my opinion. Author Marie Lu manages to sidestep a lot of the cliches of the genre and end with a satisfying but not pat ending. But she also stays true to the Les Miserable inspiration as well.

June has returned to help Anden run the Repulic as a Princeps Elect while Day grapples with a tumor slowly destroying his brain. Separated by situation, both are grappling with the deaths and grief in their lives. But Anden is losing control of the government, the Colonies have a new, dangerous ally, and everything begins to fall apart as one of the previous plagues mutates. June has to hold the government and senate together, Day has to hold his own failing health and small family together, and the only cure to the plague could very well cost him the last family member he has left alive - his younger brother Eden.

Champion is a slow burn - much more about the politics and the pathos than in action (though the finale offers quite a punch). Both June and Day have matured greatly and I really appreciated that author Lu kept their voices unique and distinct (June's obsession with numbers, Day's gutter-rat colloquialisms) yet also gave them further depth as befitting what they went through in the first two novels.

Thomas, Jameson, Tess, and others all make appearances and their stories are discretely finished in addition to Day and June's emotional arc. This really is a layered book - a study in loss, grief, hopelessness, and at the center, hope. Both Day and June ended up being very against the cliches of the genre and the depth of their journey is extremely well written.

I listened to the audible version and both narrators were excellent - really giving life and energy to the characters.

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This is how it should be done!

If you could sum up Champion in three words, what would they be?

The perfect ending

What did you like best about this story?

everything!!

Have you listened to any of Steven Kaplan and Mariel Stern ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

They are amazing and really bring the story to life.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

the ending mainly but a few others scenes really made the book for me

Any additional comments?

Absolutely amazing book! If you are going to write a trilogy and have it stay with the reader this should be the guidebook. I listened to it completely, two days in a row, the first day just to know what happened and the second time so I could just enjoy a great story. Some authors could learn from this trilogy *cough veronica roth cough*

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Good with two exceptions

Good story through the three books. Only undesirable parts where when the author made out June's brother to have homosexual tendencies and when she had two teenagers having sex.

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Sad this is the end.

This is a book worth listening to. Marie Lu has taken us through a journey and though I wished it would never end, this book is the final book of the series. I'm going to return to this series to read again and again. What a way to end an amazing series!

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The ending

I loved the hole series but I didn't like the ending that much. That's all

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Champion

This is a Daniel Steel like book! Girly and not something to waist your time on!

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Astonishing End to the Series!

Marie Lu, takes the readers through many twists and turns as the plot builds to the exciting climax of the story. Day and June travel paths they didn't expect as events take them to places they wouldn't have imagined the previous year.

Day finds himself between a rock and a hard place when must make decisions that not only affect his life and possibly the life of his brother as well as the Republic's existence.

As for June she to finds herself in very uncomfortable positions throughout the novel until her final decision will cause the reader to pause at her selflessness.

I think this series rivals that of the "Hunger Games", "Divergent", and the "Maze Runner" series. It was excellent, just excellent!

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Wraps it all up, and ties it with a bow!

This series is a typical story of a rogue teenage boy, law abiding girl and their mission to beat the system. However, Marie Lu did "typical" differently. There was romance, but not too much, just enough action, and a great ending. Well worth reading.

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