Wow. Just wow. I absolutely loved the "Legend" series, so I figured "The Young Elites" would be amazing as well, but I was completely blown away. "The Young Elites" is so much darker and gritter, dealing with much darker themes. Adelina is a girl shunned by society, tormented by her father, and suddenly given dark powers she doesn't understand or have control over. Imprisoned and sentenced to death, she believes this is the end for her, until she is rescued by the Young Elites, fellow survivors of the blood fever and possessors of power. As she learns more about her powers and how to control them, the darkness inside of her grows and she is pulled into a complex political plot. Adelina's fight against her inner demons is heartbreaking to read, but everything is so beautifully written it's almost impossible to put the book down.