A exciting and fun take on Anne-Marie, aka Rogue’s, origin story! The story follows a young Rogue as she still doesn’t realize she has powers and her encounter with our other favorite mutant, Gambit and the mess they find themselves in, not only their feelings, but the literal mutant hunting kind. Rogue takes in Remy after a fight she saves him from and he crashes at her place and soon they find themselves bonding. Too bad Remy has a long list of people after him and he might have failed to mention how bad his situation was. Soon Remy and Anne-Marie find themselves in a particularly dangerous situation and meeting various other mutants, and now they have to take a gamble on what paths they’re going to take and how they’ll make it out alive.

This was a really fun take on Rogue’s origin story and I loved the addition of Remy to it, plus a few familiar mutant faces. It was a fun story to read and Rogue was a great character! I seriously hope there’s more books because this was a great read!

*Thanks Netgalley and Aconyte Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

*Thank you to Alisa Kwitney, Aconyte Books, and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

‘Rogue:Untouched’ by Alisa Kwitney is an original story set before the events of Avengers Annual #10, Rouge’s first comic book appearance. It is part of the Marvel Heroines series of novels from Aconyte Books which includes Domino:Strays by Tristen Palmgren.
The story revolves around Anna-Marie (Rogue) a 19 year old woman in Mississippi who is working hard to make ends meet. After a night of waiting tables at a local diner, she meets Remy, a mysterious, yet charming Cajun man. She also meets a woman who offers Anna-Marie the chance to make her life everything she wanted it to be. What she she finds is more than anything she ever expected.
Anne-Marie learns she is a mutant with the power to absorb the life force, memories, and in the case of mutants, their powers, through skin-to-skin contact.
Throughout the story, Anna-Marie learns more and more about her powers, grows closer to Remy, and finds a home amongst other mutants
The book is split into three parts.
Part One of the book is as incredible a Rogue & Gambit story as you can find. Alisa Kwitney handles the chemistry between Rogue/Gambit perfectly. In the “Acknowledgements” section of the book Alisa states she “started reading X-Men in college” and it shows that she knows the characters of Rogue and Gambit very well. There are also appearances by a group of guest mutants (especially a certain Texan and Australian who are two of my all time favorites)that made this X-Men fan very happy.
Part two took a sudden and completely different turn,and at times felt like I was reading a different book entirely. While it was fun to spend more time with Rogue learning her powers, the setting and plot of Part Two did not interest me, nor did the main antagonist. I spent most of the time reading Part Two longing to revisit Part One. The appearances of some other characters more than made up for it though. There is one particular mutant who is another favorite of mine that made an appearance in Part Two and I am glad Alisa used her.
Part three wrapped things up very well and and brought me back to what I enjoyed most about the book.
The only other gripe I have about the book is the lack of the use of Rogue’s trademark “sugah”. It does get used at times but “Sugar” was used too much not to notice. Other than that this book is exactly what I wanted a Rogue-centric book to be. A book about my favorite Marvel character,
with three other favorite mutants making appearances made this reader happy.
Every Rogue fan who reads this will love it as well.
If Marvel ever reads this review, please let Alisa have a chance at Rogue in comic book form. She deserves her name to be attached to the character.

This Rogue novel was a lot of fun! This doesn't follow the official X-men canon, but I personally thought that allowed Kiwtney to be more imaginative, and for Rogue to be more of a three-dimensional character. Rogue is a waitress at a diner, and dreaming of a collegiate future at Tulane. Then her paths cross with Remy (who will eventually become Gambit), and Rogue realizes that she isn't just a boring old human, after all!

I was expecting this to be a graphic novel, but honestly, it worked quite well as a novel.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC.

As stated in another review for a Marvel title, I'll read and review anything that is associated with Marvel Comics. This title is no exception. I absolutely loved it! I believe Rogue is a character that is untapped. I wish there was more stuff with her. This novel's characterization was well written. Action. Stakes. LOVED IT! You won't regret it!!!!

Rogue: Untouched is novelization of the origin story of my favorite X-Men. It does take some artistic license and it’s not exactly true to Cannon, but I definitely enjoyed this version of the story. This is when Rogue first discovers her powers and so she is not the bada** that we have come to know and love. She’s a bit down on their luck and just trying to get by when she crosses paths with one of my other favorite X-Men, Gambit. This is before he has joined and he’s running with a rough crowd. Soon she is discovering the truth of her powers and embroiled in quite a mutant mess.

This version of Rogue reminded me a lot of Sookie Stackhouse early in that series. I was actively envisioning the comic panels as I read along.

Thanks to Netgalley for access to an ARC of this novel. All opinions above are my own.

Thank you Netgalley for letting me read this book in return for an honest review.

Rogue is my favourite mutant, she has been since I was four years old. Remy has been a close favourite as well which is really good considering he has such a prominent role in this! This book is full of x-men cameos which is great and was when I realised who they were, I was grinning from ear to ear. While I would say there are a few creative liberties (which is to be expected with a book rather than a comic/graphic novel), it was a fun read and I read it within a day of getting the book. I wonder if there are any more books that have some of the characters in this.

A warning, I guess: I would definitely say this is an AU as I believe it rewrites some of her backstory.

Rating: 5⭐
Would I Read It Again? Yes, Yes, Yes
Would I Recommend it? Yes

I’ve always liked Rogue as a character after seeing her in some of the X-Men films and I think it’s awesome that she gets her own extra chance to shine in her very own book! I love that this is a book based on her and her story, as it brings something different aside from the comics and movies. I do love reading novels about the comic book characters, especially when they’re done well!

This was brilliant and I loved the story. The plot was great and it was so easy to get into from the get go. I quickly warmed to Rogues character and became invested into the progression and story and couldn’t put it down.

It’s one of those addicting reads that you can just keep reading and reading and then you’ve finished before you know it. It’s effortlessly easy to read through and has everything in it that makes for a great entertaining story.

Great characters, great plot, love interest and a plight to overcome. It’s also Rogues journey to self discovery, from working out where she fits in the world and figuring out about herself along the way, as she’s tested, finds out about her powers and what being apart of the Mutant world really entails. I also thought it was great reading about how she got her name and overcame battles she was facing. She didn’t half get herself into some scrapes!

I thought this book was really well done, although having not read any of the comics I can’t compare novel and comic Rogues but I loved my encounter with her in this story. It’s filled with action, drama and many a twist and turn that I didn’t forsee and I loved it from start to finish!

Without realising I thought this to be a graphic comic book when I clicked to review. In a way Im glad that it was a traditional book. I personally am not an X-men fan however this made reading this book so much easier. I had no clue on the back stories of the characters and this made this story more enjoyable. I personally think this could become a graphic novel pretty easily.
The story itself was engaging enough that I read 90% in 1 day and proceeded to read the next morning when I woke up. I felt connected to Rogue and understood what she was going through 'finding herself'. The story had action, excitement and a little romance, however Rogue found what she needed in the end and that was a family (all be in mutant). A very enjoyable relaxing read.