One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice
has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her,
Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and
herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and
forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.
Tris's
initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with
her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War
now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows.
And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and
choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful.
Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt,
radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully
embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by
doing so. New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian Divergent
series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with
hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human
nature.
Honestly, after reading Divergent, I don't know who couldn't be dying to read this book! I am so ridiculously excited.
Reading level: Ages 15 and up Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (September 27, 2011)
Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched
there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.
In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.
And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.
Meet
Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be
real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks
many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually
grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that
haunts her, and she's about to find out.
When one of the
strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her
in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets
unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent
past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?
The pure imagination in this book took my breath away. This is the most original story I've read in a while. The story started off a little slow, but once you get into this book, it won't let you go. While reading this book, I felt like I was being sucked into an epic fairytale world, which is what I've been longing for in a paranormal. I'm happy to say this this book completely lived up to the hype.
I absolutely adore Karou. She fits the story so well. I can't really describe how wonderfully crafted she is, along with all of the other characters. The only word I can think of to almost-adequately describe them is vivid. So vivid it seems that they're really out there, living and breathing as you read. My favorite character has to be Akiva, and for reasons other than him being gorgeous. He's haunted and supernatural but also so real. For once, an angel with flaws. To be frank, I'm pretty tired of the perfect heroes, because that is just so terrible unrealistic. I know it's fiction, but it is also a story of emotion. This book has emotion packed into every word, some of it vibrant and fast-paced, others slow and foreboding.
Truth be told, this book just felt like something whispered over campfires or found in an attic, leather bound and falling to pieces. This book brings storytelling back to life. While you can sort of see how it is going to end, through out the entire book you are entranced. Every aspect about it holds something mystical and beautiful. I think that the true story-like way in which this book is told is something really special.
The plot of this book was addictive. You find yourself asking over and over again, What? But it's such a delightful confusion. Throughout the book, Karou struggles with who she is. She thinks she is flawed, scared by the things she has done. When really, she is one of the most innocent people in the entire book. I like that about her. I don;t mean that I like that she's down on herself, but rather, she doesn't think she's perfect. Anyway, when she finds out who she really is (which I will not tell you), she becomes happier. She discovers the truth about her and her past, something that has always felt hollow inside her. I loved to see that growth in her. But before she discovers herself, the idea that she could be something bad is so ver daunting, keeping you on the edge of your seat.
Overall, a fantastic book. I loved every second of it. I completely recommend it for those of you who liked The Iron Fey series.
This book was simply beautiful. Every line was like poetry. The entire idea for this book, that love is a disease, drew me in immediately. It carries a heart-wrenching message, and I have to admit that I cried my eyes out at the ending.
Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing.
They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in
your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now.
Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that
all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has
always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without
love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.
But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.
This book was so haunting and beautifully written. Every second of it was electric and alluring. Just a great story that feels as if it's from another world, and as old as time.
The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. And there are no strangers in the town of Near.
These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life.
But
when an actual stranger—a boy who seems to fade like smoke—appears
outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of
these sayings is no longer true.
The next night, the children of
Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls
under suspicion. Still, he insists on helping Lexi search for them.
Something tells her she can trust him.
As the hunt for the
children intensifies, so does Lexi’s need to know—about the witch that
just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to
speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless
boy.
I love the stars, and I love books that have to do with being trapped in a hostile territory. And this book is all over that, not to mention just being amazing.
A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder.
Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the
vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three
hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen
slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be
thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own
rules.
Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere
computer malfunction. Someone-one of the few thousand inhabitants of the
spaceship-tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her
parents will be next.
Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's
hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one
who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she
could never have seen coming.
This is one of my all-time favorite books, not to mention, one of the books that got me into YA. I love the romance, the humor, the characters, the story.... it's all just so good. If you haven't read this book, that means you also do not know Tod. And, believe me people, you want to know Tod.
She doesn't see dead people, but…
She senses when someone near her is
about to die. And when that happens, a force beyond her control compels
her to scream bloody murder. Literally.
Kaylee just wants to enjoy
having caught the attention of the hottest guy in school. But a normal
date is hard to come by when Nash seems to know more about her need to
scream than she does. And when classmates start dropping dead for no
apparent reason, only Kaylee knows who'll be next…
This is my all-time favorite series. The setting is gorgeous. The faery lore is intriguing. The characters are so realistic you feel as if you could touch them. And the romance? Let's just say, I fell right along with Meghan.
And, um, also Puck. Forever Puck.
Meghan Chase has a secret destiny—one she could never have imagined…
Something
has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father
disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in
at school…or at home.
When a dark stranger begins watching her
from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of
her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change.
But
she could never have guessed the truth—that she is the daughter of a
mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn
just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a
mysterious evil no faery creature dare face…and to find love with a
young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy
heart.
We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . . Pressia barely
remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her
sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives
with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost-how the world went
from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and
mothers . . . to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused,
damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn
themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if
they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can
no longer pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run.
Burn a Pure and Breathe the Ash . . . There
are those who escaped the apocalypse unmarked. Pures. They are tucked
safely inside the Dome that protects their healthy, superior bodies. Yet
Partridge, whose father is one of the most influential men in the Dome,
feels isolated and lonely. Different. He thinks about loss-maybe just
because his family is broken; his father is emotionally distant; his
brother killed himself; and his mother never made it inside their
shelter. Or maybe it's his claustrophobia: his feeling that this Dome
has become a swaddling of intensely rigid order. So when a slipped
phrase suggests his mother might still be alive, Partridge risks his
life to leave the Dome to find her.
When Pressia meets Partridge, their worlds shatter all over again.
While I already have a galley, oh my goodness, I just want to touch this book! The cover is gorgeous, and, from what I've read, the book is just plain amazing.
Mara Dyer doesn't believe life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. It can.
She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that
killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. There is.
She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. She's wrong.
To tell you the truth, this book just really, really disappointed me. The beginning was so eerie and foreboding, and I was hooked. At first. After reading further, however, I quickly became confused. At first, it was a good confused. Then I was just sort of bewildered. At the end of the book, I was still confused, left staring that the acknowledgements page and trying not to scream. Many, many questions were raised during this book, and only a few were answered. I know that there is going to be a sequel, but I feel like all of the stuff that happened in this book could have been wrapped up in this book. I would have liked it better as a stand alone.
One major thing that was disappointing to me is that, as soon as Mara meets Noah, the mystery goes to the back burner. Everything becomes about the romance. While I do love romance in my books, the romance isn't the only thing I wanted this book for. I wanted an eerie, creepy mystery, and I got that, at first. But soon, all attention was focused on Noah. I feel like the mystery and plot in this book had so much potential, but instead, the whole book went to the romance.
Another thing is that I found myself skimming through paragraph after paragraph and finding that it was just filler and fluff. Now, I do think that filler and fluff is okay, if in the right place and not frequent. But in this book, it occurred way too often, and there was more of it than actual substance to the book. That really frustrated me, as I hate skipping because I feel like I'm missing things, but also hate having to dig myself out of a pile of filler.
(Spoiler alert!) One thing I remember being off, though, is when Mara sees her earrings at the bottom of the tub, and then later finds them in her ears, well, that's not a symptom of her power. Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but that sort of seems like the author was trying to play Mara off as very insane, and while doing that, forgot what Mara actually was. I don't know. Like the whole book, that was very confusing to me. Thoughts?
Overall, this book wasn't my cup of tea. But, remember, this is my opinion, not yours. I know lots and lots of people have absolutely loves this book. I would maybe pick it up at the library and give it a try. Maybe you'll love it.
However, even though I didn't really like the book, this trailer is AMAZING. Watch it.
In My Mailbox is a post where, basically, book bloggers get to make
other bookish people drool over their newly acquired awesome stuff. And
this awesome little meme is hosted by Kristi, over at her epic blog, The Story Siren.
Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but they’re still in danger. Outside,they find a world even more disquieting than the one they left behind.
Determined to get to Manhattan and to find Rhine’s twin brother Rowan, the two press forward, amidst threats of being captured again . . . or worse.
The road they are on is long and perilous-and in a world where young women only liveto age 20 and men die at age 25, time is precious.
In this sequel to LaurenDeStefano’s harrowing Wither, Rhine must decide if freedom is worth the price-now
that she has more to lose than ever.
Who isn't looking forward to this book? I read Wither last spring, and I aboslutely adored it. I hope (read: know) Fever will be just as amazing!
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
