What if a single revelation—like a single choice—changed everything?
What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered—fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.
Tris’s new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature—and of herself—while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.
Told from a riveting dual perspective, Allegiant, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the Divergent series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.
Reason for Waiting
I realized that this book released yesterday, but I am still waiting on it. I can't get it right now because a lack of funds - therefore, I am still waiting on it. I loved the first two books (the second more than the first), so I have full faith in Veronica Roth to deliver with this installment.
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
• What are you currently reading?
I'm reading Crossed by Ally Condie. My big sister gave me this book to read. So far, I think it's a good series. I don't think this book will let me down.
• What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished reading Matched by Ally Condie.
• What do you think you’ll read next?
I will probably read Highland Shift by next. I found it for free on Kindle, and it sounded good.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish in which they post a Top Ten list of bookish things and invite you to share your own top ten.
Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.
The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.
Review
I knew nothing about this book when I opened it up to read it. In fact, I had never heard about it until my big sister gave it to me with the books she was letting me borrow. On the first page, I was given my first big clue about how the novel was going to go. Another dystopian future. The first thing I asked myself was why; why are dystopian future novels popular in young adult fiction right now? The Hunger Games, Divergent, and now the Matched series. It's definitely a trend right now. The reason why I think that it is so popular is because it gives authors a chance to build a new world from scratch, a world that is so many steps removed from the current world. I think it is popular with the readers because it is more fun to jump into a new world and everyone wants to have this feeling of being rebellious because every dystopian society has to have at least one person rebelling against it.
That being said, I found Matched to be a well thought out, intelligent, and romantic (in a finding romance in a dystopian future way). Ally Condie put a lot of work into creating the world of her characters. Everything that is happening in the world makes sense in relation to the rules that are almost immediately set up for the world and for the reader. I loved the fact that everything of their daily lives was regulated. It gives everything a cold, unattached feel that makes the intimate relationships more warm. The emotional side of things is more visible against the harsh backdrop of the world and the government controlling everyone.
Cassia is one favorite characters in this book. I think she has a unique personality in this world of everyone doing what they're told without questioning. The book introduces her right before her Matching ceremony. The ceremony is going to show her who she is going to be matched with - he is the person that she is supposed to be with for the rest of her life. The Society matches people based on a number of things and from all over the provinces. So when she is matched with Xander, a guy who she grew up with, she was flabbergasted, but happy. He was a good guy, and they were a good match. It's only when she sees Ky's face on the screen that she begins to question things.
At that point, it's only natural to wonder what is going on and begin asking questions, which is what Cassia does. She, who has never had a reason to question The Society, begins to wonder if they really are the best thing for the provinces.
Ally Condie sucks the reader into this world and holds the reader there until the book is over. Matched is a good match for any reader, especially ones that enjoy dystopian future YA books.
I'm helping Inger Iversen reveal the trailer of her novel, Few Are Angels.
Few Are Angels
Author: Inger Iversen
Series: Few Are Angels #1
Publication Date: May 28th 2012
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal Romance
Synopsis
After a fatal hit and run accident, Ella Monroe fears that she’s lost more than her beloved parents. Horrifying visions of a past life and a disturbing voice in her head have psychiatric professionals convinced that she’s lost her sanity as well. But when Kale–a dark and handsome stranger with a mysterious past–reveals the true meaning of her visions and the tremendous power she wields through them, Ella must come to terms with the devastating truths of her own past, while eluding an ancient Dark Prince who seeks to control not only her future, but all of mankind’s, by means of abilities that Ella is only beginning to understand.
About the Author
Inger Iversen lives in Virginia Beach with her tree-hugging boyfriend Joshua and her overweight lap cat Max. When not reading or writing she spends her time watching reruns of True Blood or killing zombies in Call Of Duty.
Elizabeth Bennet & Fitzwilliam Darcy; They have just the ultimate love story. I love the way they came together.
Jack Twist & Ennis Del Mar from Annie Proulx's short story, "Brokeback Mountain." While it is not everyone's cup of tea, the love between these two men in the story was tangible and raw and real. They had amazing chemistry, but they knew that other people wouldn't accept their love.
Cecelia Ahern's P.S. I Love You was one of the sweetest, most heartbreaking books I have ever read. While the I like the movie interpretation, the movie did very little justice to this story. My heart broke with her on every page, and I fell in love with the Jerry she knew and loved too.
Kerrelyn Sparks's How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire's Shanna Whelan and Roman Draganesti; This book was my first paranormal romance novel, and I fell in love with it as soon as I got a few pages into it. They are such an unusual couple that it was just perfect for me.
Sherrilyn Kenyon's Acheron's Acheron and Soteria; Acheron was in every Dark Hunter book, so I was ecstatic when he finally got his own chance at love. He was definitely a character that was not bound to find love easily. But when he did find love, WHOA, it was great.
Alyssa Day's Heart of Atlantis's Alaric and Quinn; the cold, calculating, and powerful high priest of Atlantis and Quinn, the leader of the rebels. Both are too strong and stubborn to admit their feelings for each other. And both are constantly doing what they think is right even if the other doesn't like it. It's a wonderful, powerful relationship.
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