The Running Bibliophile

Allegiant (Divergent, #3) by Veronica Roth is the final book in the Divergent trilogy and takes the story far beyond the familiar faction system. After video footage reveals that there is life outside the city limits, the fragile social structure collapses as the factions begin to disintegrate. Tris, Tobias, and their friends set out on a dangerous mission to discover what exists beyond their city, hoping to uncover the truth about the world they’ve always known. Their journey leads them to a mysterious government agency, where they learn that their entire lives have been shaped by experiments conducted on the population of Chicago, and nothing is quite what it seemed. Picking up almost immediately where Insurgent left off, Allegiant felt like a seamless continuation of the series. I was honestly relieved that all three books were already published when I started reading the Divergent series , because I didn’t have to wait long to find out how everything would end. Unfortu...

Insurgent (Divergent, #2)  by Veronica Roth explores a world where choices have consequences and loyalty is constantly tested. With the factions in turmoil and war looming over Chicago, Tris, Four, and several others seek temporary refuge with the peaceful Amity faction. But, safety is fleeting. When members of the Erudite and Dauntless factions arrive in search of refugees, whom they view as traitors, Tris and her allies realize they can’t stay hidden for long. Forced to move on, they join forces with the factionless, only to uncover shocking truths that change everything they thought they knew. Insurgent by Veronica Roth took me only six days to read, and while I genuinely loved the sequel, I didn’t enjoy it quite as much as its predecessor, Divergent . That didn’t really surprise me, though, because I tend to feel this way about sequels. I had similar reactions to New Moon by Stephenie Meyer and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, where the second book just didn’t quite...