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Title: Divergent

Author: Veronica Roth

Series: Yes, first of a trilogy.

Age Range: I would say 16 and up.

Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Adventure, Political

Would I recommend it to anyone: Kind of. I would to anyone who wants a good thrill ride.

Description on Goodreads:

In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, Tris also learns that her secret might help her save the ones she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

Review:

 Soooo. I picked this book up, put it down. Up, down, up, down.. for months. I just kept getting distacted and picking up other books. It's wasn't it's fault. I have ADD. This happens sometimes. Or, it would be too intense for what I needed at that moment. But, recently I picked it back up and wiped it out in a matter of days.

I absolutely loved the world building. I actually felt like I was sucked deep into the world, when Tris was first in Abnegation, training in Dauntless and so on, I wanted to take on the enemy by her side.

This book truly is worth the hype it has. The emotions, the adrenline rush that I had with almost every chapter..! I never wanted it to end!

In the end I had to give it a 4.5 out of 5 though. It was brillant, but something... something felt missing. Maybe Insurgent will be different. :)

My Rating: 4.5/5

Goodreads Link:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13335037-divergent

So, since my computer is up again...

I have been rather busy in the past few weeks! I finished The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkins, the novella Life before Legend by Marie Lu (novella for The Legend Trilogy) and just a bunch of random stuff!

I have decided to take part in the 2014 Goodreads Reading Challange for 50 books! I am hoping to actually surpass it. I only said 50, due to the impossibility of knowing what may or may not happen this year. :) 

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My current readings are:

• Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
• Legend by Marie Lu
• Grave Mercy by Robin LeFevers
• Marked by P.C. and Kristin Cast
• Divergent by Veronica Roth technically finishing...
• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

I plan on finishing them ASAP, a lot of them are half way done or more, I just have to get to them.

Have you read any of these? Can you make me suggestions?

Anyways, I may start book tubing! So that is exciting. :D

Reisa over and out!

Due to a death in our family, and my Aunt being in a multicar wreck I have been MIA.

I have been reading Ruby Red, on chapter 6 and loving it. Hopefully I will be done it by next Tuesday.

Just remembered that Chuck Palahniuk's sequel to Damned, Doomed comes out on the 8th! A lot of releases are coming on that beautiful date.

And the 22nd calls the end of the Divergent series!!

I will be posting a book haul soon, Please note that a lot of the books will be gifts from friends.

Anyways, I am gonna jet. =]

- Reisa

Also, on the 12th comes...

POKEMON!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO!