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Review

God, I love this book!

This was a reread for me, and I think it was even better the second time around.

Set in a dystopian society split into five different factions, each with one specific value that they live by, every 16 year old is required to make a choice to align themselves to one particular faction for the rest of their lives. They are helped in making this decision by undergoing an aptitude test which guides them into the most appropriate direction. However not every person fits the mold, and when our heroine, Beatrice, comes to make her decision, she has to follow her heart.

What follows is an intense ride as Beatrice lets go of everything she’s ever known, renames herself Tris, and throws herself into an unknown life that holds danger and excitement. Though she faces fear, betrayal, pain and loss, she revels in the freedom that she finds, and finally starts to discover who she really is and what she is capable of.

Helping her in her journey is hottie training instructor, Four. Always watching, he sees more to Tris than she wants him to, and the dynamic between the two of them is sensational as he helps her find her way, and become stronger in her new life.

“You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you’re small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you’re wrong … My first instinct is to push you until you break, just to see how hard I have to press.” …
His dark eyes lifting to mine, he adds, “But I resist it.”
“Why…” I swallow hard. “Why is that your first instinct?”
“Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up. I’ve seen it. It’s fascinating.” He releases me but doesn’t pull away, his hand grazing my jaw, my neck. “Sometimes I just want to see it again. Want to see you awake.”

I freaking love Four! He is smart, brave, and fair, but he is hiding secrets of his own, and as he and Tris grow closer and deeper feelings develop, I love that he was willing to open up to her, and that she was prepared to fight for him just as he was for her.

“I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren’t all that different.”

Throughout the story, there are hints that trouble is brewing as parts of the perfectly set-up society start to disintegrate. And it all explodes in the last few chapters that had me frantically flipping pages. Even rereading it, my heart was pounding all the way through to the end.

The world that Roth has created is sensational. It’s believable, and incredibly detailed, and with fantastic writing and a great cast of characters – the best of best friends, as well as evil and ruthless bad guys that you will love to hate, and everything in between – this book is an intense and emotional ride from start to finish. I absolutely love it, and cannot wait for more!

5 sensational stars!

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