❤ BOOK REVIEW: VERONICA ROTH'S ALLEGIANT ❤

*MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS*

When I first watched the film adaptation of the first book in this trilogy, Divergent, I didn't think it'd be that good. I was so wrong. The film adaptation of Divergent convinced me to buy and read all three books in the series so I could find out what happens to Tris and the faction system.

Divergent begins with Beatrice Prior, a 16 year old girl living in an dystopian future where people are sent to live in a certain faction (Abnegation, Dauntless, Erudite, Candor and Amity) based on their personality traits. For example, selfless people would live in Abnegation and the brave would live in Dauntless, ect. But after Beatrice does her test, the results show that she is Divergent, which means she fits into all five factions and must make the biggest decision of her life. Does she stay with her parents in Abnegation or move to a different faction? The problem for Beatrice is that she can't tell anyone that she is Divergent as they are discriminated against and are seen as dangerous. In the end, she chooses to live in Dauntless, where she meets and befriends Christina and becomes close with Dauntless leader, Four.

Unfortunately, at the end of Divergent, the faction system begins to fall apart and in Insurgent, Beatrice (now known as Tris) and Four (now known as Tobias) must find out the truth behind the faction system. At the end of Insurgent, Tris discovers that the Divergents aren't dangerous due to an old video message by a woman who goes by the name of Edith Prior (one of Tris' ancestors) and she says that the world had become corrupt and the city was sealed off from the rest of the world. The faction system was developed in order to create peace.

Now, in Allegiant, the faction-based society that Tris is used to has been shattered and fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. She is offered the chance to visit a world beyond the fence, which separated the city from the rest of the world, and leaves her home. She hopes that, with Tobias, she can find a new life and start again, without worrying about hiding who she truly is. Unfortunately, Tris' new reality is more alarming than the one she left behind, she discovers a secret about her mother and, once again, she must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature whilst facing difficult choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love.

This is, by far, my favourite out of the trilogy. It moves the story forward with lots of new characters. There are plenty of shocking discoveries and moments in the book which will definitely make you cry.

A thrilling conclusion to a great series.

I'd recommend this to fans of The Hunger Games.

4/5