“Allegiant” never slows its pace as characters scheme against both the new world and the old in search of what’s ultimately right.Allegiant is the third book in the Divergent Series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant) by Veronica Roth. Outside city walls, the group learns many new things about a world they didn’t know existed, creating new challenges for each character. “Allegiant” follows Tris, Tobias, and a group of other familiar faces to a completely different world that lies beyond the fence containing the city. Switching viewpoints from chapter to chapter, this literary decision only enhances the novel, giving readers a chance to understand more about Tobias as a person, as the previous two books were only told from Tris’ perspective. Only this time around, the book is told from the dual points of view of both Tris and Tobias. The second novel in the series, “ Insurgent,” ended with a cliffhanger, but “Allegiant” picks up right where the second book left off. This is no “ Hunger Games.” Together, these two experience death, war, and at the end of the second book, deceit. Never has a dystopian young adult novel captured a romance so realistically.

Thus begins a love story: a tale so brutally honest and raw it makes readers root for the couple throughout the series. Tris soon learns that her Divergence makes her dangerous she cannot be controlled.Īs Tris navigates her new faction, she meets Tobias, otherwise known as Four- her instructor. When the time comes to select a faction, Tris discovers her decision is much harder than expected, as she has an aptitude for multiple factions: she is Divergent. Tris’ society has been divided into five factions based on virtues including selflessness, intelligence, kindness, honesty, and bravery. The “ Divergent” trilogy centers around Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior, a sixteen year old girl living in futuristic Chicago. As loose knots are tied and characters are said goodbye to, “Allegiant” comes to a close with an ending that will leave readers in tears. The third and final book in the “Divergent” trilogy, this novel will keep book lovers up all night with it’s complex characters and engrossing plot. Megan Pohle, A&E Editor | Octo(Harper Collins press image)Īfter readers waited over a year for its highly anticipated release, Veronica Roth’s “Allegiant” finally hit bookshelves on October 22.

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