Entonces tenemos una bomba. Y no puedo endulzarlo, Roth definitivamente sacó la alfombra de debajo de mis pies con esto. En lugar de eso, unir a nuestros dos amantes, por supuesto, los separa. Akos se va sin una palabra lejos de Cyra. Ambos están llenos de auto-odio y cada uno tiene sus propias misiones secretas. Donde podrían haber hablado unos con otros como adultos responsables, actúan como imbéciles inmaduros y van por caminos separados. When Akos and Cyra are caught in the middle of a raging rebellion, everything they’ve been led to believe about their world and themselves must be called into question. But fighting for what’s right might mean betraying their countries, their families, and each other. YA - There is a general YA formula, but if you mix it in well with a creative story, it doesn't matter if i The romance in this book was not as subtle as in the previous, but it was still not the main focus, and I find myself being drawn to romance-less books more and more, so it served me well. The family relationships and friendships were also pure in their own way, blooming in a time of harshness and destruction. Ιt all made me tear up, and I realised how much I love well-built dynamics.

Also, in this book, we got Akos’ sister, Cisi’s perspective as well as Akos and Cyra and I think that was an incredibly poor choice. Cisi is a super underdeveloped character and literally nothing interesting happened in her chapters, so every time I got to one of them, I nearly fell asleep. Also, she got so many chapters and for what?! That was just super off putting 😒 The Story: This book takes up right where Carve the Mark finishes and goes in some different directions than expected. The first book was mainly the story of Cyra and Akos, this one adds a lot of characters and gets much more political than the first. It's a relief to finally have a Young Adult book that's more Adult than Young. This book does not shy away from death or violence, and can be rather brutal at times. The science fiction of it is also a welcome and refreshing break from the countless dystopian novels. The Shotet mark their arms with kill marks. Cyra tells him contrary to what he might’ve heard from other Shotet, they are signs of loss (not murder). The two continue to train each other. It’s taking a little while for each of them to learn. Two years later, Ryzek brings Akos to Cyra. She doesn’t recognize him at first because it’s been so long. He now looks like a man. Her brother encourages her to take Akos’s hand. When she does, her pain leaves her. His gift is to interfere with the current flowing through others. Her brother has brought him to be by her side to help her regulate her gift.The book is written in the first person for Cyra, Cisi (Akos' sister), and the third person for Akos himself. This, I think, was a good choice as in the past Veronica Roth has said she write better in the voice of her female characters. The people of Shotet live mostly in poverty, while their leader and higher class hoard all imports and dole them out selectively. The people of Shotet are very skilled in combat, in contrast to the Thuvhesit, who only possess a meager army of trained soldiers. At the time the story takes place, the Shotet are governed by the Noavek family, who are known for having a history of killing siblings and other family members, and the Shotet slowly go to ruin under their governing. The only thing in the book that I actually liked (or didn’t hate) was the writing. It’s not the most amazing writing ever, but it’s pretty good and easy to read. I did prefer it in Divergent, but eh, it doesn’t really matter 🤷‍♀️

Akos Kereseth– Boy in Shotet captivity, gift is that he can disrupt the current, fated to die serving the family Noavek It would've been a pleasing ending, if Veronica Roth wasn't the author. I honestly absolutely loved Allegiant and its ending. I would've loved for Cyro and Akos to die. Ok, that sounds cruel. But then they would've become martyrs, legends even. Their sacrifice would be the ultimate reminder for the rest of this solar system, a reason to keep the piece. A Kereseth and Noavek dying for each other, their people enemies at war, but their love is undying. i'm going to review this without giving too much away, which seems to be the publisher's desire, since this is the first time i have ever gotten an arc that had this The characters are explored really well, both with their flaws and with their strong aspects, to make them look real and believable in the eyes of the readers. The main character, Cyra and Akos, have developed a bit more in this installment, they looked mature which reflected in their thoughtful and wise decisions. The two other characters are relatively new and their fresh voice added life to this dark inter-spatial drama. In short, all the characters are very layered and felt really good to read about them.Told in alternating perspectives between Cyra’s first person point of view and Akos’s third person omniscient point of view, the story begins in a far-off galaxy on the violent nation planet Thuvhe/Urek. The Shotet’s call their planet Urek, while the Thuvhesits call it Thuvhe. A young Thuvhe boy Akos Kereseth lives with his father, Aoseh, mother, Sifa, brother, Eijeh, and sister, Cisi. Surrounding their planet are eight other nation planets, including Othyr, Koloande, Ogra, Essander, Zold, Pitha, Trella, and Tepes. Akos’s family is in danger because Sifa is one of nine galactic oracles who have the ability to see the future, an ability Eijeh shares. Akos’s family is “fated,” meaning they cannot alter their destiny, and constantly remain under close surveillance. The book is very slow then as soon as something exciting happens it is the end of the chapter and the moment is lost. Worse still in some cases of the cross over of the chapters it could be a couple of minutes later, a couple of hours, a day or in one case 2 years. There are a few short but brutal fight scattered around the book. Unfortunately for me there was not particularly well written. I know she thanks a friend who helped her choreograph the fight now in my mind I don't see how someone can strike with a knife with one hand then simultaneously (still in a standing position), remove a hidden blade from their boot and stab the person with it? The narration of the book is split between the two main characters. Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth. Like in the Divergent I think Veronica Roth is better a writing the female characters like Cyra. There are also mistakes in Akos narration (yes my grammar is not great so if I noticed it obvious), it is supposed to be first person like Cyra's but as he moves around it keeps he moved here or there he did that like someone is watching him. Later, Cyra's mother asks the doctor "You're saying this gift is my daughter's fault? That she wants to be this way?" And the doctor (male) says, "Cyra, the gift comes from you. If you change, the gift will, too." So a man is telling a woman that her rape and her pain from that rape is her own fault and that she can change it at will. Yep. That's a blatant reinforcement of rape culture.