Divergent by Veronica Roth

Title: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
Rating: 5
Genre: YA Dystopian

I loved this book.  It's a fast, fun, action-packed read. This book reminded me of a more grown up version of The Giver because of the ceremony to decide your fate for the rest of your life and that whole dystopian theme.  However, it's for a way more grown up audience (not that The Giver can't be enjoyed at all ages:) because there is a lot of brutal violence and the necessary young adult romance aspect.  The violence part reminded me of the Hunger Games (I was in total shock at parts of that book) but in both books it was necessary in the fact that it showed the reader how far society can fall, but people will still accept it as "normal".

In Divergent, Beatrice aka Tris makes a fateful decision to leave her family's faction of Abnegation to join the Dauntless faction, one of five faction's this Dystopian world is made up of; Candor (the honest), Erudite (the intelligent), Amity (the peaceful), Dauntless (the brave), and Abnegation (the selfless. Tris partakes in the brutal Dauntless initiation, trying to prove herself as a fierce compeitor despite her small size and selfless upbringing. Even though Tris feels more at home in the Dauntless faction, there is still something different about her; her test results were inconclusive and she can easily manipulate the serum induced fear tests. Plus, she senses something isn't right in the Dauntless faction; their faction didn't use to be so senselessly violent and brutal. What will she find out about herself? And what is actually going on in the Dauntless faction?  Will she find out before it's too late?