Divergent by Veronica Roth

OK so let me start out by saying I absolutely LOVED this book. That being said I know that there has been a lot of buzz about this book and I can see why. I actually read this right when it came out last year and I wanted to do a really awesome review of it because I loved it so much and that is the reason that I am reviewing it now over 7 months later. So here we go....

The book starts out  in our future dystopian world of Chicago. There are differnt factions that most of society belongs to (There are the factionless, but there are the dreg of society). When you turn 16 you must make a choice as to which faction you are going to belong to. The factions are Abnegation (the selfless), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent).  These factions embody what society values and eah faction holds their namesake as the most important aspect of society, for instance Dauntless values bravery, so their members try to exhibit acts of bravery such as jumping off trains and climbing tall buildings. Most people choose to stay in the faction which they have grown up in, but not Tris. Tris is our heroine of the book. She and her brother both forsake their faction (Abnegation) and choose different ones, for Tris it is Dauntless and for her brother Caleb it is Erudite. 

Once you have picked you faction you go and live amongst it's members and must pass a sort of initation test, if you fail you become factionless, but if you pass you become a fullfledge member of said faction.So anyway, Tris goes through the three stages of initiation. While she is going through all of this there is a plot afoot. Some of the other initiates want to off Tris because she is doing so well in her trials, she learns that the reason she is doing so well is becasue she is Divergent, meaning she can manipulate the simulations she is put through,what this also means is that she doesn't just portray high aptitude for on faction, but two marking hr as dangerous to society (not really sure why, hopefully this will be explained in book 2). At the end the plot comes out, and there is a big show down where Tris and her love interest, fellow Divergent, Four save the day, kinda.

Like I said I loved this book, I have no major gripe with it. I can not wait until book 2, Insurgent, comes out in May. I loved how Veronica Roth used the city of Chicago in her story, I had recently been there so when reading it I could picture every place she described. I only have nice things to say about this book. If you haven't read it you need to get yourself a copy ASAP.

Happy Reading