Diverging Virtues

So many books, so little time. I had a hard time even choosing which book I should tell you about next. After all, there are so many amazing books out there. But after a while I decided that I would tell you about a book I read about 2 months ago that blew my mind. I have been waiting for another dystopian book that could live up to The Hunger Games, and I haven't found one yet, but this is the closest anyone has gotten so far.

Divergent by Veronica Roth. Divergent is a dystopian book -because what book coming out lately ISN'T dystopian- about a girl named Beatrice Prior. In this particular future world, society is separated into 5 different factions: Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Erudite (the intelligent), and Amity (the peaceful). You stay in the faction you are born in until you are 16, and then you must make the choice between staying with your family or selecting a whole new life away from everything you have ever known. Beatrice Prior is born into a world of selflessness in Abnegation. I won't tell you what happens next, but I'll give you two guesses what faction she chooses after she turns 16.

Anyway, amazing book. I couldn't put it down for days. I was obsessed and up all night and when it ended I wanted to march up to Veronica Roth's door and demand book two: Insurgent. The characters are great, and the story is surprisingly original. And so I give Divergent a rating reserved only for my favorite books:

Rating: 5/5

Read Divergent! Like, now! Go get it!