Welcome to The Sense List ! A feature on Books and Sensibility where we wrap up YA news and events. This feature was inspired by YA Highway’s Field Trip Friday and Novel Thoughts This Week In YA
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Book Review : Divergent by Veronica Roth
Synopsis : In a future Chicago, 16-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
When I first got back into reading YA, Divergent was everywhere. When I grabbed it for 6.00 at the used book store, it just sort of sat on my shelf. However, after Divergent won Favorite Book of 2011 at Goodreads and Story Siren’s Best of 2011 DebutI knew I had to check it out.
Divergent has a unique concept. Tris and her family live in a peaceful Utopia where society is dived into factions which represent individual ideals Dauntless (bravery), Amity (peace), Abegnation (selflessness ) and Erudite (intelligence).
Every child is raised in their own faction , but when they turn sixteen they are tested to determine the best faction for them. They can either choose to stay with their faction or leave it all behind to join another faction, never to see their families again.
Faction before family.
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Book Review : Illuminate by Aimme Agresti
Illuminate (Gilded Wings # 1) is one of those novels where the mystery and glamour will instantly pull you in, as the characters uncover the seemingly perfect facade of The Lexington Hotel, owner Aurelia Brown and the perfect employees known as the Outfit.
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IMM Vol. 17
IMM is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. Here is what we received this week !
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Book Review : Darker Still
While Darker Still l is Leanne Hieber’s debut YA novel she is no stranger to Victorian-era historical fiction, having written a successful adult series. With that in mind, I had high hopes for this novel.
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Book Review : Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
“Ah,” said a voice from the doorway, “having your annual ‘everyone thinks Will is a lunatic’ meeting, are you?
“It’s biannual,” said Jem. “And no, this is not that meeting.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince
I’ll start this review much like Kat did for her review for City of Glass. In Clockwork Prince; Jem is kind, Will is a jerk, Tessa is confused, the plot fades in and out of the background letting the various love triangles, squares and polygons shine. Oh and as per Cassie Clare style the characters keep cutting each other off when they are about to say something im—
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