Clove
I enjoyed how Aveyard explored the relationships and emotional conflicts of all of the different people in the rebel group. Since this book takes place all across Norta, instead of just in Whitefire there was a chance for the scope of the book to eclipse the relationship conflicts that made the first book good. I would have rated it much higher if not for the ending. Maven and his group is supposed to be shocking and scary, but the ending felt pulled out of nowhere. Its like the word count got met and she just decided to end the book. The first time Mavens group shows up with the sounder it makes sense. The group was already worried about alerting the guards in the city, so when Maven shows up it feels like a fun twist on your expectations. You thought one bad guy was there, but it was actually the eviller, scarier bad guys. The ending has no warning, no lead up; just traveling to a new location then boom random imprisonment. It may be 'realistic' for the rebels to not know that they will be captured, but springing it on to the audience with out foreshadowing feels cheap.
I enjoyed how Aveyard explored the relationships and emotional conflicts of all of the different people in the rebel group. Since this book takes place all across Norta, instead of just in Whitefire there was a chance for the scope of the book to eclipse the relationship conflicts that made the first book good. I would have rated it much higher if not for the ending. Maven and his group is supposed to be shocking and scary, but the ending felt pulled out of nowhere. Its like the word count got met and she just decided to end the book. The first time Mavens group shows up with the sounder it makes sense. The group was already worried about alerting the guards in the city, so when Maven shows up it feels like a fun twist on your expectations. You thought one bad guy was there, but it was actually the eviller, scarier bad guys. The ending has no warning, no lead up; just traveling to a new location then boom random imprisonment. It may be 'realistic' for the rebels to not know that they will be captured, but springing it on to the audience with out foreshadowing feels cheap.