Insurgent

One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you.
In Insurgent Tris Prior makes a lot of choices—ones that transform her and destroy her at the same time.

THE STORY:
NO LOVE TRIANGLES. This is why I love Veronica Roth's books so badly.
Insurgent gives you that adrenaline rush you get when you're reading a thriller. It was an exhilarating ride, literally tingling with edgy, feverish fun. The twists are many, and all staggering. This book sparkles with drama and danger. Amity. Candor. Abnegation. Dauntless. Erudite. Factionless. They all play their part. And it is epic. Now, I hate the word “unputdownable” and I wouldn't use it if it didn't describe Insurgent so well, but it does. Another word would be unpredictable. (I'm telling you what it isn't, not what it is. I do that a lot.) Veronica Roth's prose is still as gritty and divine as ever. At first I was a total trainwreck of righteous rage because Insurgent was such a far cry from Divergent. Everything I had known and liked in Divergent had been taken away. But then I realized that just because it wasn't the same didn't mean it wasn't special in it's own way, so I gave it a chance and I'm glad I did. (Oh, who am I kidding? I would've read it through even if there was major suckage. I've been waiting for it a whole year!) And yes, there is a cliffhanger. A rare cliffhanger that I know is going to drive me absolutely insane until I can read the last and final book.

TRIS:
Tris really explores who she is in Insurgent. And Tris is kickass if anyone ever was. In Insurgent, she is still reeling, from guilt over Will and grief for her parents, Andrew and Natalie. She is maddeningly aggravating and reckless, she keeps making the wrong (and devastating) choices recurrently. But in the end she turns out to be a true insurgent.

FOUR:
Four is so intense. I had taken a shine to him in Divergent, but in Insurgent I wanted him. In Insurgent, he still hasn't gotten over what Marcus and Evelyn did to him. He tries to protect Tris, and he's obviously furious when she starts to gamble with chance. He's still as fetching as ever.

TRIS AND FOUR:
As of right in the start of Insurgent, Tris and Four (I don't care if his real name is Tobias Eaton, I'm calling him Four) have finally been together long enough to have a real lover's quarrel, and many more follow. When the going gets rough, Tris and Four get tough. But they soldier on through it all. They really do love each other. There's more romance too, and it's lovely. And sexy.

DIVERGENT OR INSURGENT?
I was introduced to the world of aptitude tests and monitored simulations in Divergent, and because of that it will always have a place in my heart. Also, I've never really liked sequels in a trilogy, because they tend to be irrelevant in the end. Except Insurgent has truth serums and the Factionless, which is fascinating too. And it has lived up to more than my expectations, although it was very different from Divergent. It was obviously hard to decide, but I'm going to have to go with Divergent, because that's how it all started.