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Carve the Mark

Veronica Roth

3.65 AVERAGE

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3rd times a charm i guess
i would have rated this lower if i didn’t crave more cyra and akos content. once i got past page 300
i knew i could finally finish this, but that’s 200 pages too many. i don’t understand how we went from divergent to this???
adventurous dark medium-paced
adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

temathe's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

The story felt like I stepped into a 2nd book knowing the background and world already. I did not so it was hard for me to get into it. I’m sure it’s a great book for some but I got through 2 chapters are just was bored and confused. 
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Another great series by Veronica Roth. I will continue for sure.

Spoiler Everyone has a gift in this story. Cyra's is to give people pain and that is used much so by her brother. Her brother knows Cyra's biggest secret, the fact that she killed her mother with her gift. Her brother continues to use that against her and she does everything he says until she meets Akos. Akos is brought to their planet because his fate is that he will serve the ruler. The ruler of course is Cyra's brother. What will happen between the two? Do they help each other? Does Akos leave the planet? Does Cyra still use her gift in the same way?

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. When I read the Divergent series, I felt distressed much of the time. This book had a slower, easier pace and a less distressing overtone. It has its share of fighting and killing, but I didn’t feel the constant tension that I did with Divergent. On to read the Fates Divide! Oh, and the narrators were really good.
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