A review by adajayne
The Fates Divide by Veronica Roth

1.0

I could go on and on about how much I hate it but to put it simply: the only redeeming factor of the entire book is that Cyra develops more relationships but it is ruined by the fact that the most important one became extremely toxic. They both kind of shut down out of nowhere, the author not only completely changing Akos as a character but abandoning his growth of moving past only having one goal in life, that being to save Eijeh and him reverting back to being completely consumed by his fate. She also turned Cyra into being completely reliant on him and his presence and struggling to go on when he left. Though, that was supposed to be her growth throughout the book, it seemed unnecessary and out of character. Instead of sticking with it through to the end of the book, though, she abandoned all of the character changes and “all was forgiven”. It just wasn’t right. Also, no matter what happened I couldn’t bring myself to like Isea. It was very hard to empathize with her. And, finally, don’t get me started on the “one season later” bs. Reading those words hurt. The ending was supposed to be “happy” but it doesn’t quite feel right with the rest of the story. That time jump made it so much more confusing.