The Fates Divide (Carve the Mark, 2)

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Veronica Roth returns after a year with her sequel to Carve The Mark, her first full length book since her world famous Divergent, The Fates Divide, and I for one loved it! The first book of the duology, CTM, received mixed reviews from critics, fans of the Divergent Series, and new readers in general. I can agree that it was rocky and a little bit below my expectations when I first purchased it, but I ultimately still liked it because I enjoyed the overall plot, the second half of the book, and the interesting narrative of the characters. In Roth's defense, though, she only had the Divergent Series under her belt, which is a totally different genre than CTM and TFD. Things were also probably strained by the epic wipe-out that the Divergent movie adaption franchise faced in 2016, setting off a box office bomb with the third movie, Allegiant, and having to cancel the fourth movie they had planned and shelve it as a possible television project.Anyways, I think that Roth managed to totally smooth out her imperfections from CTM for it's final installment, keeping my attention the whole time, hooking me even more to the characters, and giving me a very enjoyable read,I recommend this book to any intrigued sci-fi readers and give it four out of five stars.

When I pre-ordered this book, I was so excited to see wha th might happen as a finale to Carve the Mark.The first half of the book was interesting, we find out Cyra's dad is alive, they travel to Ogra which we didnt know much about from the first book, and we see more character development between Cisi and Isae.I've never read a duology. So I didnt expect what happened in the middle. Usually the twist, or the secret, that changes the way of thinking for the whole series is at the end of a TRILOGY. But when I read what was revealed in the middle...Did NOT see that one coming. M Night Shyamalan, you might have a run for your money on this girl.Anyways, the second half of the book was more epic, focused on trying to keep the imminent war from happening, with some interesting turns.Overall it was a good book. The only parts I thought that didn't need to be included were Eijeh's chapters. He narrates one chapter in the middle and it's pretty pointless. But his ending narration makes sense. The epilogue and that one chapter... eh, not so much.5 out of 5 though, awesome book.

In love with these characters. It was wonderful. I adore all the descriptions of other planets, so imaginative and really immerses me in another world (which is what I want when I'm reading to escape reality haha). Also the plot twists caught me by surprise!! Usually I see them coming a mile away. Very cool.

I was a little bit disappointed in this series when I finished. I read through it all and wanted to love it but it felt like something kept holding me back from fully buying into the story. The universe Roth created was such a fantastic place to dive into and expand upon but not enough was learned in this series.What I liked:- The idea of the current is such an interesting and unique idea. It was cool that everyone had somewhat unique abilities that we're overpowered and take precedence over the story.- The two main planets in the story Ogra and Thuvhe (Urek) were well thought out with interesting visuals.- Through all of my dislikes I still liked both Cyra & Akos at the end.- Roth did a very good job of writing from different points of view, I feel like different points of view is very hit or miss and Roth nailed it.What I disliked:- Akos sees his father as somewhat of a guiding force and is constantly seeking to save his brother Eijeh. As a reader I wanted to feel connected but I didn't have enough material to draw from on either character.- I thought the "relationship" between Cyra and Akos started way too early in the series and was extremely obvious. As soon as you met the characters at the beginning of the series you know that they will end up together. That would be fine, except there wasn't enough build up to actually get to that point.- The villain from the first book was much better even though the first book built up the 2nd books villain. There wasn't enough depth on the 2nd books villain, you saw him as pure evil and nothing else. To me a villain needs to have some ambiguity, you can't relate to him at all and strictly see him as the bad guy from the start. He had no redeeming qualities.- Lazmet did not have a believable role of power in the story. As it seemed, literally everyone hated him including his closest advisors. I don't believe he was going to retain power without any allies.- The end of the story seemed too easy. The bad guy loses with very few people dying and almost no one you care about.Overall, I think this story and world have such a huge potential that was not fully achieved. I enjoyed the story but lament to say that it could have been so much better.

Having read through the Divergent series, I was sorely disappointed with how “Allegiant” turned out. (Hell, I’m sure a lot of people were, which is probably why Veronica Roth wrote the novella epilogue “We Can Be Mended” - and that too was a disappointment. But I digress…) So it was with some trepidation that I started reading “Carve the Mark” and was so sucked into it that when I started to read “The Fates Divide,” I was a bit worried that the book would end up like “Allegiant” did.Fortunately, Roth gets the landing right, even if it is a bit on the wistful side. Old characters are expanded upon, new ones are introduced, and there’s even a bit of political intrigue thrown into the mix. And… Roth even throws in a few swears every so often, which surprised me as she didn’t do that in the Divergent series, at least as I recall. Maybe it’s a sign of her becoming a bit of a better writer?Anyhow, this series is only a duology, so give it a chance when you can!

Not as good as the first one, but they do complete one another. Still thoroughly enjoyable, but a little bit of just going through the paces; still, this book completes the first one, wrapping it all in a nice, tidy bow. Four stars because the writing is still well paced, the story just a little too flat for five.

My Granddaughter said it was a well crafted story and was enjoyed to the end.

As Always Ms Roth has outdone herself. I thought I knew where the book was going, but one or two totally unforseeable Twists made it really captivating. Characters very rounded and make it even better.This is a sequel to "Carve the Mark", read that first!

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Excited to read this book. The first part was amazing, thrilling and purely entertaining. Did not regret buying at all.

Amazing book - the first was superb, and I was hoping this one would be as good, as the Divergent series definitely petered out in book 3 but the author has clearly realised that sometimes 2 books are better than 3, and in this case it's one of the best duos I've read. Love it - can't wait for more by this author.