Insurgent, by Veronica Roth (Divergent #2)

One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian Divergent series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature.

After the events at the end of Divergent, Tris, Four, Caleb, and Four's evil dad, Marcus, are on the run. It's hard to describe the events of Insurgent because it revolved around Tris going from place to place, sometimes being safe and sometimes not. For the first time there is a divide between Tris and Four because Marcus tells Tris that there was a reason for the timing of the attack. Four thinks his father is acting all superior and there really is no secret, but Tris wants to find out what it was. Along the way she discovers things she wouldn't have ever dreamed of about her family and is forced to come face to face with her best friend, Christina, whose boyfriend was killed by Tris when he was under the simulation and trying to kill her. And more people die. It was sad, but had one of the most mouthwatering cliffhangers of an ending that I've ever read.

I was practically salivating by the time I opened up Insurgent, and I loved how it filled in the missing pieces from Divergent. In Divergent the only places we saw were the Abnegation and Dauntless compounds. In Insurgent we go to the other three compounds as well and Tris learns that not everyone follows a stereotype. (That was an especially hard lesson for all the characters, though I suppose its an ingrained mindset in a world where everyone is categorized.) There was a lot more character development, especially of the people we barely saw in Divergent, such as Caleb, Marcus, Uriah, and especially Lynn.

Everything else I can think of I said in my review of Divergent so I'm stopping here.

5 stars.