Author: Veronica Roth
Publication Date: April 10th 2018
Publisher: HarperCollins India
Part of a Series?: Yes, Book 2/2 of the Carve the Mark Duology
I Got A Copy Through: HarperCollins India (THANK YOU!)
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Blurb Description: In the second book of the Carve the Mark duology, globally bestselling Divergent author Veronica Roth reveals how Cyra and Akos fulfil their fates.
The Fates Divide is a richly imagined tale of hope and resilience told in four stunning perspectives.
The lives of Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth are ruled by their fates, spoken by the oracles at their births. The fates, once determined, are inescapable.
Akos is in love with Cyra, in spite of his fate: he will die in service to Cyra’s family. And when Cyra’s father, Lazmet Noavek – a soulless tyrant, thought to be dead – reclaims the Shotet throne, Akos believes his end is closer than ever.
As Lazmet ignites a barbaric war, Cyra and Akos are desperate to stop him at any cost. For Cyra, that could mean taking the life of the man who may – or may not – be her father.
For Akos, it could mean giving his own. In a stunning twist, the two will discover how fate defines their lives in ways most unexpected.
It took me a week to read this book, which, for me, is quite
a long time.
In all honestly, it’s not that I didn’t enjoy it. It was
dark and delved deeper into war, fate, love, family and blood that I ever imagined
it would, and definitely better ‘Carve
the Mark’ in many aspects. It was a
good book, basically, but for the three problems I had with it:
1)
THERE WAS
SO MUCH FILLER. Travelling to new planets and getting SO caught up in the
life there, that their mission, whatever it was, seemed forgotten. Basically,
filler, and a lot of places I didn’t care about.
2)
I JUST
WASN’T INVESTED? I cared about Cisi, Akos, Cyra, Isae and the rest, but I
didn’t care ENOUGH to sit at the edge of my seat and wonder if they would
survive.
3)
WHERE WAS
THE PLOT, REALLY? I struggled with this concept so much, because there was
SO MUCH description about medicine making and Ogran lifeforms (a planet in the
galaxy) but the actual WAR SCENES and the CONCLUSION were so rushed that I was
left… stranded? Wondering WHAT HAPPENED because The Fates’ Divide totally glossed over the most important parts of
all. *SIGHS EXASPERATEDLY*
There were a lot of
things I LIKED about the book as well, including:
1)
THE
DIFFERENTIATING VIEWPOINTS: I absolutely loved that this book was told from
five different viewpoints – Cyra and Akos, from book one and also Isae Benesit,
Cisi and Eijeh Kereseth. It really showed you what was happening from different
corners of the galaxy and I loved, especially, the three new POVs.
2)
EIJEH
KERESETH: I LOVED HOW Veronica Roth wrote this boy (no spoilers, don’t
worry), especially after everything he endured at the hands of the Noavek
family in book one, and I really looked forward to his viewpoints.
3)
ISAE
BENESIT: We knew (or I remember) almost nothing of Isae Benesit from Carve the Mark, but I loved her story,
as we saw her navigating political alliances and the Assembly of the nine
planets. I loved learning about her through both her and Cisi’s points of view.
And that’s it, I guess. I
thought The Fates’ Divide was better
than Carve the Mark, but I’m not the
BIGGEST fan of the series as a whole. (Even though I rated the book higher - I'm just a tougher critic from a year and a half ago)
I definitely felt it could’ve been better in terms of plot, especially
at the important parts and that there was LESS FILLER.
3 stars. *waves goodbye*
Veronica Roth is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Carve the Mark and the Divergent Series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection). Her short stories and essays have appeared in Summer Days and Summer Nights, Shards and Ashes, and the upcoming Three Sides of a Heart. The Divergent Series was developed into three major motion pictures.Veronica grew up outside of Chicago and graduated from Northwestern University. She now lives in Chicago proper with her husband and dog and writes full-time.
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