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Is Four Divergent? The Definitive Answer

If you are asking this question you are not alone. So I dug through the Divergent books and found the definitive answer about Tobias Eaton. Is Four Divergent? No, Four is not divergent. In the books Four initially appears to be Divergent since he resists the mind control serum and can remain aware during simulations,

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Why President Snow is the Most Misunderstood Super Hero The World Has Ever Known

President Snow is the most misunderstood and utterly repressed hero to have ever existed anywhere ever. And today I’m going to prove it. Snow is Brutally Repressed by Suzanne Collins Count the number of lines this “awful dictator” is permitted by the authoritarian (totalitarian) Suzanne Collins: they come in under 200. It’s like being on

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11 Books like Throne of Glass with Strong Female Assassins

If you are looking for books like Throne of Glass then rejoice, because your long search has ended—just like Celaena’s exile in the mines. All of these books are filled with scheming nobility, strong females with hidden powers, assassins, and not a few dashing princes and captains. Oh, and tons and tons of fighting.  

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My Favorite YA Book Quotes from 2015

I’m an unabashed lover of words. Whenever I'm reading my beloved young adult dystopian novels I always have my pen ready to underline book quotes that jump out at me, usually followed by recording them in the margin somewhere. See: This year was a year I jumped into reading a lot of dystopian literature, especially

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25 Startling Mockingjay Quotes full of Romance & Terror

Here are all of the incredible Mockingjay quotes I eagerly highlighted and jotted down while reading the final book of the Hunger Games. Some will make you weep, some will make your hair stand on end, and the best will make you think. All the Mockingjay Quotes that Made You Have All the Feels I

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13 of the Best Apocalyptic Books You Must Read Before the World Ends

It is only fitting that as October comes to a close I wrap up this ghoulish month with the end of all things by bringing you a stack of the best apocalyptic books splattered with blood, zombie plague, and that warm, inviting radioactive glow. The Best Apocalyptic Books with Plagues, Zombies, and Nuclear Fallout These

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12 Amazing Divergent Quotes Made Totally Enchanting by Voldemort

Ever tampering with the laws of Nature, my assiduous study of alchemy has produced not a zombie plague (I vow to keep trying) but YA gold: Voldemort and Divergent. ...And rather than hide this new and wonderful jewl for my own personal delight, I have decided to share it with you, dear readers. These Divergent

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27 Great Books like Divergent

Are you looking for books like Divergent? If you just finished reading that incredible series of young adult dystopian novels by Veronica Roth, then you are probably still wiping your eyes and breathing hard. The ending to that book! Well you may now rejoice, for I am supplying you with a whole lot of books

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9 Times the Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman Was Surprisingly Fulfilling

If you have any familiarity with The Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman, you know the books seem to thrive on anticlimax and following established generic tropes only to mercilessly flip them on their head and not fulfill the reader’s expectations. Helplessly ensconced inside binary oppositions, I had a deep love/hate relationship with this entire fantasy

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13 Books like the Maze Runner that are Packed with Action & Mystery

  Are you looking for books like the Maze Runner? Great, because I just infiltrated and escaped from one of the old WICKED labs and have returned with a bunch of similar books that they didn’t want us to read. Ever. And I have a super special surprise for you as well. Just as I

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