Let me start by saying that America did not magically turn into the strong and decisive character I really wanted her to be (see negatives below), but I was happy that she didn’t spend this entire book wondering if she should be with Aspen or Maxon ( thank you!!). But some unexpected things happened with the rebels, and we got to know them a bit more as well – I don’t want to spoil anything, but I will just say that the rebellion storyline started to get really interesting to me and I wasn’t ever sure how it was all going to end up! Honestly, often rebellion storylines bore me a bit, but this one didn’t at all – I was very invested in what was going to happen and how it would all play out. The rebels were still repeatedly attacking the palace and, as the book went on, they started to even attack the general population.
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The rebellion was still in full swing when this book began. I think it made a huge difference to the story to truly see these girls and get to know them! We even got to see why each of them wanted to marry Maxon.
We got to know who they really are and why they’d made the choices they made. We got to know all of the girls in the Elite A LOT better in this book. In the meantime, I felt my mood lift significantly.
“Hey.” The boy gave Akinli a look and headed toward the stairwell, his displeasure at Akinli’s arrival clear.
His button-up was open over the gray shirt beneath it, but I was thrilled to see that he’d at least put one on. “Hey, Kahlen!” I looked up to see Akinli walking down the hall. “No, really, which floor are you on? I can-” I wasn’t in danger exactly, and I knew that, but it didn’t make these encounters any less uncomfortable. He came closer, and again I cursed our natural appeal. “You need some help?” the boy asked, his eyes lingering on my mouth. The university required ID cards to get into the dorms after six, and since I wasn’t an actual student, I had to wait for someone else to come along and scan his so I could piggyback in. “I got the groceries and lugged them all the way to Akinli’s dorm, running slightly behind because I couldn’t get into the building on my own. And not just the surface of things… if that makes sense.” And you may not be able to express it all as easily as you’d like, but I can tell that you understand things. There’s a world of words around you, Kahlen. “You probably feel like you don’t communicate much, but I think you say a lot. “I just want you to know, that’s the best conversation I’ve ever had,” he whispered. Every once in a while he would interject with a silly comment like “I love jelly, too.” I finished with a flourish, to which he said “jazz hands.” I didn’t know what it meant, but it made me smile all the same. I told him about discovering Miaka without him having any clue what the big motions of my hands meant. But at one point he had insisted I try to tell him something using only hand gestures to see if he could keep up. Using the paper was easy enough and got us through most of the evening. I grinned, and my cheek spread into his chin. “Earlier tonight, when we you were telling me that story with your hands…”
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