The Rogue Book Reviewer

Carve the Mark - Veronica Roth Well that was just awesome.  For anyone that knows me personally, they know that I am a huge fan of the Divergent series, also by Veronica Roth, but sometimes a second series isn't as good as the first. I was afraid that this was going to be the case. Divergent was rich with interesting, brave, complex characters and that was what drew me in and keeps me coming back to it.  I have to say, I was not at all disappointed with Carve the Mark.  Cyra is just as complicated a heroine as Tris, but her story is much darker and more pain filled than Tris ever was.  Carve the Mark is full blown fantasy. It is not dystopian, it is not futuristic. It is literally set in a different galaxy which made it a more interesting world for Ms. Roth to create. As usual, she pulls you in with an idea that is just different enough to make you wondering how it is going to work: the currentgift. Each person on the planet has one, and no two are alike. Cyra's...

I read it very quickly, while on vacation. It was really good. So. Thriller... Absolutely. Bit of a mind bender, I figured out how Emma died about two chapters before the book tells you, but I still wasn´t completely sure. Delaney works really hard to make it so you think it´s someone else, but to me it felt like a point trying too hard which made the misdirection fail. It felt like it just made it more clear that the obvious killer was not actually the killer. So once we found out who the actual killer is, it seemed like a moot point. So, that kind of makes it clear that the actual killer is not the plot twist, so I will leave that to your reading pleasure. What I was impressed with was the authors ability to build up a creepy sensation of being watched. To the point where I actually got up to lock the door, even though I clearly am not currently stationed at One Folgate Street. The creepiest thing is..  youre not being watched by a person... Anyways. I recommend. I´m not sur...