Series: The
Forsaken (bk. 3)
Genera(s): Dystopian
Sci-Fi/Romance
Subjects: rebellions,
resistance to government, war, fascism, survival, action, adventure
Setting: Various
places in what was once the USA, now the UNA: Texas, Chicago, Illinois, Ohio,
Iowa
POV/Tense: 1st
person POV, present tense: Alenna
Age/Grade
Level: Teen
Length: 343
pgs.
HC/PB:
Hardcover
List Price: $17.99
Publisher: Simon
& Schuster
Summary/
product description:
“In this gripping conclusion to The Forsaken Trilogy, Alenna’s loyalties are
put the ultimate test—and it’s one of life and death.
Alenna
Shawcross and the others who escaped the wheel are working toward an all-out
assault on the United Northern Alliance. The plan is to dismantle it from the
inside—and Alenna is one of the few people who can access the organization’s
inner sanctum. But when she returns to the home she has nearly forgotten, she
encounters old friends and is swept into a secret plan that puts everything she
loves in danger.
Knowing
what is at stake for her and her friends, Alenna ventures into the heart of the
treacherous UNA. She’s determined to bring them down, because freedom is the
only choice. Or is it?”
My Review: A wonderful exciting finale to an epic
dystopia series, The Defiant takes us to places the series hasn’t been before,
both literally and figuratively. Alenna, Liema and Gadya and other rebels
travel to the UNA to lead the rebellion into overthrowing the government. It
doesn’t go how they expect it. Alenna is taken to see David and he give her a
task to infiltrate a work camp that Liam is at, but she is captured and put in
a home at the Hellgrounds. Alenna must save Liam, and cause rebels to rise up
and fight.
There’s a lot
of adventure in this book. Even state and major city has New in front of it.
She lands in New Dallas, New Texas and is sent to the Hellgrounds in New Iowa.
She and her friends must travel to New Ohio and then New Chicago. Lot of stuff
happens that moves this story along at a fast pace. Just so much, but I don’t
want to spoil it. I was exciting and I hated having to put this book down when
I had to do something else. I have to now how it would end.
This was more
exciting than the previous books. I loved The Forsaken, and The Uprising was
good, but took me about a week to finish. In less than four days I was able to
complete this and I hate that it’s over. It’s a great conclusion, but in some
parts I felt like there’s no way this could be the final book. So many changes
and big things happened, I felt like this could have been 2 books. This is the
definition of finale. Like a firework show, the finale is when they blast a lot
of fireworks off at the same time. There’s were twists every few chapter. Miy
mind was blown with that ending.
Alenna is a
great narrator. I still don’t know what she looked like, but is doesn’t matter.
She should be up there with Tris Prior and Katniss Everdeen, in the land of
badass heroines. She killed a lot of people in this book. She really cared
strongly about her friends. She regretted her decisions, even when it was the
right thing to do. She did her best and she succeeded most of the time. With
her friends, she was able to overcome so many changes in this book. Liam wasn’t
just a love interest, he was her rock, and Gadya was her best friend. I miss
reading about these character.
If you have not
read The Forsaken, it’s like Catching Fire because it’s about surviving on a
prison island. This final book felt like the Divergent series, partly because
part of it was in Chicago. This dystopian series is about a corrupt government.
It’s also about survival. It’s not post-apocalyptic, but it feels like it
sometimes. There’s a lot of advanced technology, genetically modified mutants,
and brain washing drugs. It’s pure dystopian, which may not seem unique. The
author wrote the Forsaken before the Hunger Games was a thing, though it came
out later. I’m surprised this series isn’t more popular. Spread the word. This
is one dystopian series every Hunger Games and Divergent fan should read.
Cover Art
Review: I love this cover. It’s neon
green in person. Really bright and attractive. The wire frame faces are cool
and there’re 2 on this cover. The double exposure photos are almost ghostly.
The dome, watchtower and the insect like machine add to the sci-fi feel. The
title really stands out in bright yellow. Everything fits together in this
cyber-punk style that almost feels like a Cold-War era art piece.
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