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My third Courtney Summers book, and it's become clear to me that her biggest strength is creating complex, difficult protagonists that are easy to relate to, but you want to rescue at the same time. Another great protagonist, story was fairly conventional and ended a little flat, but I really enjoyed the journey.

A fairly conventional love story with a lot, lot of violence that makes the protagonist very hard to relate to. It can be effective to involve a character in a war, but Eelyn kills dozens of people, which is just cartoonish. Story doesn't cover a lot of ground and is generally predictable.

The prose is generally very well done.

Really enjoyed this one for the villain and the insight into cults. Lev felt like a cross of Jim Jones and a Junior Hannibal Lecter.

It was creepy but sympathetic to read about the cult manipulation tactics used on the characters. Lo as a main character wasn't as interesting as Sadie, but still a good point of view.

Quick, breezy read, where I very much enjoyed the character's individual voices. Tracy was kind of sad, Mr. M was enjoyably hateable, and Tammy was relatable.

Nearly every character was incredibly horny, and I hope that high school teachers don't talk about girls like that in real life.

Aside from the ending, the movie was the most direct adaptation I've ever seen.

Can't wait to start the sequel.

Characters were fun and likeable, and I enjoyed the introspective nature, but the central conflict seemed to lack direction.

Didn't expect this to be a spy novel, and the world Yee set up is fun and layered.

Yangchen isn't as complex or memorable as Kyoshi, but I appreciated that the story started when she was an established Avatar and wasn't another origin story.

The prose tried a little too hard sometimes, but was more hit than miss. This book felt somewhat incomplete and was very conscious it would have a sequel. Interested to see where Kavik's character goes.