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Allegiant (Divergent #3) Veronica Roth Published: Oct. 22, 2013 (Katherine Tegen Books) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: Purchased Reviewed by: Krista Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does reference events from previous books in the series. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of Divergent. Writing this review was... 
Earlier this week Book Riot ran a post featuring the 20 most-loved literary characters. It was a fun post and I certainly saw a few of my favorites there, but as I went to go and share the link via VBC’s Facebook page I stopped myself. As lovely as the list was, it wasn’t too heavy on the fantasy end of things. Sure, Gandalf and the Harry Potter gang were there, but it leaned much more toward the... 
We don’t do Waiting on Wednesday very often here at VBC. However, with so many epic releases yesterday, we figure you’re in a book coma today. (Did you read Lover Reborn or Sacrificial Magic first?) As such, we’re going to use today’s blog post to look at something awesome: Insurgent. There’s a reason Veronica Roth’s debut Divergent made our Best Books of 2011 list, and you can bet we’ll pre-order its... 
Divergent (Divergent #1) Veronica Roth Published: May 3, 2011 (Harper Teen) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Prior to its release there was lots of online buzz about Divergent. Five-star reviews everywhere. Could this debut YA novel really live up to the hype? Unequivocally, yes. I couldn’t sleep one night, and decided I’d crack open my ARC of Divergent. My plan was just...
