Thank you to the author for giving me an audiobook copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own and have not been solicited.
Finally, we have reached the last installment in this series! I know I don’t read a lot of teen dystopian books, but seriously, this was really good! Here’s what I thought about this novel:
Summary (Goodreads): Fugitive Resistance fighter Tommy Bailey has come out of hiding to help rescue Careen Catecher from the clutches of the Office of Civilian Safety and Defense, where she’s been held and interrogated for information about the rebel group. The OCSD is poised to launch the Cerberean Link, a security device that will put all minors under constant surveillance under the guise of protecting them.
Fearful that OCSD director Madalyn Davies’s bid for control won’t stop there, the Resistance puts its own plan in motion to sabotage the Link and oust Madalyn from the directorship. Just when everything seems leveraged in the Resistance’s favor, treachery, lies, and long-held secrets threaten to derail it all.
Will even a life together on the run be impossible for Tommy and Careen? Or will the Resistance’s efforts convince the public to put their fears aside and demand freedom?
Review: What I love about this series is that it is so easy to catch up on events and the plot. The author always creates segues that remind the reader of what happened in the previous books, which really helps make connections stick. It’s not something one sees all the time in a series, but it is definitely appreciated!
I didn’t love this book as much as I did the other books in the series. Mind you, this was still a very good novel. However, it didn’t have as much action as I had hoped and the story was a tad bit predictable.
With that being said, I still really loved the plot. The author gives a really well-rounded picture of the entire scenario. We see how the citizens feel, we see how the politicians think, and we even get to see the divisions within the Resistance itself. It made the story so much more realistic; I could easily envision a situation like this one happening in our world right now and I would feel just as conflicted as some of the characters and people mentioned in the book. That has always been the highlight for me in this series and the author continues to make the story as real as possible in this book.
I also really like the way the characters were developed. It was so easy to connect with them and to understand them. If a character wasn’t as developed in one book, you can be sure that it will happen in one of the other stories. By the end of the series, I felt like I had a good handle on everyone.
Overall, I really liked this entire series. I loved the audiobook experience, and the narrator did a fantastic job! I liked the realistic nature of this dystopian novel and the way the author portrayed realistic interactions between different characters. The plot made sense, and the story ended nicely enough, if a bit predictable. All in all, it gets a solid 4/5 stars from me!
Happy reading ~