Allegiant

Allegiant
Alex Engler

This is the the third and final book of the Divergent series. The second book, Insurgent left off with their society on the brink of war. The five factions were in chaos. The Erudite had just taken over the Dauntless minds and forced them to murder most of the Abnegation faction. Tris and the other Divergent were able to avoid the mind control and shut down the simulation. But sadly the damage had already been done. Most of the Abnegation were dead, including Tris’s parents. Tris was then went in to a depression, and started to do compulsive things risking her life at almost every turn. But her boyfriend, Tobias was able to help her and make her come to her senses. Tobias during this was also going through a rough time. He has just found out that his mom, who he thought was dead for a long time, is alive, and his father is still alive in the Abnegation faction. This brought horrible memories for him back to light. He was forced to remember how his father abused him and how his mother ran away and supposedly died. But even with this all coming back to him, Tobias was able to suppress them and focus on what really needed to happen.
They have just seen this video from one of Tris’s ancestors, who came from outside the fence. She told them the real reason they were there and how all the factions were formed. She also told them that there was life outside the fence of their city and that they needed to come and save it from it’s own destruction. Tris and Tobias showed the video to the entire city. Once the video was seen, a group was formed called the Allegiant. They were going to be the ones who were to go outside the fence and find out what was really going on in the society.
The Allegiant finally had enough people to go on this mission, with Tris and Tobias apart of the group. They went outside the fence and found a compound were many people lived. Tris and Tobias found out the history of how and why their society was created. Turns out the Divergent are considered “genetically pure” and those who are not, are considered “genetically damaged”. The “genetically pure” are the race that basically rules the compound, they are the researchers and security guards, while the “genetically damaged” are on the lower end of the stick and are forced to do maintenance and clean-up duty. Tris thinks that this is unfair and she finds a group there who are trying to do something about it. Tobias joins right away, but soon finds himself in jail and away from Tris. Tris had known it was a bad idea from the start and had tried to warn him, but Tobias was in his own world and went against Tris’s wishes of sitting this one out.
I can’t wait to finish this book and find what will happen to Tobias’s and Tris’s relationship and what will happen if the “genetically damaged” are to attack the compound again.