Reviews written by Lauren Thoman, Listings Manager

Divergent is the first book in a trilogy by Veronica Roth. The setting is a future dystopian Chicago, where the city - and presumably the country (although nothing much is ever said about the world outside of Chicago) - have been split into five factions according to personality: ...

I had such high hopes for this book. Like most of the world who finished The Hunger Games and was immediately ravenous for more, I asked my trusty search engine what was the next best thing for someone like me, eager to plunge back into the what-if world of future...

I'll admit, I was a little wary about starting a series that revolves around being pretty. I mean seriously, how much more superficial can you get? I was prepared to be super-annoyed with the shallowness of it all. But once I started reading, I found myself completely...

Lauren Oliver is quickly climbing my list of "authors I trust." She may not have many books under her belt yet, but I love what I've read so far. She has an amazing talent for writing characters in such a way that I feel like I know them and understand...

[I am going to have to get into mild spoiler territory here. I've been pondering how to avoid it, and I just can't. It's alluded to very early in the book though, and I don't think your enjoyment will be lessened knowing this in advance. Even so, my apologies.] ...

I love me a good time travel story, and this had all the trappings of a great one. I liked Emerson. In spite of her 17-year-old-girl-ness (a plague among YA heroines, considering they are inevitably 17-year-old girls), she was likable. She was obviously attractive yet a bit insecure, but not...