This two part series, certainly delivered on shock value, with the storyline keeping you in check, turning things on its head, every time you think you know exactly what's going to happen!! Surfice to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this one!! It's an epic tale of love and sacrifice in the back drop of an interstellar showdown. In a galaxy powered by the current, everyone has a gift. See the complete Carve the Mark series book list in order. And dont miss The Fates Divide, Veronica Roths powerful follow-up novel.

The Carve the Mark book series by Veronica Roth includes books Carve the Mark, The Fates Divide, and The Carve the Mark: Duology Boxed Set.

The lives of Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth are ruled by their fates, spoken by the. I was constantly skipping to the glossary at the back until I got the hang of it. Related Series: Across the Universe, Otherworld Stories, Divergent, The Chosen Ones, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. Book 2 The Fates Divide Fate brought them together. I think the thing that made it worse was the fact, the names themselves were so farfetched from any names we're use to and the tribes/people and learning about the history of the planets, I found it increasingly confusing. Akos is in love with Cyra, in spite of his fate: He will die in service to Cyra’s family. The fates, once determined, are inescapable. The lives of Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth are ruled by their fates, spoken by the oracles at their births.

Of course with a new book there is a lot of story telling and back story to proceed with, but it felt obtuse at times. The Fates Divide is a richly imagined tale of hope and resilience told in four stunning perspectives. The one thing I struggled with at the beginning was the information dump and names. This was the first time I ventured into anything SCI-FI related and I felt like it was a good stepping stone into the genre, heavily hyped on space exploration and travel but at it's core centres an enemies to friends story in the midst of the fight of two nations over a single planet.

Carve the mark book series