finished reading

This is the second of the Divergent Trilogy.
From the publisher:

One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

Insurgent picks up exactly where Divergent ends. I liked that. It explores loyalty and love. There is plenty of action and violence but I was expecting that. There is also teen love angst. Too much of that. It took away from the story and I wanted to skip those scenes. Some of the plot devices are a bit broad: the Erudite are almost comedically evil. But I got a better sense of what it means to be in a faction. Tris explores what it means to be loyal to a faction, to a belief, to an ideal.

I'm excited for the third book. I can't wait to see what happens next.