Book 2/4 of this series. I definitely like this series and it's a very fast read. One thing that is annoying to me however is the intensity of the feelings of the characters. I completely understand that these characters are all under 18 years old and therefore their words and actions may be naturally more dramatic (their brains still developing and all), but for three of the main characters to go off the deep end about their "loved one" ("I hate you" one minute and then a half day later "I love you") seems over the top, even for teenagers.
1) Clarke & Wells are the love of each other's lives in the Colony. Then Clarke despises Wells for turning in her parents (who were testing radiation on children in their lab) and she says that she will never forgive him; Wells jeopardizes the entire colony so that he can follow Clarke to Earth; Clarke forgives Wells, realizing she was being unfair to him; Clarke then hates Wells again when he prevents her from rescuing her friend from a fire that would have killed Clarke too; Clarke forgives Wells because he saved her life; Clarke then realizes that she actually loves Bellamy and wants to sleep with him; Wells falls in love with Sasha. What?? All this in 21 days??
2) In this same 21 days, Bellamy falls in love with Clarke. But wait. Now he hates her for killing the true love of his life, Lily. He will never forgive Clarke for this. Well, I guess he does because he realizes that Clarke simply did as Lily requested and that she loved Lily as much as Bellamy did. Hmmm. Okay.
3) Glass and Luke are the love of each other's lives in the Colony. But wait. Glass abandons Luke (she is actually confined because of her pregnancy) and Luke hooks up with someone else. Then Glass escapes from being sent to Earth (on the Drop Ship with the rest of the original 100 children who were in confinement) and runs to Luke, who is with his new girlfriend. Luke drops the girlfriend in favor of Glass, but then finds out that Glass reported that Luke's best friend & roommate is the man who impregnated her instead of Luke, to save Luke's life. So now Luke hates her. Until he doesn't. Until he loves her again more than life itself. Having raised five teenagers, none of them were this dramatic in their feelings, so it feels over the top.
All that aside, I do like the actual story. Things are heating up, as they always do in these situations - fiction and real life. People are taking sides, fighting for power, trying to survive. It's not The Hunger Games, but I am enjoying the story.
Wendy's Rating: ****
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