The 100 Homecoming by Kass Morgan

Book 3/4 in this series. Surprisingly, I liked this book the best out of the first three. This is rare. Third books can be iffy in a series. One reason is that the relationships have "settled". No more drama that plagued the first two books. This book was more action-packed as well. The Colony was quickly running out of oxygen and everyone who could, pushed themselves onto a Drop Ship to take them to Earth. This includes Glass & Luke, although Glass suffers a significant loss in the process. With the arrival of the colonists however, namely Vice Chancellor Rhodes, you can expect conflict. Rhodes is as mean-spirited on Earth as he was on the spaceship. He still hates Bellamy and his intent is to have him killed. Bellamy is imprisoned fairly quickly, which means Clarke & Wells have to figure out a way to rescue him and then leave camp to save him. They make their way to the earthborn compound, who accepts them.

Wells, Clarke, and Bellamy are all struggling with their inner demons. They beat themselves up over the decisions they have made. This is understandable because each of them have made some questionable decisions! Wells, of course, has brought all of this on. The colonists had to abandon the spaceship so suddenly (because of lack of oxygen which Wells set in motion) that they weren't able to gather and bring important supplies with them to Earth. The Drop Ships (three, if you are keeping track!) crash landed by the lake, killing a lot more people and leaving many injured. Again, with no extra medical supplies. Meanwhile, Bellamy escaped the camp with Wells & Clarke but is putting the earthborns at risk for attack by Rhodes and his guards. This is a serious risk, which is soon confirmed. Clarke wants to save Bellamy, support Wells, find her parents, and save all the injured without proper medical supplies. Big task!

So, you have the original 100 children (less because of death) who built the camp; the friendly earthborns whose homes are built near the bunker built hundreds of years ago; the killer earthborn group in hiding; Graham, the power driven kid from the original 100 and his people; Clarke's parents, who are supposedly somewhere on Earth and not dead; and now the evil Rhodes and his guards. So, lots of warring factions. To add to that, Glass & Luke leave camp alone since Glass discovers that Luke will be the guard assigned to assassinate Bellamy. To avoid that, they leave - and soon encounter their own trouble.

Not all goes well. Not everyone survives. The various groups are realigned. My question from the very beginning of this book is: what happened to the other Drop Ships?? The original 100 took one (which crash-landed); the colonists discovered by the lake had been in three (all which crashed-landed); and I believe there were three more ships which left the spaceship. Right? I thought there were seven ships. Anyway, I have to think they come into play in the fourth and final book. We will see!

Wendy's Rating: ****