The End and Other Beginnings

by Veronica Roth

[shannonmiz]

You can find the full review and all the fancy and/or randomness that accompanies it at It Starts at Midnight
4.5*

I enjoyed this short story collection so much that I might be ready to forgive Veronica for Allegiant. In seriousness, it was so entertaining, and really quite thought provoking. Sure, some of the stories I liked more than others, but they were all quality, all were so well-developed that it hardly felt like I was reading short stories at all. I fell so in love with one story in particular (Inertia, which happened to be the first story), that I might have sobbed in a bubble bath. (Just kidding, I definitely sobbed during a bubble bath.) I tell you this because that is how powerful these stories felt. How did I care about these characters in such a short amount of time? That's pretty magical, frankly. And since a few stories are set in the world of Carve the Mark, guess that means I am getting to that sooner than later too.

Bottom Line: These stories will entertain, and make you feel. They're exciting, but they're also very human, reminding us of who we are regardless of where in the universe we end up.