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  • By: Veronica Roth
  • Narrator: Austin Butler
  • Length: 15 hours 6 minutes
  • Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
  • Publish date: January 17, 2017
  • Language: English
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Carve the Mark Audiobook Summary

Globally bestselling Divergent author Veronica Roth delivers a breathtaking fantasy featuring an unusual friendship, an epic love story, and a galaxy-sweeping adventure.

#1 New York Times bestseller * Wall Street Journal bestseller * USA Today bestseller * #1 IndieBound bestseller

Praise for Carve the Mark:

“Roth skillfully weaves the careful world-building and intricate web of characters that distinguished Divergent.” —VOYA (starred review)

“Roth offers a richly imagined, often brutal world of political intrigue and adventure, with a slow-burning romance at its core.” –ALA Booklist

Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth have grown up in enemy countries locked in a long-standing fight for dominance over their shared planet. When Akos and his brother are kidnapped by the ruling Noavek family, Akos is forced to serve Cyra, the sister of a dictator who governs with violence and fear. Cyra is known for her deadly power of transferring extraordinary pain unto others with simple touch, and her tyrant brother uses her as a weapon against those who challenge him. But as Akos fights for his own survival, he recognizes that Cyra is also fighting for hers, and that her true gift–resilience–might be what saves them both.

When Akos and Cyra are caught in the middle of a raging rebellion, everything they’ve been led to believe about their world and themselves must be called into question. But fighting for what’s right might mean betraying their countries, their families, and each other.

When the time comes, will they choose loyalty or love?

This production includes a bonus excerpt from The Fates Divide, Veronica Roth’s powerful follow-up novel performed by Austin Butler, Emily Rankin, Erin Spencer, and MacLeod Andrews!

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Narrator Austin Butler
Length 15 hours 6 minutes
Author Veronica Roth
Publisher Katherine Tegen Books
Release date January 17, 2017
ISBN 9780062642004

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Goodreads Reviews

karen

June 20, 2018

oooh, goodreads choice awards semifinalist for best YA fantasy! what will happen?i'm going to review this without giving too much away, which seems to be the publisher's desire, since this is the first time i have ever gotten an arc that had this across every single page. text blurred so no one yells at me. DON'T YELL AT ME!i am someone who liked the divergent trilogy. i even sort of liked those four stories: Four: A Divergent Story Collection. but i am SO SO pleased that roth has diverged (ho-HO!) from that path and gone off in a whole new direction with this book (which is apparently the first part of a duology). i do love an author with more than one idea in their head.in a lot of ways, this book is like sagait's got that same romeo and juliet in spaaaaaaace thing going on, where two people on opposite sides of a long and deeply-rooted cultural animosity develop special feelings for each other after one of them is basically the prisoner of the other. no wings, no horns, and no teevee-headed people, but the two crazy kids in this book do have some unusual abilities in the form of currentgifts.currentgifts. currentgifts.currentgifts.currentgifts.i still think this is a dumb word, but it's a little less dumb than i expected going into it. "current" does not mean a "now" gift, which is how i interpreted it from the synopsis, but rather to a gift from a magical current that runs through the galaxy, doling out special abilities to people. some of these abilities are useful, and some are more like burdens than gifts. think x-men. in spaaaaaaaace.i am not usually a fan of space-based novels, and i'm even less enthusiastic about the romantic parts of books, especially in YA. however, i most certainly enjoyed this book. the fact that it is set in space is easy to forget, which sounds like a criticism, but worked out well for me. it's otherworldly, but it's not full of people floating about in spacesuits or going through wormholes or making me feel inadequate in my understanding of, you know, science. the romance is what it is - it's certainly handled better than the romance in other books i have read (including divergent, now that i think about it). it unfolds slowly, it isn't too sappy, and it is grounded in circumstances that seem likely to inspire feelings of "you and me against the world;" where two characters who are treated as "other" by most people cleave to each other in their otherness and feelings develop in a way that makes sense. although maybe not to them:"You make no sense to me," she said.and happily - cyra is not tris recast in spaaaaaaaace.there are the superficial physical differences - cyra has darker skin, is much taller and … sturdier than tris, and by the end of the book, something happens that alters her appearance in a way that i personally think is SO FREAKING COOL, and also ghastly. but more importantly, her personality is not just warming up the tris leftovers. they are both proactive and badass with the fighting skills without getting too sentimental when violence needs doing, but cyra has had a much harder path dealt to her than tris, and it has toughened her worldview, giving her more depth and darkness than tris ever had. Pity, I knew, was just disrespect wrapped in kindness.i will confess, it took me some time to get into this one. it may have been my headspace at the time of reading, or it may truly have been a slow starter. divergent grabbed me from the get-go, and i had expected this would be a typically fast YA read for me, but i didn't start really digging it until i was about a third of the way through. some of the drag of it is indeed the names and sillywords, and some of it just doesn't make sense, but a lot of the divergent world didn't make a lick of sense, and it didn't stop it from being entertaining. if books had to make sense, christianity never would have caught on.oh, and the title?-"Carve the mark," I said, my throat tight.and-"Carve the mark," he said. He was so hoarse the words almost didn't come out.what does it mean? why does it make throats tight and words hoarse? blur blur blur - you'll have to wait for that.***********************************************i'm a little surprised by some of the negative reviews, 'cuz i liked it. are my critical faculties rusty? i'll review it soon and you can tell me i'm wrong. that's how this "goodreads" thing works, right? ***********************************************OOH, i got my hands on an ARC! now i can enjoy many silly words and names and i hope it's fun!i will dive in SOON!***********************************************i can't even make it through that synopsis without 1) getting bored and 2) activating my "fantasy genre silly-name" shield, but as one of the few people who did like the way Allegiant ended (or at least didn't have a problem with the thing most people hated it for), i gotta say i'm looking forward to this. bring it on, silly names and all!come to my blog!

Ben

November 25, 2016

I AM SWORN TO SECRECY, JUST KNOW I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK

Chelsea ✨Arielle’s Nebular Ally and Team Acrux✨

April 14, 2017

I'd like to put a disclaimer for all the controversy surrounding this novel. I read this before anyone and didn't see the underlying issues everyone saw with the story until a few of my friends told me about all the explosions on social media sites I don't even have. I did still adore this story, I'd be lying if I said I didn't, but I don't want to offend anyone by liking this book. I want everyone to know I can't possibly relate to these issues, but my eyes are open and I understand people are hurt. Please understand it is not my intention to support something wrong or to hurt anyone...I am just keeping my review as is because it's how I felt about the story-candidly. Wow. I just…there are times when the words flow out of me in torrents and I can’t stop no matter how hard I try, but then there are times when I have literally one million things to say…and no idea how to say them. This book touched me in a way I’m not often used to-at least, not anymore. A long time ago, when I finally found my favorite genres and what made me the happiest, I was finding a seamless stream of five star books because I had finally found what worked for me. But lately, those streams of winners are harder to come by.For one, I’m extremely picky now-I know what I like, down to the very last word, and anything less is unacceptable. It’s no secret to any of my friends that I love all things mayhem, death, destruction, forbidden love mixed with peril peril peril. But not many authors truly, truly give you all those things at once. It’s so rare, anyway. And, because it’s so rare, those authors who do deliver on all things nasty and despicable in the name of love make it impossible to forget who they are. “You’re a Noavek,” he said stubbornly, folding his arms. “Brutality is in your blood.” I have this little niche of what I like to call ‘peril authors’. They are my go-to when I want something that isn’t always rainbows and unicorns. Now, I’m not saying the stories don’t eventually end happily…but they leave you with some very nasty cliffhangers. Did I happen to mention that nasty, white-knuckle cliffhangers are literally my favorite thing EVER?? So, these authors, they never shy away from doing what they need to pack a devastating punch. I never go all in when my head isn’t in the right place-after all, even the most dastardly and peril obsessed reviewers need a break from all the heart-break. We aren’t robots, ya know?? And, after a while, if you read hardcore books one after the other, you are bound to become a little bit jaded. [image error] So, when I was offered this beauty from the publishers of Veronica Roth’s newest MASTERPIECE, I, of course, accepted. For one, what an honor-little ol’ me, getting a book from a best-selling MEGA FAMOUS author before most of the world. It’s crazy, and I did not look a gift horse in mouth-I didn’t hesitate in responding. Secondly, I adored-ABSOLUTELY ADORED-the Divergent trilogy. And not just the first two-all three. Veronica Roth, while a very cunning and devious woman, is someone I wholly admire. Her writing is poetic and flows effortlessly from paragraph to paragraph, page to page. I have ALWAYS lumped her in with my favorite poetic authors.“A knife,” I said. “A hot poker. A rusty nail.” “You are more than any of those things.”And, while she isn’t someone I think of weekly, or even monthly, I have never forgotten her after her shocking finale to the Divergent series. The ‘what-if’s and ‘what will she do next’s were never far from my mind…it has just taken a while to finally see a new book in the works from this spectacular woman. “And you’re starting to sound kind of cocky, for someone I routinely beat up.” I know many people are weary of what comes next from the daring author who shocked the world (and that is the LAST time I will mention her former series, because it is doing a great injustice to this beautiful book), and I know there are going to be a million comparisons-it’s just inevitable. But I truly saw something so amazing here-something I never thought I’d see. It would be such a shame to not give this duology a chance because of an uncertain future and phobia of the past. I know everyone is quick to fall in love with main characters (I fell so hard, so fast for these two new characters that it shocked even me) and people are quick to protect those they love---but the love I feel for these two AMAZING characters is so unparalleled, and permanent, that I must insist on reading this the moment it comes out. When I looked at him again, he was smiling at me hesitantly. “You love them,” he said. “All these places, all these things.”I’ll admit that I was scared of the prospect of space travel-and for that matter, space lingo-but not once did I ever slow down or feel lost as I was racing through this fast-paced, addicting story. And that’s my favorite thing-I never wanted to put this book down. Roth’s passion was reflected on each and every page, echoing to us in a new, inventive way with each arising issue. Each character was created in a delicate manner, making for layered, flawed, and believable characters. These were people you wanted to root for, and you never really knew if they were going to win-in both mental and physical scenarios. "You and I, we’ve become what we were made to become.” Their minds were tested in unimaginable and barbaric ways, twisting what they believed and hoped for in life to the point of utter despair. Loyalties were bent and broken, repaired and restored-the boundaries of love and family snuffed out in a manner of minutes. You were forced to pick a side and survive…whether you wanted to or not. The same thing she always did, only now he noticed-noticed that he knew it, that was; knew her routines, knew her. And liked her. Akos is from the peace loving Thuvhe, a wintery world where you have to wear goggles to walk around outside. It’s beauty is unparalleled to its inhabitants, crystallized and serene and snowy as can be. Grays are the norm, much like the environment…which can be seen as dull to others. Cyra is Noavek-Brutal and unforgiving Shotet tyrants who wear blue. Their beliefs couldn’t be any different, nor could the difference in style of life: One place bloodthirsty, unrelenting in its quest for power and dominance. Pain is no stranger here. You can immediately see why our two main characters are the way they are, and you instantly feel for both. Sides are hard to choose and lines are blurred…as becomes evident the farther into the story we get. And here comes the good stuff, the stuff that makes this beautiful love story possible. Forbidden love…isn’t it the best thing ever, when done correctly? Yeah. I think so, too. Cyra’s currentgift is pain, Akos’s is to diffuse people’s gift. Both very valuable currentgifts…and both susceptible to manipulation and vulnerable to almost everyone. When paired together without a say in the matter, they realize they can be an asset to one another. Neither is willing to put all their trust in the other, but they also don’t fight what seems to be a tentative alliance. After all, it’s nice having someone who understands you (to a degree), someone who is there to take some of the burden away, who wants to help (again, to a degree-they do have differing conclusions to what they believe to be their story). “Honor,” I said with a snort. “Honor has no place in survival.” But, as they get closer, what was once clear begins to become a convoluted cloud of emotions and hope-could they possibly want the same thing?? Is she truly a monster, or can she still be someone who helps make the world a better place? Does she want to help Akos…even at the expense of going against her only brother? Akos’s kindness was something that resonated deeply within me right away-but, even more than that, his gradual fierceness. He’s not perfect, nor is he indestructible, but his silent fury mixed with an unrelenting kindness made him an instant book boyfriend that I was absolutely obsessed with. And then Cyra-one of my favorite female leads of all time. Some might say I even have a girl crush. Yeah-serious stuff, right? “Next time, when something that sounds remarkably like war drums is going to wake me at dawn, could you maybe warn me?” Cyra deals with pain 24/7. Literally-all day, all night-no matter what. Until she dispenses that pain into an unwilling victim, causing them pain so severe they would reveal their deepest, darkest secrets. She is numb to the power now, her brother’s little torture device. Cunning, witty, and skilled in combat like nobody’s business, she is not to be trifled with-seriously, she’s so badass. But-and probably why my girl crush (on top of my book boyfriend crush (so much win)) is shining so bright-she wasn’t so strong she didn’t have vulnerability or weakness. She lost sometimes. She didn’t always make the right choices. And, if I’m comparing here, I kept thinking of a female book character I really didn’t like...she kind of made up the anatomy of Cyra, here. It was not hope; it did not soar; it slithered, clawed, and dragged, and it would not let me stop. I saw a lot Adelina from Marie Lu’s most recent trilogy. Dark, corrupted, and willing to do what she had to for those she loved-and herself. She had to relieve the pain sometimes, you know? It’s not all about choice. But, see, I hated Adelina. She was okay, I guess, but I found her pathetic and whiny-not here. Cyra took the BEST PARTS of Adelina and made her someone I adored. Okay, I didn’t really read the second or third books of that trilogy, nor is there a direct line that connected these characters in any way-I just got the vibe, that feeling, and I dug it. "I like to move." "I've noticed." She is a tool of destruction, of torture, she is a key to be used in war-she can bring any one person to their knees with her amazing power-but she is vulnerable to the pain, and to herself-she is resigned to be the monster she was fated to be. But not ONCE does she whine about it-it’s her life and she lives with it daily…And I found that so amazing. She just goes about her life in suffering, trying to (at Akos’s influence) be the best she can be. And, again, she doesn’t always succeed. Did I mention I love her? And Akos? And I ship them? Hm. Well. I’ll say it again: they are everything to me. He offered touch to me so freely, without realizing how rare it was. How rare he was, to a person like me. So, as you can see, I’m hooked. I was hooked from the first part that was in his POV, and I was sunk-line and sinker-when I met Cyra. These two were made for one another, but born enemies. They don’t want to like each other, and they don’t always understand, but...things happen. And isn’t slow burn romance the best kind of romance (especially paired with forbidden romance-HA thought you caught me there, didn’t you)?? Roth’s writing was, as promised, better than ever and even a bit more mature, if that’s even possible. She writes in a way you don’t once get confused about, no matter the content, and makes you physically ache for more. It’s been a long time since I was so stressed out I couldn’t breathe, but more than once I found myself gasping for breath and clutching my heart-stopping and staring at the page with wide eyes as I tried to calm my breathing (maybe this partially has to do with being pregnant, but I say no, I was just super excitable because...excellence at work, people) and get myself under control. I smiled so big without even realizing it that it bordered on embarrassing. I tried, and failed, repeatedly to find errors with the book and why my best of friends wouldn’t like the story (or anyone, for that matter, if I’m being honest), but never once could think of anything. And, if there was something, it was nit-picky and I completely missed it. I don’t know if this book is for everybody, or even what everyone else will think-All I can do is go with my heart and my gut, and they both say this is a winner. I know, without a doubt, that when this releases it will be my (late) Christmas gift to all friends and family that read. I know it’s a certainty I will be rushing to Barnes and Noble on release day to buy myself a hardback of this new absolute favorite. I have found three favorite books this year, all by amazing authors almost everyone loves…and this book tops them all. So, my hope is, with this long-winded review, that I’ve convinced or intrigued almost everyone to give this book a shot. And, for those who are not so easily swayed (or manipulated), honestly, its their loss.  **Quotes taken from an uncorrected galley and are subject to change upon release of the finished book** For more of my reviews, please visit: [image error]

Isa

May 11, 2020

“You want to see people as extremes. Bad or good, trustworthy or not. I understand. It's easier that way. But that isn't how people work”.Vaya, yo sé que Veronica Roth no es santo de devoción de muchos lectores, pero no entiendo todo el hate que hay contra este libro. ¡A mí me pareció súper interesante y entretenido! Creo que es una historia muy original y con personajes que sobresalen de la multitud. En Carve the Mark nos encontramos con un set-up de ciencia ficción en el que principalmente nos presentan a los seres de dos civilizaciones prácticamente enemigas: Shotet y Thuvhe. Los primeros, liderados por la familia Noavek, son seres y personas que se han caracterizado por sus conquistas, su agresividad y unos estándares de comportamiento súper estrictos. Por otra parte, tenemos a los Thuvhe, que son una civilización mucho más pacífica y que se destaca por tener oráculos. Lo más interesante de todas las personas de este universo es que tienen unos dones o poderes otorgados por "la corriente". Cyra Noavek vive en Shotet y, gracias a que su poder le permite infligir muchísimo dolor a sus enemigos, su hermano la usa como un arma. Pero, a la vez que Cyra causa dolor, ella misma siempre está atormentada por su propio poder. Sin embargo, es una mujer tremendamente fuerte y, sobre todo, inteligente. Akos, por su parte, es un Thuvhe que fue secuestrado por los Shotet y, aunque ahora es un criado, nunca ha olvidado que su motivación es rescatar a su hermano que también ha caído en las garras de sus enemigos. Todo empezará a ponerse interesante cuando Akos es asignado a Cyra como acompañante y criado, pues el poder el Thuvhe consiste en aplacar los otros poderes y, por lo tanto, mientras esté en contacto con la Noavek, ella no sentirá dolor. Digan lo que quieran, pero a mí me pareció increíble la idea de un universo en el que todas las personas que nacen tienen una profecía o una suerte echada por un oráculo. Claro, es tremendamente restrictivo, pero es una información que puede llegar a tener muchísimo poder. Además, la idea de los current gifts es entre aterradora y emocionante. Al principio pensé que el poder de Cyra era muy parecido al de Juliette de Shatter Me, pero es que ni ella misma es inmune al poder que causa en otros, así que allí se diferencian un montón. Creo que, lo que más me gustó, fue esa llama que se va encendiendo lentamente entre Cyra y Akos, dos personas que están destinadas a odiarse por su sangre y su proveniencia. Y ya saben lo que amo un buen enemies to lovers. Me gustó el desarrollo de esa relación, cómo poco a poco iban bajando las defensas el uno con el otro para realmente conocerse y, en un punto, entender que pueden ayudarse y, más aún, ser aliados en lugar de enemigos. Y no es un camino fácil, hay muchos ires y venires, traiciones y momentos en los que cada uno debe escoger si les importan más las promesas de venganza del pasado o la oportunidad de derrocar todo lo que está mal en el sistema para crear un mejor futuro. Y, por supuesto, dado que la persona que está al mando de todo, el hermano de Cyra, es un loco megalómano y enfermo de poder, es obvio que hay una revolución y una resistencia gestándose en las sombras. Es sobre todo al final del libro cuando nos enteramos de todos los planes que hay y las estrategias que han ido formándose durante años. Y, además, es allí cuando los personajes deben tomar las decisiones difíciles. Es cuando Cyra debe dejar de pensar que es sencillamente un arma y que la piedad puede ser mucho más efectiva que el dolor, por ejemplo. Y Akos... ay, Akos, creo que es un personaje que ha sufrido muchísimo, pero que, a la vez, demuestra que por muchos entrenamientos y condicionamientos que haya tenido, matar nunca es su primera opción. Puede hacerlo, claro, pero no lo disfruta. El final es, definitivamente, lo más explosivo de Carve the Mark, así que esa es la manera de Veronica Roth de asegurarse de que lea el segundo libro.

☘Misericordia☘

February 24, 2018

Q:The room was adorned with portraits of the Noavek family over the door: my grandmother, Lasma Noavek, who had murdered all her brothers and sisters to ensure that her own bloodline was fate-favored; my father, Lazmet Noavek, who had tormented the goodness from my brother because of his weak fate; and Ryzek Noavek, pale and young, the product of two vicious generations. (c)A different kind of fantasy.Q:HUSHFLOWERS ALWAYS BLOOMED WHEN the night was longest. (c)Q:Every culture worshipped something: Othyr, comfort; Ogra, mystery; Thuvhe, iceflowers; Shotet, the current; Pitha, practicality, and so on. ...“How many languages do you actually speak?”“Really, it’s just Shotet, Thuvhesit, Othyrian, and Trellan,” I said. “But I know a little Zoldan, some Pithar, and I was working on Ogran before you arrived and distracted me.” (c)Q:We all stood for a few seconds, waiting for something, anything, to happen. When she didn’t collapse, I took the vial from her, currentshadows surging to my fingers so they prickled and stung. She walked away as soon as I did, recoiling from me as she would have an Armored One. (c)Q:Of the hundreds of futures that exist, we will find the one in which you are not a waste of time. And in the meantime, you will work hard to appear as strong as possible, even to your closest associates. (c)Q:Ylira Noavek will sojourn forever after the current, the priest said as the ashes launched behind us. It will carry her on a path of wonder. (c)Q:“No, I haven’t,” Lety said. “I would shake your hand, Cyra, but . . .”...“Let’s hope you never earn the privilege,” I said coolly. (c)Q:“She is herself a small Ogra,” the third dancer said, and the bones in her fingers flickered with light, just as shadows wound around my arms like bracelets. “All clothed in darkness.”“It is a gift,” the light-handler said.“It is a gift,” the chest-drummer echoed.I did not agree. (c)Q:For the past year I had been reading Shotet texts about our long-forgotten form of combat, the school of the mind, elmetahak. Like so many things in our culture, it was scavenged, taking some of Ogran ferocity and Othyrian logic and our own resourcefulness and melding them until they were inextricable. (c)Q:“Altetahak—school of the arm. Zivatahak—school of the heart. Elmetahak—school of the mind,” (c)Q:“I’m a student of all,” I said. “Of anything.” (c)Q:“‘Kill mark’ is a misnomer. They are always records of loss. Not triumph.” (c)Q:“You’re determined to deprive me of fun.”“That’s because apparently, your version of ‘fun’ is making me believe I’m in mortal peril.” (c)Q:We cull each planet’s wisdom and take it for our own, Otega had said, crouched down beside me at one of our lessons. And when we do that, we show them what about them is worthy of their appreciation. We reveal them to themselves. (c)Q:Horrible. Was that what life was? I had never put a word to it. Pain had a way of breaking time down. I thought about the next minute, the next hour. There wasn’t enough space in my mind to put all those pieces together, to find words to summarize the whole of it. But the “keep going” part, I knew the words for. (c)Q: “Find another reason to go on... It doesn’t have to be a good one, or a noble one. It just has to be a reason.” (c)Q:I tried to accept the pain, absorb it like I did the cold wind when I had forgotten to wear the right coat, but I found it difficult to focus. (c)Q:Ridiculous, really, but sometimes people just believed what they were told. It was easier to survive that way. (c)Q:“Let me cook, okay?” He took the pot from her. The water sloshed, spilling on his shoes. “I guarantee I won’t set anything on fire.”“That happened one time,” she said. “I’m not a walking, talking hazard.” (c)Q:His head remained on the screen for a few moments longer, and then the news feed returned, this time in Othyrian, which I knew passably well. There was a water shortage on Tepes, in the western continent. The Shotet subtitles were accurate. For once....The Assembly was debating further requirements for the oracles on each planet, to be voted on in forty days. Shotet subtitles: “Assembly attempts to assert tyrannical control over oracles through another predatory measure, to be enacted at the end of the forty day cycle.” Accurate, but biased.Some notorious band of space pirates had just been sentenced to fifteen seasons in prison. Shotet subtitles: “Band of Zoldan traditionalists sentenced to fifteen seasons in prison for speaking out against unnecessarily restrictive Assembly regulations.” Not so accurate. (c)Q:“Follow me. I trust you don’t mind chatting in the garbage closet.”“Mind? I’ve always wanted to spend time in a garbage closet,” (c)Q: “Soft hearts make the universe worth living in.” (c)Q: I am a Shotet. I am sharp as broken glass, and just as fragile. I tell lies better than I tell truths. I see all of the galaxy and never catch a glimpse of it. (c)Q: Eijeh had never called her “Mother” in his life. That was a word for snotty Shissa kids, or for the Shotet—not for children of Hessa. (c)Q:“Is there some kind of Shotet holiday today where you visit the people you hate to make them miserable?” ... “Well, I’m not celebrating. Leave me alone.” (c)Q:

Rebecca

February 05, 2017

I enjoyed this read immensely. I read some reviews about this story and the controversy. In my opinion after finishing my read I disagree about the chronic pain issue. The character who developed the so called current gift of feeling and transferring pain to others is not comparable to real-life. I personally suffer from fibromyalgia and it is not the same. I feel the author did an excellent job creating worlds and planets with different elemental/supernatural human habitats. Their is so much that happens in this story from murder, kidnapping, betrayal, friendship, loyalty, family, lies, and revenge. The plot thickens toward the ending. The title alone is a big part of the story. I can't wait to read the next book. I can sense the author is going to give us lots of twists and turns.

Mary

March 01, 2017

Full review of Carve the Mark can be found on Mary Had a Little Book Blog here.

Chantal

February 06, 2017

Mi è decisamente piaciuto! Trama abbastanza lineare, ma la complessità del mondo che la Roth ha creato è meravigliosa insieme ai dettagli e alle culture dei vari pianeti! Lo stile di scrittura è sicuramente migliorato e infatti l'ho preferito a Divergent e poi... dobbiamo parlare dei protagonisti? STUPENDI entrambi, ed è raro che mi piacciano le protagoniste femminili, ma Cyra e Akos sono qualcosa che non si può descrivere. Caratterizzati benissimo e anche se diversi lentamente si scopre che quasi sono simili e anzi, alla fine quasi sembra che i ruoli si invertano, in un certo senso! Il colpo di scena finale è stato WTF insieme a tutta l'ansia che l'ha preceduto. Ci sono un sacco di altri personaggi di cui non mi fido e ho l'ansia di cosa succederà nel secondo per colpa dei fati, per ora, forse, potrei ricredermi sulla Roth! Per me consigliato! Soprattutto se vi è piaciuto aree queen, Shatter me (per quanto riguarda i poteri) e Star wars!

Carlos

February 09, 2018

Good book and nice characters. The world building was amazing and all the characters were well written with both strengths and flaws, the story is not a typical evil vs good book but instead more of a evil vs less evil . After all we are introduced to this when one of the main characters says “honor has no place in survival “, and that’s what we learn in this book as it progresses. I can’t wait for the next book, I think it’s going to be the final one , I expect more battles and action in the next one .

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Audiobooks are recordings of books that are read aloud by a professional voice actor. The recordings are typically available for purchase and download in digital formats such as MP3, WMA, or AAC. They can also be streamed from online services like Speechify, Audible, AppleBooks, or Spotify.
You simply download the app onto your smart phone, create your account, and in Speechify, you can choose your first book, from our vast library of best-sellers and classics, to read for free.

Audiobooks, like real books can add up over time. Here’s where you can listen to audiobooks for free. Speechify let’s you read your first best seller for free. Apart from that, we have a vast selection of free audiobooks that you can enjoy. Get the same rich experience no matter if the book was free or not.

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It varies. The easiest way depends on a few things. The app and service you use, which device, and platform. Speechify is the easiest way to listen to audiobooks. Downloading the app is quick. It is not a large app and does not eat up space on your iPhone or Android device.
Listening to audiobooks on your smart phone, with Speechify, is the easiest way to listen to audiobooks.

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