Wow. 
 This book was just amazing! If I could give it 4 3/4 stars I would. I couldn't muster up a 5 star rating because it took me several chapters to get into it. It just didn't grab me right from the start and I worried I may not enjoy it. Boy am I glad I was wrong. 
 Ms. Roth made up a very believable dystopian society. There were some times where I felt she could have *shown* more than told, especially when she launched into paragraphs about what each faction did. But I forgave her for this once Tris actually got to her faction and started the initiation process. 
 I really enjoyed reading about a non-weak heroine for once. This girl is tough. She may have been small and raised to be "self-less" but the girl has guts. I loved that. Though, I will admit that at times, I wanted to see her weaker. Every once and a while I said to myself, "no way she's not scared right now!" 
 Four. *fangirl squeal* I loved Four. He was so tough, yet, so sweet. Love. I can't say much more about him without sounding like said fangirl I mentioned above. And I'm not sure anyone wants to hear that, so I'll just stop while I'm ahead. 
 There were some fantastically triumphant moments in this book, and some heart-shatteringly sad ones. My emotions were everywhere throughout the whole book. Ms. Roth definitely has a talent for keeping tension high throughout 400+ pages! The one real drawback to this book was that many of the plot twists were very predictable. I had guessed them early on. Luckily, there was enough action and emotion throughout that I was able to enjoy the read in spite of that. 
 I had read a blogger review on this story that said romance lovers might be disappointed with the romantic line in DIVERGENT. Why? I loved that part. I felt it was just right for this story. So, if you're afraid to read because you love romance like I do, don't be! This one is great!