This book is the second installment in the Article 5 series. I had originally give the first book a 4/5 stars but after realizing it's taken me nearly a full year to start the second I changed it to 3/5 stars. Something was holding me back from starting this book which meant the first book couldn't have been that great ha. I just remember the first book dragging on and on and being more world building than actual action and plot. 
 Ember and Chase have joined the Resistance in the fight against the MM (moral militia) that has taken over. They've been in hiding since their escape with the MM attempting to find any leads that'll lead to them. There's a sniper in town killing off FBR soldiers though that has the MM on a goose chase and keeping the MM off their trails. But what side is he/she really on? 
 I enjoyed this book about just as much as the first one. Not horrible but not phenomenal either. It's not a book that I'll remember all the details come like two years later. I still want to know how to series ends though so I'll add the next book to my series to-read list ha. 
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 Ember reminds me so much of Katniss from Hunger Games. After a message is broadcast about the attempted assassination of a politician the resistance goes into chaos about what to do next. Ember says... 
 "Hit them back, and they'll take it out on everyone else!" I shouted above the noise. "You heard the report, they've already extended curfew. We know they're withholding rations. It's only going to get worse 
 Except it's not the capital versus district thirteen in this story it's the MM versus the resistance. 
 After a direct attack on the area Ember and Chase are in hiding when a code one is put out for Ember. A code one meaning firing on suspicion alone - a lethal finding. Sending Ember into even more fear of going outside and being discovered. She eventually goes on a mission outside and saves a young pregnant girl named Sara. When she returns to base though Tucker Morris (the guy who killed her mother) has joined the resistance. Chase and Ember choose to leave the resistance rather than be around him. They return though when the hotel sets on fire and save Sean's life from the flames. They end up escaping to another resistance hide out with Marco and Polo in charge. 
 Cara and Tucker disappear off to her "cousins" somewhere after news that Ember's mother may still be alive is released. They make their way to Ember's old house to follow a lead on her mother possibly. When they arrive at her old house though her mother isn't there instead her best-friend Beth is there running a check point of her own trying to help the resistance. Tucker shows up wanting help claiming that Cara had been killed. 
 They end up with the Chicago resistance who at first attempting a huge brawl to kill them all. Ember lies that she's the sniper working for Three (the unknown leader). They then welcome her and the gang giving them a facility tour and promising to rescue Rebecca. Turns out she's being held in the "circus" where they parade around the non-compliant people who are being tortured. As they're headed to a meeting though the underground cavern they're all hiding in collapses leaving Ember buried beneath the ruble. They escape the rubble and take the opportunity to go rescue Rebecca from the circus. They discover that she's paralyzed from the waist down and doesn't want to go but Sean carries her out anyway *aww* 
 They arrive at the Red Zone safe house only to find it burned down to ash. (hide spoiler)]