Buddy read with Choko at Buddies Books & Baubles. 
 If you had to command a child to sacrifice themselves to save the lives of several hundred people by doing so, would you? 
 This is one of the many hard to answer questions Rossi puts into our heads in the last part of her dystopian trilogy 
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 The race to the Still Blue continues as Aria, Soren, Roar, Brooke and Jupiter must undertake the impossible task of uniting Dwellers and Outsiders and attempt to rescue Cinder from Sable's claws. 
 ITSB is fast-paced, high stakes, action-packed and intense. 
 What I expected from it was resolution, answers to questions, and I got them. I cried and I laughed and I raged so much while reading this book. 
 While the plot was rather predictable, I feel that Rossi's biggest strength lies in her character writing. I grew so attached to our heroes while I wanted to kill the main antagonist with my own bare hands, I hated him so much. 
 "Falcon Markings that reached shoulder to shoulder. Sandals made of book covers. Opera songs and earthworms and a voice as warm as the afternoon sun. They had one thing in common. Perry." 
 Perry has learned to control his impulsive temper and become a true trusted and respected leader. It is heartwarming to see how much he cares for Talon and Cinder and how they fulfill him. And... Perry has balls. He really has balls, as you can see in his meeting with Sable. 
 Thankfully, even though they get their moments of togetherness, his romance with Aria is rather in the background. 
 And while Aria was an insufferable hag at the beginning of the trilogy I ended up admiring her for her strength, her optimism and her sensitivity. 
 There were parts in this book when I wanted to slap and shake my book boyfriend Roar. Grief has changed him for bad, he has become quick-tempered and withdrawn into himself. 
 Cinder broke my heart over and over, for the childhood he never head and for the destiny lying ahead of him. 
 Did you ever have the desire to pull a character out of a book to drown them into the next best puddle available with your own bare hands? 
 I did. Sable made me want to do so. 
 "I know everything. I know your desires and fears before they have even made themselves known to you. Yield to me. It's your only option." 
 This shrewd, expert manipulator, power hungry and completely psychotic Scire with a black well in place of a heart was just so damn well written that his intense conversations with our protagonists quickly became a favorite part of mine in the book. I absolutely loved him as the main antagonist! 
 I definitely recommend this trilogy to fans of action-packed YA, dystopia, and real evil main villains.