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  • Series: Carve the Mark
  • Hardcover: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (January 17, 2017)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0062348639
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062348630
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.4 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsRoth has carved her mark with this new science fiction novel
By SBCincinnati TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on December 10, 2016
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The multitude of tensions in Carve the Mark make this a book hard to put down. It is like the West Side Story meets Game of Thrones meets Star Wars. You truly do not who to trust and I found myself holding my breath several times while reading. This book falls squarely in the science fiction genre, set in a new galaxy with their own cultures and languages, which is a marked difference with the typical dystopian YA novel. The characters are very well developed and interesting, as is the storyline. Roth does a fantastic job at creating a nation where harshness and violence are the norms and then pitting that world against others with seemingly more humane values.

Yes, this book is about the survival of a boy and a girl, but it is also about the survival of humanity, a nation, a planet, a galaxy. Can't wait to see where this journey takes us.

There are times when this over 450 page book drags a little and there were a couple of moments I found myself confused, but these moments were not enough for me to downgrade this books rating. Before the end of the book I knew I would be buying its sequel.

For parents, teachers and librarians: I would say this book is best suited for ages 13 and older due to some graphic violence that made me actually flinch. Language is mild and there is some romance, but no sex.
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3.0 out of 5 starsNice romance, weak world-building
By Julie Doe on January 17, 2017
Format: Hardcover
This is my first Veronica Roth book. I liked some things about this book and wished other aspects had been done better.

The plot is a bit complicated. The Thuvhe and the Shotet, who are enemies, occupy a planet called Thuvhe by larger galaxy-wide (more on that later) government. Asok Keresseth, of the Thuhve people, has his life disrupted when invaders from the Shotet show up at his house, kill his father, and abduct him and his brother Eijeh. They take him to the nation of Shotet, where the Ryzek Naovek rules as dictator and his sister Cyra, our heroine, serve as his enforcer. The galaxy where these characters live has something called the “current”, which seems like an electromagnetic/supernatural force which endows each occupant with a “gift”. Cyra’s is to cause pain and to feel pain. Asok’s is that his touch disrupts the current, meaning that when he touches Cyra she no longer feels the pain that inhabits her body. Asok wants to save his brother, and Cyra wants to be rid of Ryzek, and thus forms the plot.

That’s drastically simplified, of course. I liked both Cyra and and Asok. Although this is not primarily a romance, the main thrust of the story is Asok and Cyra getting to know each other and becoming closer as well as working to achieve their individual goals. And yes, a romance develops between them before the end of the book. The typical man-tough, woman-sensitive trope was reversed here, with Cyra being the tough girl, raised in a warrior culture, and Asok being the gentle but understanding foil. Still I liked the two of them together, and there were some genuinely nice scenes where they support each other and each come to realize what’s important to them. These two characters are right for each other.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great page turner.
By Carina 🙊 VINE VOICE on December 15, 2016
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This is a great book, so easy to read not boring at the least. People have compared it to Star Wars and Divergent but I don't think it should be compared to either one of them. Just because they go up into space and go to difference planets does mean it needs to be compared to Star Wars. I think if I was to compare it to a book, maybe Shatter Me but even there that is a far stretch.

The world building is beautiful, you really get an understanding of the two nations on the planet. The Shotet and the Thuvhe. The Thuvhe are a more peaceful people and the Shotet more savage but they still have a kinder side if you look close enough. Then the brief glances at other planets as well, leaves you wanting to know more about them.

This book is mostly about fates, and future, and Currentgifts. Everyone grows into a currentgift depending on how they live, the currentgift grows from your personality and your character. If you are always trying to put everyone at ease, that becomes your nature currentgift, the ability to put everyone at ease. If you are constantly breaking things, you currentgift becomes the ability to fix everything. If you change, your currentgift manifests change as well. It is a very cool concept.

So, along with the currentgift there is also some people who are fated. Oracles see a fate about them and that fate will come true. There are characters in this book who try to change their fate, their whole existences is about changing the fate that was told about them. A lot of the book is around that. Changing a fate, or living the fate you were given. Only a few are fated. Then there are the Oracles that can see many paths of the future but the future is never concrete unless it is a fate. All this ties together beautifully in the book.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsWorth reading at least once
By Eohany on December 27, 2016
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I wasn't sure what to expect with Carve the Mark. I had enjoyed the author's previous series, but this book sounded very different. First off, it's a mix of science fiction and fantasy. Mostly this combination works, but occasionally it's just jarring. Both Akos and Cyra are strong, distinct personalities who are overcoming their own obstacles, but otherwise, thankfully, they are not just a repeat of characters we've met before. I thought the concept of currentgifts was well done, especially for those characters for which it is more of a punishment than a gift. I do wish the author had developed her world's backstory a bit more, it was sometimes difficult to follow the why of what was happening. Hopefully there will be more explanations in the next book. Overall I enjoyed this story and am looking forward to the next book in the series.
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Exciting new series! I can't wait for the next one.

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The concept was there, but the book didn't live up to the expectations I formed from the free preview chapter in May. I expected a lot of action and a fast paced story. Read more

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A terrific new series with action and characters. Wanted to read all day and had to stop to eat. Can hardly wait for the next one.
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5.0 out of 5 starsbut I have high hopes that this is going to be an amazing book!

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