Divided

Divided by Elsie Chapman

This is the sequel to DUALED, so if you don't want anything spoiled about either book, don't read this review. Because yeah! No spoilers. WHOO.

An amazon summary, "The hunter becomes the hunted. . . .
 West Grayer is done killing. She defeated her Alternate, a twin raised by another family, and proved she’s worthy of a future. She’s ready to move on with her life. The Board has other plans. They want her to kill one last time, and offer her a deal worth killing for. But when West recognizes her target as a ghost from her past, she realizes she’s in over her head. The Board is lying, and West will have to uncover the truth of the past to secure her future. How far will the Board go to keep their secrets safe? And how far will West go to save those she loves? With nonstop action and surprising twists, Elsie Chapman’s intoxicating sequel to Dualed reveals everything." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE

We're back with West and the emotional trauma from Dualed, and the horror of killing someone who looks identical to you. And also a bunch of other people while she worked as an active striker. It's fine. ...it's fineeeeeeeee. So, West is in therapy, she's also working as a teacher of weapons, and her past is coming back to haunt her. Someone from the board has figured out that she worked as a striker, and wants her to take out some idles. But West is torn; she doesn't want to kill any more, but the Board offers a way for her to have children without them having a clone. They would never have to kill to live.

That's enough summary. Because this book is kind of basic.

If you liked book one, you'll like book two, because there's not a lot of growth from West even though she's in therapy and it's a lot of the same confusion she faced in the previous book.

Plus, when they start to kind of delve into the mystery behind the city, the book seemed to be like, "nahhhhhhhh, I'll just hint at some stuff, but draw your own conclusions because I don't feel like explaining anything at allllllllllll well enough to be remotely satisfyinggggggg." which was obnoxious as hell.

There wasn't anything new in terms of really world building, there were some new characters, but they didn't really add a ton to the story, and while learning about the board should have been cool, it just seemed like a lot of bureaucracy and a bigger complaint about the freaking DMV than anything.

I wanted to like this book. I wanted to know more about why the city was still isolated, why the citizens were sterile, why their world works as it does, and I'm leaving entirely unsatisfied. The explanations are a whisper of the truth rather than the whole truth.

....but I still read the whole thing. I wanted to know how it ended. I found it. I'm still dissatisfied.

Happy reading!