THE STORY: Finally, we reach The Traitor. This story felt like a history class before Divergent. This internal struggle is well-played throughout the whole story and Veronica does a great job at bringing it to the front of your mind. THOUGHTS: The interesting part about The Son is seeing Four struggling because he wants to leave Abnegation behind but at the same time he doesn’t fit in Dauntless. Tobias discovers that the Dauntless are working with the Erudite and he also learns that his mom isn’t dead as he was led to believe. This story is especially interesting because it begins to foreshadow at the events in the main Divergent trilogy. We see him take on his responsibilities, he’s still training to become a Dauntless leader, but at the end he rejects the offer. THE STORY: In The Son, Four is now a full-fledged dauntless member. He started as an Abnegation-skinny-boy and worked his way to be the number one in his initiation. We see him learning how to fight and becoming good at it. THOUGHTS: I liked this story because we get to witness Four become the strong person we know and love. Amar is dead because he was divergent, now Four has to be extra careful not to revealed he is one too. Perhaps one of the most interesting insights we get in this story is that Four learns that is really dangerous to be divergent. Of note is how his feud with Eric started as well as the development of his friendship with Zeke and Shauna.

THE STORY: The Initiate is all about Four’s time during Dauntless initiation.

Marcus is a really bad person and Veronica does an excellent job at making the reader hate him! One thing I loved, though, is Four’s courage to leave everything behind and choose Dauntless. THOUGHTS: This short story, for me at least, is sad, I kept wanting to cry because of everything he suffered. In the end, this is an origins story that shows us how Tobias Eaton became FOUR. At the forefront of this story is Four’s decision in the Choosing Ceremony. This insight tells us why he is the way he is–hard and quiet. We see his time in Abnegation, and especially the way Marcus mistreated him. THE STORY: In The Transfer, you get a lot of insight into Four’s background. This review will be split into four parts as I share my brief thoughts on the four stories in the book: The Transfer, The Initiate, The Son, and The Traitor. Unlike the others, which are novels, this book is a collection of four short stories that revolve around Tobias Eaton (or, “Four”, as we know him). Of course, this book is different from Veronica’s other Divergent books. First of all, let me just say that I love the Divergent Series and I was really looking forward to this book.

The transfer a divergent story