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**I received a copy of this book from YA Bound Book Tours in exchange for an honest voluntary review. All opinions are my own and not influenced by my source.**

I'm always up for a good dystopian read and this one sounded very cool. I loved the premise of an overpopulated world and a forbidden romance totally had me on board.

But I think I was expecting a different story than the one we got.

I had a very hard time getting into this as it started off a little slow. The flow of the writing is a little stifled by the info-dumping we get in the first few chapters but that evens out the further on you get. It's an easy world to understand though despite all this. You can really see what aspects of our everyday lives Tessa Clare was trying to exploit and work with in her novel.

The first half is very romance based--more so than I anticipated--which threw off the rhythm of this book for me. It wasn't that I didn't like the romance between Roman and April, I just wasn't what I picked this book up to read. I wanted more action and conspiracy with a dash of sweet moments between the two of them and we get the opposite instead. I just found we got sucked into the mundane everyday life of these two and it felt repetitive to me.

This book does shift to the conspiracy theory for the latter half of the novel but by then my interest had waned. I was curious to see how this would wrap up so I skimmed the rest.

In a lot of ways, this book reminded me of the classic 1984. The characters are at the whim of the world around them and they slowly start to rebel in their own way. But for most of the story, we are focused on their everyday lives and how they are constricted by this oppressing world. It's not a bad thing if you know to expect that. I just wanted a little more action and conspiracy and thrill.

Lastly, I'll just touch on the characters. I really liked how they all had their own flaws. Roman has a good heart but he makes a lot of mistakes. He was a refreshing "hero" to have in this type of story because he is so genuine and lacks confidence in himself. I liked April though she had her own moments of poor impulse control that showed her lack of maturity. But she's a fighter so I appreciated her spirit. I really did enjoy how their relationship developed even if I didn't like how it was the bigger focus of the novel.

If you enjoy novels that take their time or dystopian settings that focus more on the romance, you'll love this novel!

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Actual Rating: 2.5/5
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seriesousbooks | 1 annan recension | Mar 23, 2018 |
The Divinity Bureau sets the stage for government conspiracy and corruption while successfully weaving in a romance for the ages in this new young adult, dystopian novel by debut author, Tessa Clare. In a world of overpopulation the United States, South America and Canada have been divided into colonies. Within these colonies the government holds the control to randomly select who lives and who dies every quarter. But, when 19-year-old April McIntyre’s name is selected Bureau IT employee, Roman Irvine, decides it must be a mistake, in an age of immortality no one under age 100 is ever selected.

The Divinity Bureau delivers a fast paced read as Romeo and Juliet meet modern day Hunger Games. In fact it would come as no surprise to see this romance for the ages one day hit the big screen. Be sure to pick up a copy and follow Tessa Clare as she proves an author to watch out for.

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*Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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