Author: Kass Morgan
Publisher: Alloy Entertainment
Year: 2015
Genre: Sci-fi/Romance
Age: YA 13+
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This is book #3 in the 100 series. The story develops nicely in this book but it is still very far from the show which I'm happy to see each time I read one. The show took a very weird turn in season 3 & I'm not sure if I'm going to keep watching it. I will finish off the series of books, there is 1 more & I'm hoping to finish it this month. I've continued listening to the story on audio & I would highly recommend it if you are an audiobook person.
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In this 3rd installment of 4 the 100 have been joined by The Colonists that crashed down when the airlock on Phoenix failed & the ship started to deteriorate quickly. In the mad dash only a very small number of people made it onto the ships & down to Earth. Vice Chancellor Rhodes was among them unfortunately. He has now taken over the camp & using his power to do what he pleases despite their old ways proving foolish on Earth.
Bellamy takes off & is hiding in the woods, thanks to Clarke, to avoid punishment for his crime back on the ship, shooting Chancellor Jaha (who is Wells & Bellamy's father). Bellamy is captured in a rough way, being shot by Rhodes's guards, & then taken prisoner to await a trial conducted by none other than Rhodes himself. Rhodes wants Luke to be the one to kill Bellamy, to prove his loyalty. Glass overhears this plan between Rhodes & the guards & decides that Luke & her must leave the camp, if Luke refuses to shoot Bellamy Rhodes will definitely kill him. Clarke & Wells form a plan to escape with Bellamy to Sasha's camp with the rest of the Earthborns.
Luke & Glass end up finding an abandoned house in the woods & decide to stay there. But the rogue group of Earthborns are not happy about that so they attack & end up harming Luke. Glass must then make a desperate dash back to the camp so Luke's life can be saved.
Clarke, Wells, & Bellamy make it to the Earthborns camp but Rhodes has his guards come for them. The Earthborns know what is at stake & they decide to stick up & fight for Bellamy like he is one of their own. To make everyone safer the group decides to retreat into Mount Weather for safety. Once inside Mount Weather Clarke finds an old radio room & is desperate to try & communicate with her parents, sure that they are still alive & on Earth somewhere. Rhodes is relentless & he attacks the group, taking Clarke, Bellamy, & Wells hostage back at camp. Unfortunately Sasha is killed in the crossfire sending Wells over the edge, he is so upset that he tells Clarke that he is the one who messed with the airlock back on the ship so that he could get to Earth with her & she wouldn't be killed. But Clarke does hear from her parents, they are alive & they know where she is.
Once back at camp Rhodes has plans to execute Bellamy, Clarke, & Wells for their crimes. But the rogue group of Earthborns attacks, lead by Kendall who turns out to be a spy, before he has the chance. The 100 & The Colonists are able to defeat them just before the final group of Colonists from the last drop ship finally make it to camp. Wells & Bellamy's father isn't among them, that means he was left in a coma aboard Phoenix when the final ship left. Rhodes s injured in the fight but it chances his perspective of the group on Earth & he decides to start anew council that Bellamy & Wells are both a part of. Clarke, Bellamy, & Wells go back to Mount Weather for Sasha's funeral & Clarke's parents surprisingly show up & they are reunited. Glass & Luke make it to camp & Luke is going to be fine. It's a happy ending on Earth for almost everyone.
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Likes: The book continues to be different from the show. Although I am curious as to where the storyline for the show comes from since it is so drastically different.
Fast paced
Both of the readers that do the audio are great.
I like having multiple viewpoints for the same story, it keeps things interesting.
There is a little bit of the continued cheesy teenage romance but you learn to get over it as the story continues.
Dislikes: -
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