This was a reread for me in anticipation of the release of the second book The Insurgent which you can read my review for here. When I originally read this, I never shared a review for it, so I thought it was about time I did. I loved this book both times I read it. This book was action packed, had great world building and amazing characters (of course some were better than others). There's a cliffhanger which I typically don't like unless I am able to read the next book immediately. I wasn't able to read the next book immediately and I didn't hate the cliffhanger. The story for book one was wrapped up well enough that the cliffhanger just sets it up perfectly for the next book. If you haven't read this duology, I highly recommend you do.