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The Pledge The Pledge Trilogy Kimberly Derting Books

This has been on my to read list for a while, and I'm glad I finally picked it up!

The Pledge by Kimberly Derting is set in a post apocalyptic world with a little fantasy mixed in where the Queen rules all and language is a barrier that if broken is punishable by death. Charlaina is different-- she has a secret that can destroy her family. She can somehow understand all languages, so she has to hide this fact and pretend that she doesn't understand. To make matters worse (or better, depending on how you look at it), she has met a gorgeous, mysterious stranger named Max, who is definitely out of her league and could get her into a lot of trouble. Mix in a couple of best friends and intrigue, and you've got this book!

I really enjoyed all the twists that Derting swings our way-- I definitely didn't predict most of them, so I just let her take me for a ride. Charlie is a very likeable protagonist and even more, the one dimensional characters become very three dimensional in the end, even the most unlikely ones. The pacing was very good, and the plot very fast paced. I was hooked until the end.

There were a couple of issues I had with this book. My main problem was the fact that when people spoke in a different language, it was put in italics. I understand the reason for doing this, and it made it very clear when people were speaking in a different language, but to me, it felt like I was getting shouted at-- kind of like if she used all caps. Also, Derting did a pretty good job at jumping perspectives without it being too jolting, but it's still not my favorite way to read a story-- and I'm not sure how much it added since I feel like I got the whole story from Charlie's perspective anyway.

Overall, though, this book compelled me in a way that Derting's previous work did not, and the world is fascinating. I definitely will pick up the next one to see where the story goes from here.


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The Pledge The Pledge Trilogy Kimberly Derting Books Reviews

I definitely think the second half of this book was the strong part. I was actually surprised how long I felt that it took for us to really start moving with the story. Once we finally started moving into the nitty gritty, I was like "Wow, this is really cool!" but up until then I was like, "Okay, this chick is interesting. But what's the REAL story?"

I think one reason I was kind of disappointed is simply because it was another book that I built up in my head before I read it. I was just so in love with the concept because I'm a language person (Spanish major and I've dabbled in Italian, German, and French) so I was thrilled to see a story where this girl can understand any language. Now that I'm reflecting back on it, I guess I was hoping she was going to use that more instead of obeying her parents and covering it up all the time. I really wished that should would have been a bit more exciting and took a few more risks, other than to stick her neck out to constantly protect her little sister (noble and all, but still). If we had seen a bit more of Brooklyn's character in Charlie and not have had them so polarized as far as personality goes, I think it would have spiced up the story and made me feel like there was a little something more to keep me on the edge of my seat. I think if I could change one thing about the first half of the book, it would be that - a more daring Charlie that uses her talent to really show it off to the reader and not just passively listen to people's conversation.

I guess part of me also feels that as far as dystopians go, I understand that all of them - to a certain extent - need to have an uprising against the authority, but too many of them are just blending together in my head. This had a lot of feel of the Matched series (I guess specifically Reached, which I stopped and will later come back to because I was not feeling it) and I couldn't help but make comparisons in my head while I was reading. I guess I'm starting to tire of the whole militant/community uprising aspect to save a society from tyranny (a la the Matched trilogy (Reached specifically), Divergent/Insurgent) versus a more personal quest to keep freedoms (The Giver, the Chemical Garden Trilogy, Delirium (although I guess Pandemonium kind of takes on a more "militant" feel...).

As far as the love connection goes, I was just kind of 'meh' about Charlie and Max. As much as it was a quick connection, I didn't feel like it was "insta-love"y, so that's good, but even still, I didn't quite make it there to really be like "YES make this relationship happen!" I think I never really quite made a connection with him so I never really made a connection with the relationship.

The second half of the book was really great and I love the direction it took towards the end, as well as a few twists here and there. Mostly, I feel like now everything's been established and we can really get into the meat of this story and book one was more like a light snack. I'm really interested to see what happens in book two now!
This was a really interesting premise for a dystopian book, and I loved it! Charlie lives in a society separated by languages. Each class has it's own language, and lower classes are not permitted to to speak languages of the higher classes - they aren't even supposed to understand them. Charlie has a secret though...she can understand all languages, and she doesn't know how or why.

As her country is in the midst of an uprising, she meets mysterious Max, who speaks a language she's never heard before. She's immediately drawn to him, but she doesn't know why.

I absolutely adored Max, so I didn't even mind the insta-love in this book, which was absolutely present! I figured out most of the twists in the book pretty quickly, though there were a number of twists, and all of them interesting! Ultimately, I read this book in one sitting and really enjoyed it!
This has been on my to read list for a while, and I'm glad I finally picked it up!

The Pledge by Kimberly Derting is set in a post apocalyptic world with a little fantasy mixed in where the Queen rules all and language is a barrier that if broken is punishable by death. Charlaina is different-- she has a secret that can destroy her family. She can somehow understand all languages, so she has to hide this fact and pretend that she doesn't understand. To make matters worse (or better, depending on how you look at it), she has met a gorgeous, mysterious stranger named Max, who is definitely out of her league and could get her into a lot of trouble. Mix in a couple of best friends and intrigue, and you've got this book!

I really enjoyed all the twists that Derting swings our way-- I definitely didn't predict most of them, so I just let her take me for a ride. Charlie is a very likeable protagonist and even more, the one dimensional characters become very three dimensional in the end, even the most unlikely ones. The pacing was very good, and the plot very fast paced. I was hooked until the end.

There were a couple of issues I had with this book. My main problem was the fact that when people spoke in a different language, it was put in italics. I understand the reason for doing this, and it made it very clear when people were speaking in a different language, but to me, it felt like I was getting shouted at-- kind of like if she used all caps. Also, Derting did a pretty good job at jumping perspectives without it being too jolting, but it's still not my favorite way to read a story-- and I'm not sure how much it added since I feel like I got the whole story from Charlie's perspective anyway.

Overall, though, this book compelled me in a way that Derting's previous work did not, and the world is fascinating. I definitely will pick up the next one to see where the story goes from here.