Undivided (Unwind 4) by Neal Shusterman 5/5 stars

If I could, I would break the rating scale to give Undivided the score it truly deserves.  This series, the Unwind series is one of my top 5 favorite series of all time.  It is truly fantastic!
If you haven't read the other books in this series (Unwind, Unwholly, and Unsouled), I suggest that you start now.
The basic premise for this series is that three teenagers are marked for unwinding (a sort of forced organ donation) by their families, and they struggle to escape from the cops and survive.  (Click for more).This series puts other Dystopian books to shame.

Without further ado, here is my review for the final book in this series.

*SPOILERS FOR THE PREVIOUS BOOKS IN THIS SERIES*

The Cover:

The cover:

I love this cover so much! I shows the Statue of Liberty with her new metal arm that has seams running across it (like they're unwind parts) and her torch has "united" kids around it.  It's so cool and just amazing in every way.  I didn't like the covers for Unwholly and Unsouled, but this cover more than made up for them.

Official Description:

Teens control the fate of America in the fourth and final book in the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology by Neal Shusterman.

Proactive Citizenry, the company that created Cam from the parts of unwound teens, has a plan: to mass produce rewound teens like Cam for military purposes. And below the surface of that horror lies another shocking level of intrigue: Proactive Citizenry has been suppressing technology that could make unwinding completely unnecessary. As Conner, Risa, and Lev uncover these startling secrets, enraged teens begin to march on Washington to demand justice and a better future.
But more trouble is brewing. Starkey’s group of storked teens is growing more powerful and militant with each new recruit. And if they have their way, they’ll burn the harvest camps to the ground and put every adult in them before a firing squad—which could destroy any chance America has for a peaceful future.

My Review:

Many of you may already know this, but I absolutely adore Neal Shusterman's writing style.  I tend to be blown away by his books' greatness, and Undivided was no exception.

The plot of this book was nonstop action and excitement.  Quite a few times, I had to put my copy down and walk away just so that I didn't have a heart attack or something, but I never could keep away for long! I read Undivided in a single day.  

It was the perfect conclusion to the Unwind series.  I had a lot of thoughts on how Shusterman would manage to end this series, but they all fell miles from the actual ending.  I was completely shocked by many points of this story.  From time to time, I would literally gasp while reading and say, "The author can't do that! Can he?", and, for better or worse (definitely better), he could and he did.  

The characters, as they were in the rest of the series, were perfectly flawed. We have characters like Connor, a martyr who never wanted control who becomes our hero, and Grace, a girl with a mental handicap (low-cortial) who is a brilliant statistician. Even the characters who I started out hated like Cam ended up beings wonderful surprises.  

I'm not going to give anything away, but you will love it once you read it!

Phrase:

I've got you...under my skin...

Happy Reading!