James Dashner's Maze Runner is adored and loved by many around the world, especially considering the fact that it is a major motion picture.
Despite this, the Fever Code, the last book based in the lifetime of the main characters, is not very well known or discussed among fans.
The dangling strings of plot holes and unanswered questions are finally tied up, allowing close followers of Dashner's work to finally breathe a sigh of relief.
As a prequel, the reader is transported to the childhoods of the main characters that are already known and loved so dearly.
It demonstrates how each character ended up at WCKD, the organisation that forced all the teenagers into The Maze at a young age.
Many surprising elements are revealed throughout the novel, which continually shock the reader as they keep reading.
Teresa, who is considered a traitor for betraying the rest of the group in the first three books, has a substantial backstory, forcing the reader to pity her, giving understanding of why she committed such actions.
Next, despite what was known by fans, that Thomas assisted in the creation of The Maze, it is especially astonishing at the extent to which he was involved.
No one had even thought to imagine that he was a major contributor, helping to trap and torture his friends, simply because he was manipulated by WCKD, claiming that he was different from the rest of the group.
For me especially, this was an extensive plot twist, considering that he is the main driving force in helping everyone escape the confines of WCKD in the first three books.
The final unanticipated element to the novel is that Ava Paige started out as a good person, evil was never rooted in her as it seems so in previous instalments of the series.
She was actually deeply loved by Thomas, as his teacher and mentor throughout his early childhood.
As the novel progresses, however, we are able to see where she gets her power and anger to overtake the organisation, and how she uses the innocent children to get what she wants.
This is the start of the decline in her morality, until it reaches the point that is seen in the previous instalments.
Then again, it also explains why she was so insistent in helping Thomas in The Death Cure (the third book of the series), to get him to the paradise that she believed he deserved to live in.
As a loyal fan and follower of the series, I was deeply satisfied with how Dashner ended the main branch of the story, helping myself and many others to comprehend different aspects that were not understood and explained before.
In addition, it truly broke my heart to see the characters that I already knew being subjected to such physical torture at devastatingly young ages, as well as mortifying mental torment.
