Reviewed by: The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie Kate Quealy-Gainer, Assistant Editor Condie, Ally The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe. Dutton, 2019 [336p] Trade ed. ISBN 978-0-525-42645-5 $18.99 E-book ed. ISBN 978-0-698-13561-1 $10.99 Reviewed from galleys Ad Gr. 7-10 In the two years since raiders killed her beloved, seventeen-year-old Poe Blythe has established herself as the architect of the Outpost’s last mining ship, suiting it with armor that will literally crush any interloper as it lazily makes its way downriver, churning up and collecting precious gold. This latest journey, however, goes further into enemy territory than the dredge has gone before, and Poe is understandably jumpy; it turns out she’s right to worry after a traitor among the crew figures out a way to bring raiders onboard, and she is forced to jump ship. Now she and just a few members of her original team (including a handsome soldier) have to figure [End Page 251] out a way to take back the boat and get the gold to the Outpost. Neither the world nor characters are fully developed here, and while readers see the murder of Poe’s childhood sweetheart, Poe’s grief feels more like a plot device to spur her vengeance than an authentic emotion. The pace, however, moves at a satisfyingly fast clip, and the action—facing off with raiders, nearly drowning, creeping into hostile settlements, planning a daring escape/rescue/escape, and having that plan utterly blown to pieces—makes for some solid diversion. Readers unconcerned with Poe’s motives and more appreciative of her risk taking may find her audacity and her journey worth sticking around for. Copyright © 2019 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois