Veronica Roth’s comments from the NPR interview on this book:
“Akos is raised to believe that Cyra’s people, the Shotet, are these kind of brutal people who are just like coming after Akos’ people. And [Cyra] was raised to believe that [Akos’] people have a history of oppressing the Shotet.”
I have never read her books, but I assume she writes better than she speaks.
Don’t hold your breath...