The Girl on the Train - I Almost Quit This Book.Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley - Review.I received a free copy of this ebook for review. This series has a lot of potential, and I look forward to seeing where the characters’ adventures go from here. There is so much that happens, so many surprises for Gray as he experiences the world outside of Claysoot, and they are equally surprising and entertaining for the reader. Taken is a story full of action: chases, escapes, battles, physical training, etc. I’m not sure who I want Gray to end up with, especially given how all of the characters experience hardships which complicate their potential relationships. There is a love triangle, which seems almost obligatory in modern young adult fiction. Unlike many recent post-apocalyptic and/or dystopian fiction stories, Taken has a male protagonist, and because of that I think it is a book that will appeal to both guys and girls. Taken had several post-apocalyptic elements that made me experience moments of deja-vu (people disappearing at a certain age, teenagers seeking the truth via rebellion, deceptive authority figures, etc.) yet was original enough in its own telling that I found it to be a compelling story. And the world outside of Claysoot is far different than anything that he has ever experienced.
When that secret is uncovered by Gray he has to make a dangerous decision about whether or not to try to leave Claysoot, because as far as he knows anyone who has tried to escape in the past has ended up dead. Gray grieves for the loss of his brother, but then finds a clue that points to evidence of a family secret. Taken begins on the day of Gray’s older brother Blaine’s Heist. Taken is the story of Gray, a boy who lives in the community of Claysoot where all boys are taken away in a mysterious vanishing, called the Heist, on the evening of their eighteenth birthdays.
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