Review of Erin Bowman's Frozen
Release Date: April 15th, 2014
Synopsis as found on GoodReads.com:
The Heists were only the beginning.
Gray Weathersby escaped from the primitive town of Claysoot expecting to find answers, but what he discovered shook him to the core: A ruthless dictator with absolute power. An army of young soldiers blinded by lies. And a growing rebellion determined to fight back.
Now Gray has joined a team of rebels on a harsh, icy journey in search of allies who can help them set things right. But in a world built on lies, Gray must constantly question whether any ally—or enemy—is truly what they seem…
Synopsis as found on Amazon.com:
The second book in Erin Bowman's gripping Taken trilogy, Frozen, will thrill fans of dystopian sci-fi series like Michael Grant's Gone and James Dashner's The Maze Runner.
Gray Weathersby has escaped Claysoot and uncovered the truth behind the Laicos Project and the Order's twisted plans. Determined to fight back, his small group of rebels is on the hunt for more answers and more allies—a search that will take them on a harrowing journey across a frozen wasteland, and even deeper into a world built on the Order's lies.
In Frozen, discover more of the nonstop action and riveting plot twists that made Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy, call Taken "an action-packed thrill ride from beginning to end."
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Excerpt from Frozen:
I tell him everything.
I explain how Frank set up five test groups across AmEast. How he forced societies under various living conditions to create his own brand of soldiers. How he Heisted boys at eighteen, and in the case of Saltwater, the occasional girl at sixteen. I tell him about the Forgeries, Frank's plan to replicate each Heisted subject for his ongoing battle with AmWest, and his end goal of limitless replicas, an expendable army of soldiers, which I fear he's finally accomplished. I end with how the Rebels spotted Group A's people on the screens in Frank's control room and decided to investigate.
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It had been too long since I read the first book in this series, Taken, so like I regularly do, I played catch up while I read. Now I remembered the basis of the book, but it was the names, back stories, and anything minor that happened before that I do not always retain. By the 3rd or 4th Chapter, I was pretty much caught up.
I liked the plot behind this series when I first picked up Taken. A city blocked off by a wall that loses some of their men at the age of 18, while anyone who tries to climb the wall are found dead. It was once we found out who was behind the people being trapped in this city and why they were being kept there that my interest died a little. I have to say, though, I still enjoyed the first book a lot.
In reading book 2, I feel the story lost some of its momentum. So from the beginning, it felt like it was struggling to pick up. I like how the story unfolded, because I definitely did not see Frozen ending like it did.
We find the characters on their journey to the only walled city that did not survive, Group A. The rebels have seen movement on the cameras that are still active in the city, even though all of the test subjects have supposedly been killed off or died. The journey across AmEast to get there is a dangerous one. They have to stay off of the Order's radar and getting to their destination without any casualties. Along the way, they find out that not everything is as it seems... as well as not everyone is who they seem? Could it be that one of Frank's Forgeries has invaded their team?
They not only have to try to find survivors to recruit for the coming fight, but also try not to give away the location of Headquarters. The Order will stop at nothing to stop this rebellion and it is hard trying to figure out who to trust when not everyone is who they thought they were.
Get ready for a lot of twists, turns, and deceit!
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