charlottee96's review against another edition
4.0
A great sequel to the first, the pace of the story picks up right from the first page and really hooks you I can't wait to get reading the final instalment
sc104906's review against another edition
3.0
Grey and his team of rebels have set off across the country searching for answers. In search of a community that was believed to be extinct, but may actually still be alive with answers that they are desperate for. Treachery, lies, spies, and action are all par for the course. Standard follow up novel.
cupcakegirly's review against another edition
3.0
I really like the cover for this series a lot. FROZEN is the second installment in the TAKEN trilogy and like it's predecessor, it's well written, engaging and has several interesting plot twists.
This took me awhile to get into and I'm not sure if it was because I needed a TAKEN refresher or if it just didn't feel like a lot was happening. There are larger issues at hand, but Gray's struggle with his feelings for both Emma and Bree is still front and center. It seemed like a no-brainer to me who he should choose, but then again, he is a teenage guy and they often get confused when it comes to knowing the difference between what they want and what they need.
Out of all of the characters, Bree was my favorite. I like that she wasn't afraid to take risks or say what she feels.
The last third of the book is where things picked up for me and the final chapter, while not a cliff-hanger, does leave the reader feeling like the real stuff has yet to hit the fan. It will be interesting to see how it all ends and if the characters we've gotten to know are in fact the real deals.
This took me awhile to get into and I'm not sure if it was because I needed a TAKEN refresher or if it just didn't feel like a lot was happening. There are larger issues at hand, but Gray's struggle with his feelings for both Emma and Bree is still front and center. It seemed like a no-brainer to me who he should choose, but then again, he is a teenage guy and they often get confused when it comes to knowing the difference between what they want and what they need.
Out of all of the characters, Bree was my favorite. I like that she wasn't afraid to take risks or say what she feels.
The last third of the book is where things picked up for me and the final chapter, while not a cliff-hanger, does leave the reader feeling like the real stuff has yet to hit the fan. It will be interesting to see how it all ends and if the characters we've gotten to know are in fact the real deals.
readingundertheradar's review against another edition
1.0
I'm going to start with the covers and how I got to reading these. Last year, I had seen a ton of hype for Taken, and the cover was absolutely gorgeous, and I knew I had to get my hands on it. I did, and I liked it enough. It held my interest enough, and I defended Gray because apparently he wasn't a likeable main character, but I thought that was dumb, and I enjoyed him.
So when I saw the cover for Frozen I was still reasonably excited to read it. And then I started. This book put me in a pretty bad reading slump. And I feel like I'm the only one. I'm glad a lot of people liked it, there's nothing I hate more than not liking a book, but I will always be honest. This one didn't do it for me. It took me forever to read it because I found myself not wanting to read it, and the plot seemed all disjointed and confusing, in addition to the characters behaving strangely.
In the last one, there was the whole love triangle situation, which I'm not a big fan of anyway, but this one just seemed to get worse. I didn't like either of the girls and couldn't pick a team to root for, and ended up just being mad at Gray for liking either of them when they both treated him like shit.
There was a lot of info-dumping for the world-building parts, and I got bored and confused with it and feel like I missed a lot. But I wasn't interested enough to really go back and try to figure it out. Because why would I? And even moving further into the book, there was the BIG THING that happens that's supposed to be shocking, and yes, I was surprised, but not emotionally invested or like, truly deep-down shocked. I kind of shrugged and thought, "At least I'm closer to the end." Which is not how I want to feel about a book at all.
Sadly, I will not be on the lookout for the third installment. Just not my taste.
So when I saw the cover for Frozen I was still reasonably excited to read it. And then I started. This book put me in a pretty bad reading slump. And I feel like I'm the only one. I'm glad a lot of people liked it, there's nothing I hate more than not liking a book, but I will always be honest. This one didn't do it for me. It took me forever to read it because I found myself not wanting to read it, and the plot seemed all disjointed and confusing, in addition to the characters behaving strangely.
In the last one, there was the whole love triangle situation, which I'm not a big fan of anyway, but this one just seemed to get worse. I didn't like either of the girls and couldn't pick a team to root for, and ended up just being mad at Gray for liking either of them when they both treated him like shit.
There was a lot of info-dumping for the world-building parts, and I got bored and confused with it and feel like I missed a lot. But I wasn't interested enough to really go back and try to figure it out. Because why would I? And even moving further into the book, there was the BIG THING that happens that's supposed to be shocking, and yes, I was surprised, but not emotionally invested or like, truly deep-down shocked. I kind of shrugged and thought, "At least I'm closer to the end." Which is not how I want to feel about a book at all.
Sadly, I will not be on the lookout for the third installment. Just not my taste.
jenbsbooks's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this, but it dragged a bit compared to the first book ... and while book 3 was available from the library, I figured I needed a quick change, but I do plan on coming back.
This did have some interesting twists, but so much of it was traveling and what seems a rather ill-advised idea. Not sure this will stand out much in my memory ...
This did have some interesting twists, but so much of it was traveling and what seems a rather ill-advised idea. Not sure this will stand out much in my memory ...
heidi_boyles's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this book more than the first. I hated that ended like it did. I feel so bad for Grey and everything he's went through. I'm loving the love triangle between him, Emma and Bree!
readingwithpapillons's review against another edition
5.0
Ahhhhh love this book!! Need to read the 3rd book in the upcoming holidays!
muddypuddle's review against another edition
3.0
3-I liked it, much of the time. The first half of this book seemed agonizingly slow, but the second half was not - I couldn't put it down. I've read so many books between Taken and Frozen that I couldn't remember some of the relationships between main and not-so-main characters. There were hints throughout the book, though, so that by the end I pretty much remembered everything that needed to be remembered. I can pretty much lay out the plotline in the next in the series....lots about "Forgeries," particularly Gray's; more of bad, bad Frank; the real Emma will reappear, and by the end of the book Bree and Gray will finally be "together."