A review by mollysbooknook
Untaken by J.E. Anckorn
3.0
*I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This book is hard for me to give a star rating. Mainly because the first half and second half of the book were very different for me.
The first half was kind of slow. The author was trying to give a perspective of what the lives of the characters were like prior to the aliens... but it was a little drawn out. There was way too much detail about Brandon's drunk father. I mean, that's basically all you learn about Brandon, is that his father's kind of a dick. Then there was literally 2 paragraphs describing how Gracie gets ice cream.. why? It had no impact on the story, it was just a bunch of extra details that weren't necessary. I actually ended up skimming through a lot of the beginning because I knew it wouldn't matter in the end.
With that said, the second half picked up. I started to enjoy the story. I wasn't too attached to the characters. I feel like the author gave Gracie a completely new personality after the aliens took people. Before, she was a loser, shy, didn't stand up for herself. But after, she was kind of a bitch to Brandon and thought she was the shit. I ended up disliking her, but the story was interesting enough. I liked the survival aspects and that the real enemy didn't seem to be just the aliens.
Overall, it didn't draw me in too much and I didn't get attached to any of the characters but it was an interesting/OK story.
This book is hard for me to give a star rating. Mainly because the first half and second half of the book were very different for me.
The first half was kind of slow. The author was trying to give a perspective of what the lives of the characters were like prior to the aliens... but it was a little drawn out. There was way too much detail about Brandon's drunk father. I mean, that's basically all you learn about Brandon, is that his father's kind of a dick. Then there was literally 2 paragraphs describing how Gracie gets ice cream.. why? It had no impact on the story, it was just a bunch of extra details that weren't necessary. I actually ended up skimming through a lot of the beginning because I knew it wouldn't matter in the end.
With that said, the second half picked up. I started to enjoy the story. I wasn't too attached to the characters. I feel like the author gave Gracie a completely new personality after the aliens took people. Before, she was a loser, shy, didn't stand up for herself. But after, she was kind of a bitch to Brandon and thought she was the shit. I ended up disliking her, but the story was interesting enough. I liked the survival aspects and that the real enemy didn't seem to be just the aliens.
Overall, it didn't draw me in too much and I didn't get attached to any of the characters but it was an interesting/OK story.