A review by katevaliant
The Maw by Taylor Zajonc
4.0
The idea of being a caver is absolutely terrifying, which is exactly why I picked this book up. Those small spaces and dark, flooded chambers are tense. I've been craving another story about creepy caves since reading The Luminous Dead, and this one fit the bill but was a different kind of creepy.
When Milo gets the chance to go into a newly discovered supercave to chase after an old adventurer he used to obsess over, he can't pass up the opportunity, even if the ex he can't forget is coming along as well. However things aren't quite what they seem as they quickly find signs that they aren't the first modern explores to find the cave. But if none of them made it out, can Milo? The situation quickly turns dangerous as a storm moves in, throwing them into a fight for survival.
I liked that this one didn't make the ultimate mystery hiding in the cave too obvious right away. It was also tense watching as the group struggled to survive. Those who love Journey to the Center of the Earth will get a kick out of this story since it quotes that book several times and in some places it felt like it took inspiration from it at times.
When Milo gets the chance to go into a newly discovered supercave to chase after an old adventurer he used to obsess over, he can't pass up the opportunity, even if the ex he can't forget is coming along as well. However things aren't quite what they seem as they quickly find signs that they aren't the first modern explores to find the cave. But if none of them made it out, can Milo? The situation quickly turns dangerous as a storm moves in, throwing them into a fight for survival.
I liked that this one didn't make the ultimate mystery hiding in the cave too obvious right away. It was also tense watching as the group struggled to survive. Those who love Journey to the Center of the Earth will get a kick out of this story since it quotes that book several times and in some places it felt like it took inspiration from it at times.