This is a great book. I loved everything about it! Especially Gray who is the epitome of Swoony. He's so sweet with the way he acts with Emma and Bree. I also loved the world building, the country is properly built and so realistic! Taken had me guessing at every turn and is full of great surprises that will leave readers- Taken is a really bad book. This week, both book reviews have been on books that start out awesome but quickly fall flat on their faces. The only difference between these two books is that this one is far worse than Kindness for Weakness because this one is predictable before getting to the halfway point. And with that, instead of actually reviewing this I'm going to list everything I hated and use gifs because I'm lazy and I can't. I can't review this book properly, I just don't have it in me.So, what's wrong with this book? Well:1. Characters are so boring I screamed. Honestly, I get why Bowman made Gray such a despicable character so that readers can find some redeeming qualities and blah blah blah. But the other characters are annoying. Stiff, stupid, etc. The only one I found slightly better than the rest is Emma because she's a bitch to Gray at the end. That's it, all the others make me want to:2. World BuildingThe town of Claysoot is actually well put together. I could easily see how the community works and comes together as one. It's realistic and well described but then is ruined by the country it is in. That country is just a sloppily done mess that's built far too fast.3. The love triangleCan it even be called that? Because I feel like it's better to describe it as children playing house. 4. PredictableBefore the half way mark, I knew the ending. I've read a few dystopian so I would have easily let a few of these things go. Crappy world building? Okay, fine. But then nothing good happened the whole time, nothing held my attention and made me grateful that I kept reading. Which is why I hate this book. A freaking lot.
