So in the five years that Kyra has been missing, her family has fallen apart. So what's the problem? This all sounds pretty positive, right? Well. Even though I LOVED the end and especially loved the set-up for book two, which there's a good chance I'll read. It's kind of exactly what you think it is. That was pretty cool, actually, even if the final reveals are not really surprising. Oddly enough, it's not the aliens and the sci fi I didn't believe. The problems come after that inital rush of awesome when the plot stagnates and my credibility is stretched. seeing the moment she realizes she's missed out on five years of her life, and, oh yeah, some things have changed a bit, was well done.

Watching her figure out that something is quite, quite wrong. I really enjoyed the beginning, the actual 'taking', and Kyra's confusing reappearing. I figured this was going to be an action-packed, intrigues twisty plotty alien sci fi thing. I loved the beginning of this a lot, even if I was still mostly meh on Kyra's character. She awakens, confused and alone, behind a gas station and stumbles home-only to discover fight years have gone by. After a huge fight with her father, Kyra hops out of the car, stumbles a few steps, and is blinded by a white light. The best thing about this book is the set-up. If the life she wants back is not her own Races to find an explanation and reclaim the life she once had, but what There are others like her who have been taken. Tyler and Kyra retrace her steps from the fateful night of herĭisappearance, they discover strange phenomena that no one can explain,Īnd they begin to wonder if Kyra’s father is not as crazy as he seems. Now seventeen and who she has a sudden undeniable attraction to. WithĪustin gone, she turns to Tyler, Austin’s annoying kid brother, who is Kyra isn’t sure how to move forward unless she uncovers the truth. Uptight neat-freak to a drunken conspiracy theorist who blames herįive-year disappearance on little green men. In college and dating her best friend, and her dad has changed from an Her parents are divorced, her boyfriend, Austin, is Of déjà vu, she heads home only to discover that five years have passed. With a terrible headache and a major case

Kyra Agnew wakes up behind a Dumpster at the Gas ’n’ Sip, she has no

The Taking by Kimberly Derting