"Scorch Trials" by James Dashner

 

Warning: This is the second book in the "Maze Runner" trilogy. If you haven't read the first book, you may not want to read this.

 The Scorch Trials by James Dashner was just as nerve wracking as the first book I loved it just as much. The unbelievable twists. The new characters brought into it. Everything.

Thomas and the other gladers may have escaped the maze, but their new predicament isn't much better. They met some of the people who supervised the maze, only to get rescued shortly after. Except...the rescue was staged. Their rescuers were still part of WICKED. They just wanted to see their reaction through killzone patterns. They were left with instructions. They had all been infected with the Flare. They had two weeks to get to the set location or they would die. They needed the cure. They had no weapons, and little supplies. They had to face the real world now, in of which many cases was much worse then the maze had been. Some of them would do anything to remember the past, but others don't want to remember what they had lost. Will they be able to reach the set location in time? How many troubles would they encounter? Would all of their questions be answered, or would they find out there were still plenty of secrets hidden from them?

This book in my opinion was phenomenal! Dashner really drags you into the gladers world. Just like the first book, if the gladers got scared, I got scared for them too. You definitely have to read it, but don't start it right before bed otherwise you won't be sleeping that night. You'll read it until it's finished. Simply racing through the pages. Then you'll be there sitting trying to recap on all the craziness you just read. Love, love, love this trilgoy!

                                                                                                                                                                Rating 5 out of 5.

"Maze Runner" by James Dashner

The Maze Runner  became not only my favorite book, but my favorite trilogy. It is one of the most well written YA novel. It's filled with suspense from beginning to end. Don't make the mistake of starting it right before bed time. I did, and I didn't sleep til it was over. It's not a first person perspective book like I love, but it didn't matter it was so detailed. I, personally, was afraid for the characters in the book.

 Thomas wakes up in an elevator shaft with no memories besides his first name. He has remembers how to do certain things, but he has know idea who taught him. The elevator stops and the roof of it opens up. There he discovers the gladers. They're all boys ages 13-18. They've been showing up here for the past two years with no exact memories, just like Thomas. It originally started with a group boys waking up here, then once a week supplies got sent up the elevator and once a month a new boy came. Unfortunately, most of the boys from the original group weren't alive anymore. There's a rock wall that goes around the glade, each night the doors shut keeping the gladers safe from the creatures that live in the Maze. Thomas is quickly brought up too speed. The Maze is like a giant puzzle, the walls move each day creating different patterns. If they can figure the Maze out, they think they can escape and get back to wherever they are originally from, however; they have been trying for the past two years with no avail. Only those nominated as runners are allowed to leave the glade and explore the Maze. If they don't make it back before the doors close around the glade, they don't live through the night. A few days after Thomas is there, an alarm sounds. he has no idea what it means til one of the guys explain it to him. The alarm goes off when a new glader is coming up through the elevator. The fact that the alarm is going off now unnerves everyone because it's only gone off once every month since they first got to the Glade. What comes out of the elevator unnerves everyone more. It appears to be a dead girl, with a piece of paper clutched tightly in her hand. The rules of the Glade, and the Maze are about to change forever. Will they get out in time?

                
This was honestly one of the most nerve racking books I had ever read. The law of "main characters can't die", doesn't apply in this book or the two books after it. I was constantly like oh no, whats going to happen next. Will this person die or will that one? You can't help but get attached to a lot of the characters. You had Thomas as the main one, but he was always with these other people. They all worked as a team, and the not knowing of if they would live, totally got to me. I thought The Maze Runner Trilogy as a whole was brilliant even if my heart got ripped out at certain parts.


                                                                                                                                                                Rating 5 out of 5.