Book Title: Caged (Talented Saga #2)
Author: Sophie Davis
Publisher: Createspace Independent
Number of pages: 396
Genre: young adult, romance, fantasy, paranormal, science fiction, dystopia, suspense, supernatural
Release Date: March 9th 2013
Favorite Quotes:
“”You could just sit here and do what you do best.” She paused. “Stare at people all creepy-like so that I don’t have to keep explaining things to kids who don’t understand and don’t care.””
Goodreads Synopsis:
After her brush with death at Ian Crane’s compound, Talia Lyons feels like a prisoner, confined in her childhood home. Plagued with seizures- the result of an unidentified drug injected in her neck by Crane’s men- Talia must put her dream of becoming a Hunter on hold. So when Agency Director McDonough asks Talia to go undercover at the School for the Talented, to find the spy who set the trap for her in Nevada, Talia jumps at the opportunity. Soon she learns that her new-found freedom comes with a price- working with Donavon on a daily basis. As if that isn’t awkward enough, her former teammate, Erik, also shows up at the School. But at least Talia has the unexpected company of her best friend Penny; to not only assist her in uncovering the spy, but also to deal with the complications that the guys create. As Talia becomes more entrenched in her assignment, she quickly learns the lengths that the Agency and Mac will go in the name of war. With Crane’s influence spreading, Talia learns that there are few Operatives without ties to the Coalition. Forced to face hard truths and dangerous conclusions, Talia realizes that it is those closest to her who are hiding the biggest secrets. As the task of finding the traitor becomes more problematic, desperation and frustration rule Talia’s world. It becomes clear that Talia can’t do this alone. But who can she trust, when everyone around her is lying?
My Review:
5/5 stars
Caged follows the events from Talented…so if you haven’t read Talented, READ IT!! Even though this is my second time reading Caged, I loved it even more! In this book, Talia attempts to recover from the aftermath of being captured by Ian Crane in Nevada (and eventually escaping). In her recovery, Mac gives Talia a chance to work undercover to find out how her cover was blown while on her solo-mission in the previous book. Mac believes that there is a spy that has been secretly feeding Ian Crane and the Coalition information about TOXIC.
As you recall at the end of Talented, Talia had been injected with a shot by one of Crane’s men and shot. Due to this, Talia ended up experiencing seizures as a result of whatever had been in the shot. Besides trying to physically mend from her ordeal, Mac ends up assigning Talia to work with Donovan, which throws her for a complete loop, since they last left things off on not so good terms, ie, Donovan cheated on her.
I felt bad for Talia because was forced to work with her ex, all the while trying to figure out her relationship was with Erik. Caged takes places roughly 10 months after the end of Talented, so her relationship with Erik was also left in a sort of limbo. We left off with Talia reading the note that Erik wrote for her when he revealed his real feelings about the mandatory testing on children for Talents and how he ended up at the McDonough school in the first place. This had been something extremely hard for Erik to do and Talia was the first person he had ever told.
I was getting very frustrated, however, that Talia and Erik couldn’t just spit out their feelings and to stop walking on eggshells around one another. I also wished that Donovan could’ve just backed off and realized he messed up. Yes, if you couldn’t guess, I can’t stand Donovan. I was somewhat amused by Talia’s experiences with the other teachers she was assigned to, mainly the females. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has had experience with other females who act like Ursula and Cadence. THe one that believes all guys fall head over heels for them and is completely offended if a guy doesn’t pay attention to them. Then theres, Cadence, who had no problem showing Talia how much she hated her, but giving no reason as to why.
It seemed that this book was more about Talia and her relationships with others and who she could trust. Talia struggles so much in trying to figure out who sold her out and what her importance was to Ian Crane.
Sophie Davis is such an incredible writer because you forget that these characters are just characters in a story. She gives a lot of depth to the characters or at least gives you enough that leaves you wanting more and more. I really can’t say how much I loved this book and think readers will be shocked, or maybe not about whether or not you find out who the spy is. This book ended up being so good again, that I read it in only two days!!!
Be sure to read this book!!
Happy Reading!!
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