This book was such a surprise for me. I love fantasy books and knew very little about this book, except for the fact that a bunch of my GR friends had read it and pretty much enjoyed it. Incarceron is a prison, and Finn is stuck in it without his memories from 3 years prior. Claudia is the Warden's daughter and lives Outside. Somehow, she begins to communicate with Finn. I don't really want to give much away because I was thoroughly excited about all of the layers that I uncovered while reading this book. 
 This book reminded me very much of another YA series that I have read and loved, the Golden Compass - His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman. That series also surprised me at how fresh, new and inventive it was. This book had a lot of similarities to Pullman's trilogy, and although that sometimes bothers me, when some books seem very much like others, however, this book was different enough, while still including some of the fantastical. I think one thing I really liked about Incarceron's world is that you could not really place the time and place - which makes it more relate able to the reader. 
 I kind of feel like I am everywhere with this review, but I did thoroughly enjoy the book, although it did take more a lot longer to get through than other books,, which is actually refreshing at this point. I know that there is a second book, and the first one did leave the door open for a 2nd in the series, while bringing to conclusion at least this story.