** spoiler alert ** 
 Moving and well-written, Stolen is the story of 16-year-old Gemma, roofied and kidnapped from a Bangkok airport while on vacation with her parents. Stolen is told via Gemma's journal entries, all addressed to her kidnapper, Ty. 
 Ty is older, very attractive, and dangerous, and has apparently been stalking Gemma since she was 10 years old. His kidnapping plan works like a charm,and he soon has her esconced in a secluded homestead in the Australian outback where she has no means of escape and must rely on Ty for survival. 
 We've all seen and read enough kidnapping stories where the Stockholm Syndrome is invoked, and you'd expect Stolen to go down that well-worn path. The author does a nice job of having Gemma analyze her feelings, understand what's happening to herself, and by the end, come to turns with the good and bad she sees in Ty. 
 Stolen is fast-paced and emotional. It certainly doesn't shy away from a realistic depiction of Gemma's suffering and the bargaining she must do in order to survive and maintain her sense of hope. Definitely one of the better YA novels I've read in the past few years. Highly recommended.