It took a couple of chapters for me to get into this story, but once I did I didn't want to stop. Told from both hero and heroine's POV, The Taken is a throw back to the nostalgic detective novels with a hint of the supernatural thrown in. I liked the fact that the supernatural aspect (here it's angels) wasn't the main focus, the main focus was figuring out how to bring down the bad guy, because really we pretty much know who's behind it from early on. 
 Griffin "Grif" Shaw, our narrator number 1 is a Centurion. He's and angel that leads newly deceased souls into the Everlast. After messing up his latest Take, he's grounded until he can turn things to right again. Balance out the universe if you will. This brings him back into his human skin and when he gets there he has a few personal matters he wants to attend to regarding his own death. Mainly, who killed him and his wife 50 years ago. 
 Katherine "Kit" Craig, our narrator number 2 is a reporter at her family's newspaper and was working on a story with her best friend when her friend was murdered. Figuring the story is what got her friend killed, Kit is more determined than ever to solve it and her friend's murder. 
 Grif's mystery is something that will continue to unfold for the two remaining books in the trilogy. I liked the slow build with it and the fact that we get just little bits and pieces into what really happened that night. I look forward to where the story is going since their's obviously more going on than a typical murder. 
 Like I stated previously, we learn basically who the villain is early on. The trouble for our characters is figuring out how everything connects. Finding the implications / clues. But going with the story this way accentuates the crime / detective novel feel to the book even when events are taking place in the modern day, which then balances out well with Grif's own mystery from 50 years before. 
 The romance between Kit and Grif seemed a little too quick. I would have liked to maybe have it happen in the second book. I think there are some things that authors forget can be better when built up. This is illustrated very well with Grif's story, and I would have liked it with the romance as well, but maybe because this is only planned as a trilogy there's a little less time for the development. 
 As I said before, the supernatural element was definitely not the main focus of the story as a whole, but Pettersson definitely put her own twist on the angel mythology. I liked it, and I think like with Grif's murder mystery, there's more going on than we know about. I think it will be interesting to how tihngs unfold in the other books. 
 Overall, I think this is a promising start to the trilogy. I went into the book not reallly knowing a lot of what it was about and ended up really enjoying it. It felt very unique as compared to the other books I've been reading lately. I can't wait until book 2. Until Then!