4 stars 
 I really enjoyed The Forsaken! I really enjoyed the creation of the Wheel. I really did feel very similar to the TV show Lost in a lot of ways (but at least we got answers in The Forsaken) - and I actually thought it felt a lot like The Maze Runner! I really connected more with Gadya than with Alenna, our main character. I thought she was the one who grew the most in the book and I really liked her character development. Parts of it seemed a little too cookie cutter for me and a little predictable so not quite 5 stars, but still a really fun read! 
 Full review originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: I really enjoyed this one. It actually seemed like a pretty quick read even though it was well over 300 pages. To me, it almost played out more like a TV show/movie than reading as a book. For one, I couldn't get the TV show Lost out of my head. They were dropped off on an island with the sole intention of getting off, they have to fight off another group of people (the Others/the drones), someone else used to live there and the remnants of civilization are crumbling, and there was even a hatch! At least with THE FORSAKEN, we actually get answers to all of our questions whereas with Lost, I'm still a little upset about all the things that never got answered! 
 Alenna was likeable enough but I felt like she was still very much a teenager and I didn't see a ton of growth from her in the book to mature on. I wasn't totally into her relationship with Liam - I was rooting for them overall, but I wasn't really sold on it as a whole. We DO get the explanation as to why she feels so connected to him in the end, which really helps tie everything together. I think I was just hoping it would come sooner and a slower trickle of answers than just all lumped together in the end. 
 I think my favorite character was actually Gadya. I found her to be a much stonger (not just physically, but a stronger presense in the book) than Alenna even though Alenna is our narrator. I made more of a connection with her in her strength and we also see some of her softer side. 
 I also really liked the way David was woven into the story. He's dropped off on the Wheel the same time as Alenna so she believes him an ally, but when he gets mixed up with the drones, none of Alenna's group trusts him and fear him to be a spy. I liked how we were never really sure whether to trust him or not. I always wanted to, but I didn't know if we were going to be given another twist that might reveal his true nature! 
 I really liked the development of the Wheel! It was a really interesting place with tons of twists and turns. We weren't sure who to trust, who was on the wrong side, and who might turn against Alenna. The different sectors were also really interesting and I loved what the gray sector turned out to be (no spoilers here)! Whenever we get into a mega-developed society, I'm always a little hesitant to believe in these kinds of advancements (I think the year was 2039? So that's not really that far off), but none of it was too far out of the realm of possibilities.