The Maze Runner: Book 1: The Maze Runner

            The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, is a great book. A boy named Thomas wakes up in the lift, remembering little more than his name. When he reaches the top and the doors open, he finds fifty to sixty other boys waiting for him. They explain that every thirty days the lift opens and a new boy comes out and that they are in a large football stadium sized room called the glade in the middle of a gigantic maze. If they solve the maze, they think they can leave, but they’ve been trying for two years and no solution has come up. Worse still, if you get trapped in the maze at night, creatures called Grievers kill you.

            I really like this book because it is action packed and is very mysterious. At the end of every chapter you just want to keep reading and finish the book. It has great characters and puts you in a mindset that you are just as confused as Thomas. It plays out very well and I love it. Other books in the series are The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure. There is also a prequel called The Kill Order.

Skyship Academy: Book 1: The Pearl Wars

            Skyship Academy: The Pearl Wars, by Nick James, is a great book. On an Earth where most of the planet is scorching hot desert, humanities last chance is the Pearls: small, mysterious spheres that fall from the sky which have the capabilities to power entire cities. The Skyship dwellers–political rebels that live in city-sized ships in the atmosphere–and the corrupt Surface government are fighting for control over them. When Jesse Fisher, a Skyship student, and Cassius Stevenson, a Surface operative, come across each other, they trigger something that could reveal a secret about the pearls.

            I love this book. It starts smoothly and doesn't seem to drag along at any point. It is probably one of my favorite books of all time. I found absolutely nothing bad to say about it. It's just that good. My favorite character is a spoiler, but if you read the book you'll know who I'm talking about. There are two other books in the series, neither of which I've read. They are Crimson Rising and Strikeforce.