The Maze Runner - James Dashner

Finally! I have been wanting these books for such a long time! I just bought the box set of them yesterday and I am ridiculously excited to begin reading them - In fact, I have actually begun the first one, The Maze Runner, this morning.
I wanted to read these because The Maze Runner movie comes out this year, in just a couple of months in fact, which I am definitely going to go see (and not only because Dylan O'Brien is in it - although that has a lot to do with my initial interest ;))

'When the doors of the lift crank open, the 

only thing Thomas can remember is 

his first name. But he's not alone. He's

surrounded by boys who welcome him to the 

Glade, an encampment at the centre of a 

bizarre and terrible maze. 

Like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why 

or how they came to be there, or what's

happened to the word outside. All they know

is that every morning when the walls slide

back, they will risk everything to find out.'

It says on the front cover that this is a 'must for fans of The Hunger Games'. Which I definitely am. I am actually really happy that the dynamic of teen books has changed from the vampires and love triangles. It's less romanticized and more about kids our age, and young adults, being brave and independent and surviving. A lot of them have such strong female leads too which is lovely and refreshing :) 

The Maze Runner has been given some great reviews and I'm looking forward to venturing into the maze!!