Maximum Ride : The Angel Experiment - James Patterson

 Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the "flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time...like when Angel, the youngest member of the flock, is kidnapped and taken back to the "School" where she and the others were experimented on by a crew of wack jobs. Her friends brave a journey to blazing hot Death Valley, CA, to save Angel, but soon enough, they find themselves in yet another nightmare--this one involving fighting off the half-human, half-wolf "Erasers" in New York City. Whether in the treetops of Central Park or in the bowels of the Manhattan subway system, Max and her adopted family take the ride of their lives. Along the way Max discovers from her old friend and father-figure Jeb--now her betrayed and greatest enemy--that her purpose is save the world--but can she?

I read Maximum Ride in one day. It is the most exciting and gripping novel I’ve read since the His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman. I was hooked from page one and just could not stop reading, which isn't too good for me since I’m only half a week away from end of school exams and now have the rest of the series to read.

 At first i found the book very weird with 'the flock' and their strange, self-given names. It reminded me a lot of the TV series Dark Angel but a whole lot better. This book was non-stop action, danger and adventure. I soon loved all members of the flock especially Max, the leader and Fang. 

I've only ever dreamt of flying before and James Patterson really put my dreams into words, expect in my dreams i wasn't a genetically modified not full human girl.

 I haven’t read many books that are written like James Patterson writes before, he stepped into the 14yrold Max's character completely, writing and thinking exactly as i would expect her to, which from my point of view has got to be kinda hard coming from an adult and a guy.

All fantasy books I’ve read before are very unlike this one; the kids were taken in as babies and genetically modified as scientists tested on them in unthinkable, torturous ways, as if the flock are lab rats.

The flock really explore a lot and you find yourself traveling all around America with them. 

Although I loved this book I’ve never hated a book more, if that makes sense; there are sooooo many unanswered questions at the end a book, so after another day of reading I finished the second book and the answers let to even more unanswered questions!

This book is now my number one. I found with other books I’ve read that they seem to get worse as the series goes on but no, this book keeps getting better and better!