Taken is about Alice and Tom who tragically lose their baby son Noah. Alice understandably is a mess and Tom wants to have her committed to a mental facility. The plot starts out at a nice even pace and I found myself pleasantly enjoying the ride and then BAM the twists begin. It becomes a exciting and bumpy road and I had no idea if it was reality or fiction. The characters are hard to read and I wasn't sure if I liked them or not. It's a mind bending and twisted psychological thriller that I was thoroughly entertained by.

I have been accused of murdering my baby
I have to find him in Spain to find him alive
How do I protect myself because I’m innocent
I had an Arc

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Taken by Danielle Ramsay is emotional overload! Like, it will blow your mind off!
Oh my God! I don't know where to start! I want to scream and laugh and cry at the same time!
Let's start with - this is the first book in my life that I could not stand for a good 50% and ended up absolutely loving it to the state that I am putting on my special 6-star shelf! I promise it has never happened before!
Trigger warnings: child loss or more specifically SIDS! Please be mindful if this triggers you!

I would say that the first 50% of the book is emotionally attached to SIDS, breakdown, and emotional dealing with trauma. It's seriously ripping your heart out! There is so much emotion! Too much emotion! You struggle to understand how this could be a psychological thriller up to at least 80% of the book... And then things fall in place and you can calm down your madly racing heart! Seriously I thought I would have a heart attack! I wanted to scream! And shout! And cry! Oh my, oh my, oh my!

The expected publication for this book is 25 November so you have time to make your mind up if this fits on your TBR pile, if this is good for your mental health or if are you ready to shred your emotions in complete pieces!

Alice is accused of the worst of crimes ever– murdering her baby...

My advice - don't read the prologue and chapter 2 as this is where confusion comes in! It just messed up my head, seriously! This is why I didn't like the first part of the book as I was constantly confused! And erutated! And annoyed! And I can treasure you, you are not missing out as information will come (repeat) at the right time!

Start with Chapter One, Chapter Three, and then nicely follow the story!
Sometimes jumping back and forth in time works well but not in this book! Thankfully it's presented just from Alice's point of view, I don't think I would cope if there were multiple POV on the top of confusion that gives the beginning of the book.

If you are the person who gives up early - please carry on - it's worth it!

Thank you, NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this copy!

This novel starts in a sad way as Alice and her surgeon husband Tom have just lost their infant son to SIDS. Alice doesn't cope well but part of it is that she is British and staying in America with Tom's mother who doesn't like her, and Tom's old girlfriend is hanging around. I found it a bit strange that people were critical of Alice at being upset at her own baby's funeral, but in the days to come she won't get out of bed or eat or drink. Tom talks her into putting herself into a mental health facility and although she doesn't want to go she does get better. Then she becomes pregnant again and is fearful that her baby will have the same fate.

I'm not a big fan of stories about gaslighting or women getting locked up against their will; but this story has some original twists and turns and I found myself turning the pages eager to see what would happen. Alice has a second son she names Eli and as the book's title suggests, at one point Eli is kidnapped but will anyone believe unreliable Alice? This book uses modern technology as a culprit in what happens to Alice and Eli and while some of it was unbelievable, it had an exciting and unexpected ending. Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for a copy of this ARC for review.

Oh this was so sad! Thrilling and twisty too. but when you read about babies and SIDS etc then you know it's going to be a humdinger. It's a good way to start a thriller however and really gets into your head and under your skin.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read an ARC of Taken.

Not too sure where to start, I am still trying to catch my breath after reading! The story does start slowly and takes a bit of time padding out the characters, which then aids the tale further in. I felt very sorry for Alice, and the author really gave an insight into serious mental health issues and how people cope (or don’t cope) with their own battles inside their heads.

The last 25% of the book flew by, it was one thing after another for poor Alice and her baby. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and it gets a solid 4 stars from me.

Trigger warning: baby loss, mental health, post partum psychosis, post natal depression.

by the story and the multiple red herrings thrown in to confuse the reader!
An excellent read, so clever and deceptive. Highly recommended.

A very good story, and the author has a way of bringing you in and making you feel Alice's anxiety. I think I'mma need to double my dose of Ativan...but we see where that got dear Alice! This poor woman. Losing a child, thinking it was her fault and some sort of karmic justice for what happened with her mother, battling ferocious bouts of depression and anxiety, finding herself pregnant paranoid and slowly losing her grip on her sanity after battling back from the brink. It's all too much. It was definitely a good read, but it'll be tough if you easily trigger on others' mental health, depression and anxiety.

Omg I could not put this down it had me up late into the night reading definitely a gripping book. I loved the story and how it drew me in straight away and kept me hooked until the very end. I had so many emotions going on throughout this. I also did not know how it was going to end but wow what an ending it was. I really enjoyed this and can’t wait to recommend it to everyone. Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the chance too read this.

"Taken" is a story about a woman named Alice. Having had a troubled childhood that she feels guilty for and losing a child herself, Alice falls apart... I won't give away more of the story because you really have to read it! It's confusing and twisty, in a good way, making you scratch your had as you will not see what's coming! It's written in great detail with deep emotion and the ending just ties it all together!

now this story is so addictive a very twisty read. Alice is so happy with her husband Tom they have a baby and are now moving to America for his job and to be buy his parents. but only after a few days' tragedy strikes they lose their baby Alice blames herself. she thinks Tom does not understand her grief. her brother comes to her and helps her talk Tom to going back to England for her help with dealing with the grief Alice does not trust her husband. it's a very touching read someone will do anything to hurt Alice

My thanks to Net Galley, Boldwood, and the personal invitation I received to review this arc.

3.5 stars. I did like this book but I thought this was going to be about a straight forward abduction. It seemed to go all over the place with Alice's paranoia. I get that losing Noah would trigger that in a mom , but the majority of the book in the beginning established that. It finally did pick up for me when she got on that ship. However, the extent of that ending? A bit out there. All in all not a bad read but not wowed.

I could not put this book down. An absolutely riveting story that had gripped me from the first page. As a mother this book pulled at my heartstrings. This being said; the book should come with trigger warnings as it contains some sensitive themes.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC.
This is an honest review.

4.5 Stars

First time I have read this author and I was a bit disappointed, thought it was going to be about a straight forward abduction case.

I couldn't really get into the storyline as it seemed to jump around a bit, just wasn't for me personally.

Thank you to Netgalley and Boldwood Books for this ARC.

Holy wow. I just finished this book, fighting off sleep (and staying up later than I probably should!) so I could finish the last several chapters of the book. It is well written, and builds slowly but efficiently until about the last 1/4 of the book (the part I finished tonight) when you can’t put it down. Without giving anything away, trigger warnings include infant loss and mental health.

I had a hard time getting Into this one.. it seemed to drag in the beginning and didn’t pick up until about 3/4 thru. It did have a decent ending.

I don't know, this book just isn't that great. It's very drawn out, but also very choppy jumping ahead all of the time. It didn't really have much suspense to me. I only got about 35% into it and then skimmed. I didn't even care to really see what happened at the end. Her last two books just haven't been the same-they almost seem similar to me.

This had that thriller element that I was hoping for and was engaged with the suspenseful atmosphere. I had enjoyed other books from Danielle Ramsay that I read and was glad it worked overall with what I was expecting and was charmed by.

This was a strange one. I have read Danielle Ramsay's police procedurals before so thought this was going to be a straightforward abduction case. Instead it was more about the reaction of a mother to the loss of her child. It was an ok read but not really my type of thing.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book

Definitely a good book. After Alive loses her son Noah to SIDS, she starts losing her mind. husband has her committed, she grows intensely paranoid. She starts to lost blocks of time. Then she discovers she is pregnant again. Her biggest fear is harming this child. But without the support from her husband how can she make it through. Her second baby is taken and she doesn’t know what to believe anymore. One thing is for sure, thing are never what they seem.

I would recommend this book to anyone who like suspense and twist and turns.