It had loads and loads of drama and action.

I need more okay? Perhaps a novella? Please Alex? I also want need more backstory on Liam and Cole. He really reminds me of Zu, who is sadly kind of absent in this book. I just thought he comes off as a bit… clingy, a bit immature, and maybe a little too innocent. I found Jude a little annoying but he did grow on me. I found her “don’t give a crap” crude and crass attitude refreshing and a great contrast with the attitudes of other characters. Never Fade starts after a little time after the ending of The Darkest Minds and introduces two new characters to the series – Vida and Jude. Which let’s face, is, unfortunately, rare in YA these days. I love how their relationship is really intricately written and emotionally deep but it is still purely platonic and not romantic what so ever. I especially enjoyed reading about the friendship of Ruby and Chubs. Like The Darkest Minds, one thing that stood out in Never Fade is the character development and the relationships that develop between characters. Needless to say, the Darkest Minds trilogy did not experience the horrors of Second Book Syndrome. It is definitely one of the best sequels I’ve ever read. What did I just read? I mean that in a good way.

But what if winning the war means losing herself? Ruby will do anything to protect the people she loves. But the truth is only saved in one place: a flashdrive in the hands of Liam Stewart, the boy Ruby once believed was her future-and who now wouldn’t recognize her.Īs Ruby sets out across a desperate, lawless country to find Liam-and answers about the catastrophe that has ripped both her life and America apart-she is torn between old friends and the promise she made to serve the League. Crucial information about the disease that killed most of America’s children-and turned Ruby and the others who lived into feared and hated outcasts-has survived every attempt to destroy it. When Ruby is entrusted with an explosive secret, she must embark on her most dangerous mission yet: leaving the Children’s League behind. Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she really is: a monster. Now she must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt government and breaking into the minds of her enemies.

Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life.

Never fade by alexandra bracken