Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken | Rating: ★★★★★“Oh, I’m sorry, apparently the middle of my sentence interrupted the beginning of yours. Do continue.” / “I don’t want to just see someone’s face; I want to know his shadow, too.”
It’s no secret that out of a majority of series on the young adult book market The Darkest Minds was one of my favorites of recent years. It combines all familiar tactics of story telling for this reading range and it manages to come across as smart and witty without coming across as cheesy.
Which goes without saying: I was super-duper excited to buy the sequel of this planned trilogy.
Unlike most young adult series in this genre The Darkest Minds and Never Fade are extremely well written. Alexandra Bracken continues to paint a clear image of Ruby and CO’s world that is haunting and will also warm your heart to see the way these kids eventually care for one another. And that while there is romance in the story, she doesn’t carry it over the top and cram it down our throat.
By the end of The Darkest Minds we were all left with many, many questions: Will Liam ever remember Ruby? Will Ruby ever be the same? What is going to happen to all those kids in all those camps? Did Chubs survive? Will we ever see Zu again? What is really the story behind the League? Can we trust Cate? When will Clancy and his cocky, troubling mind make a reappearance?
