This series is quickly becoming one of my favourites! Alexandra Bracken has written another gripping and powerful book which is just as amazing as the first one (if not better).
Plot:
Taking place a few months after The Darkest Minds, Ruby is now working alongside the Children's League. She is a leader - going on missions, training other kids and interrogating enemies of the League. However, when Ruby is assigned a special mission she has to escape from the league and go on a journey of her own. She is looking for a flashdrive which contains information about the disease which killed nearly all of America's children, and who has this flashdrive? Yep, you guessed it, Liam Stewart.
After the brutal cliffhanger The Darkest Minds left on, I couldn't wait to dive into this book and find out what happens next. This book did take me a little while to get into, mainly because there was so many new characters introduced and I found myself missing a lot of the old characters from The Darkest Minds. However, I soon grew to love these characters as much as I loved Chubs, Liam and Zu.
First we have Jude, a young and naive boy who tries to see the good in everyone (even if those people are plotting to kill him). I loved Jude's character, he was very sweet and was always there for Ruby when she needed cheering up or a shoulder to cry on.
Next we have Vida, a blue-haired, eccentric, loud girl who isn't afraid to tell the truth and speak her mind. I really did not like Vida in the beginning but as the story went on I found myself loving her character more and more, and of course her one-liners were hilarious!
Of course we also have the return of Chubs and Liam. I loved seeing these characters again and seeing how much they had changed and grown since the events which happened in TDM. (I also ship Vida and Chubs a lot).
I was a little sad Zu didn't appear in Never Fade but hopefully she will be in the next book and I will finally have some closure on what happened after the novella, In Time.
Ruby is definitely one of my favourite female protagonists. Even after everything she witnessed and went through in The Darkest Minds and also Never Fade, she is still so strong and incredible She has definitely changed from the weak, clueless girl she was at the start of TDM. She is now fierce, protective and determined. She would do anything for the people she cares about, even if it means putting herself in danger. I truly felt every ache and pain which Ruby went through, and I laughed and cried with her throughout this book.
Once again, Alexandra Bracken does not skim over the gory details. In this book we get to see how kids who aren't in camps or the Children's League are surviving and let me tell you, it isn't pretty. But it's realistic and believable, which makes it all the more horrifying.
Never Fade was an amazing addition to the series and I can't wait to read the third and final book soon.
If you haven't started this series yet, I highly recommend it!
5/5 stars!
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I just finished marathoning this amazing series myself! Ruby is also one of my favourite female protagonists and Alexandra Bracken does a phenomenal job at developing her character!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read the final book, so excited! :)
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