In the Afterlight
In the Afterlight, (The Darkest Minds, Book 3), by Alexandra Bracken
Blurb:Ruby can't look back. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on their minds. They are armed only with a volatile secret: proof of a government conspiracy to cover up the real cause of IAAN, the disease that has killed most of America's children and left Ruby and others like her with powers the government will kill to keep contained. But internal strife may destroy their only chance to free the "rehabilitation camps" housing thousands of other Psi kids. Meanwhile, reunited with Liam, the boy she would-and did-sacrifice everything for to keep alive, Ruby must face the painful repercussions of having tampered with his memories of her. She turns to Cole, his older brother, to provide the intense training she knows she will need to take down Gray and the government. But Cole has demons of his own, and one fatal mistake may be the spark that sets the world on fire.My ReviewIt took me ages to read this book, not because I didn't like it, thought it was very slow to begin with, but because I've been really busy. It seems to be a theme with this trilogy that I've found the books to be really slow to begin with but then they hit a certain point and just take off. That point in this book was about halfway through, from that point I sped through it and really enjoyed it. What I love in these books are the characters and the relationships they have. The romance between Liam and Ruby is less lovey-dovey in this book, which was partly a shame because I adore all that and it was so cute, but it also made their relationship feel real as they responded to the things happening around them. I also loved Cole and Ruby together, but I'm so glad it didn't go anywhere romantically, though Cole soon became my favourite character, which made his ending even worse. :-( Also, I just want to give a mention to Vida and Chubs! How cute and unexpected! As for the ending, I thought it was well resolved, however, I would have loved a few more chapter about how things played out afterwards, though I know there is a fourth book featuring Zu, which I'll have to read to see how things play out. 
My favourite quotes from 'In the Afterlight': 'You burnt this bridge without giving us a way to get back over.''... everyone I care about is in fucking pieces and none of you will even try to help each other because it hurts too much to face it head-on.''I had too many voices weighing in on my choices, and that's why I never felt fully secure in making them.' 'The issue isn't that I don't understand, it's that I don't agree.' '... the only person that's being hurt with this silence is you. Don't give them that power. Don't let them trap you into never saying anything. There are people worth remembering, speaking up for. You're important. You deserve to speak and have people shut the hell up and listen to you.' '... fear is worthless. It stops you when you need to keep moving most.' 'Better to risk helping someone than regret what you could have done.''I think he deserves better than the best I could offer him.' 'Just because they're right, it doesn't make you wrong,'
Blurb:Ruby can't look back. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on their minds. They are armed only with a volatile secret: proof of a government conspiracy to cover up the real cause of IAAN, the disease that has killed most of America's children and left Ruby and others like her with powers the government will kill to keep contained. But internal strife may destroy their only chance to free the "rehabilitation camps" housing thousands of other Psi kids. Meanwhile, reunited with Liam, the boy she would-and did-sacrifice everything for to keep alive, Ruby must face the painful repercussions of having tampered with his memories of her. She turns to Cole, his older brother, to provide the intense training she knows she will need to take down Gray and the government. But Cole has demons of his own, and one fatal mistake may be the spark that sets the world on fire.My ReviewIt took me ages to read this book, not because I didn't like it, thought it was very slow to begin with, but because I've been really busy. It seems to be a theme with this trilogy that I've found the books to be really slow to begin with but then they hit a certain point and just take off. That point in this book was about halfway through, from that point I sped through it and really enjoyed it. What I love in these books are the characters and the relationships they have. The romance between Liam and Ruby is less lovey-dovey in this book, which was partly a shame because I adore all that and it was so cute, but it also made their relationship feel real as they responded to the things happening around them. I also loved Cole and Ruby together, but I'm so glad it didn't go anywhere romantically, though Cole soon became my favourite character, which made his ending even worse. :-( Also, I just want to give a mention to Vida and Chubs! How cute and unexpected! As for the ending, I thought it was well resolved, however, I would have loved a few more chapter about how things played out afterwards, though I know there is a fourth book featuring Zu, which I'll have to read to see how things play out. My favourite quotes from 'In the Afterlight': 'You burnt this bridge without giving us a way to get back over.''... everyone I care about is in fucking pieces and none of you will even try to help each other because it hurts too much to face it head-on.''I had too many voices weighing in on my choices, and that's why I never felt fully secure in making them.' 'The issue isn't that I don't understand, it's that I don't agree.' '... the only person that's being hurt with this silence is you. Don't give them that power. Don't let them trap you into never saying anything. There are people worth remembering, speaking up for. You're important. You deserve to speak and have people shut the hell up and listen to you.' '... fear is worthless. It stops you when you need to keep moving most.' 'Better to risk helping someone than regret what you could have done.''I think he deserves better than the best I could offer him.' 'Just because they're right, it doesn't make you wrong,'
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