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Never Fade

(The Darkest Minds #2)

Alexandra Bracken (Goodreads Author),

Amy McFadden (Narrator)

4.29 · Rating details · 64,227 ratings · 6,019 reviews

Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. 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. Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she really is: a monster.

When Ruby is entrusted with an explosive secret, she mus ...more

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Nov 07, 2015 Jesse (JesseTheReader) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I liked this so much more than the first book! I can't wait to see how it comes to a close with the last book.

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Jun 05, 2013 Christine Riccio rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Couldn't put it down! Suspenseful action packed and full of wonderfully lovable characters. Can't wait to release a discussion video... in late october? November? WHENEVER this baby get's released =)

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Dec 27, 2012 Lara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favourites

First chapter here and a teaser here. (view spoiler)

Spoilers below

A quick recap: The Darkest Minds left off with Ruby erasing all memories of herself in Liam's brain. That is why I need this book NOW!

The endi ...more

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Dec 25, 2012 SerenaSmiles marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: must-read, would-kill-for-next-book

Me reading The Darkest Minds
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Me reading all the Liam scenes
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Me reaching the end of book 1
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Me patiently waiting for Book 2
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NOTE: Please check out my review for The Darkest Minds and tell me what you think of the book!

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Oct 25, 2013 Regan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-owned-read

Holy shit.

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Mar 14, 2017 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-all, young-adult, own

This book surely ended on a cliffhanger!

But it was more of an in your face cliffhanger =)

Ruby has joined the Children's League and the others in the first book are out on their own. I should have re-read that one first but it's all good.

Some of the older characters do make their way back into this book. Along with some new ones that Ruby has met in the League. Vida, Jude, Nico and I liked Cate who was sort of their supervisor. I wasn't sure about Alban at first but it seems he was working for ...more

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Apr 07, 2017 Ninoska Goris rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: leido-2017, ya, epublibre

✨✨Español -- English✨✨

Yo lo sabía. Lo sabía. Los segundos libros casi nunca son buenos. Y este definitivamente no es una excepción.
Me pareció absolutamente aburrido, me encontraba haciendo otras cosas en el tiempo que usualmente dedico a la lectura. No me atraía leer. Porqué? Tengo mis razones:
1. Pasan una cosa tras otra, volviéndose predecible. Demasiados plot twists.
2. Ruby tiene ocho meses entrenando con los de la Liga de los Niños y ese entrenamiento no se nota. Le dan una paliza tras otra ✨✨Español -- English✨✨

Yo lo sabía. Lo sabía. Los segundos libros casi nunca son buenos. Y este definitivamente no es una excepción.
Me pareció absolutamente aburrido, me encontraba haciendo otras cosas en el tiempo que usualmente dedico a la lectura. No me atraía leer. Porqué? Tengo mis razones:
1. Pasan una cosa tras otra, volviéndose predecible. Demasiados plot twists.
2. Ruby tiene ocho meses entrenando con los de la Liga de los Niños y ese entrenamiento no se nota. Le dan una paliza tras otra. Tiene el síndrome Celaena Sardotien: uno solo le da una paliza y luego ella sola puede sin esfuerzo vencer a varios.
3. No conecté con Ruby y me desesperaba lo mucho que se quejaba de ser un "monstruo" en vez de pasar a la acción.
4. No me creí el que Ruby le borrara la memoria a Liam y que luego con un simple beso el lo recordara todo.
5. El final tiene un cliff hanger horrible.
6. Y por sobre todo, porqué debía morir ese personaje? Porqué? Por supuesto que voy a leer el tercer y último libro de la serie, pero estoy segura voy por el momento a darle unas pequeñas vacaciones a las distopias.
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I knew that. I knew it. Second books are almost never good. And this definitely is no exception.
I found it absolutely boring, I found myself doing other things in the time I usually spent reading. I was not attracted to read. Why? I have my reasons:
1. It is one thing after another, becoming predictable. Too many plot twists.
2. Ruby has eight months training with the League of Children and that training is not noticed. They beat her up constantly. She has Celaena Sardotien syndrome: one only gives her a beating and then she alone can effortlessly beat several.
3. I did not connect with Ruby and I was desperate how much I complained about being a "monster" instead of take actions.
4. I did not think Ruby would erase Liam's memory and then with a simple kiss he would remember everything.
5. The end has a horrible cliff hanger.
6. And above all, why should that character die? Why?
Of course I'm going to read the third and final book of the series, but I'm sure I'm going to give a little vacation to dystopias for the moment. ...more

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Nov 20, 2016 Petrik rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5/5 Stars

After I finished reading Never Fade, I'm quite sure that if I read this trilogy back when I was 15-17 years old (well the books weren't out yet 10 years ago so it's impossible), it would've been included into my favorite shelves and received 5 stars from me, for both books so far. However, I'm 27 now and again I should state, Never Fade still doesn't provide anything new to the genre. I've seen everything here before in movies, video games and it's still the same teenage-survivor-dyst 3.5/5 Stars

After I finished reading Never Fade, I'm quite sure that if I read this trilogy back when I was 15-17 years old (well the books weren't out yet 10 years ago so it's impossible), it would've been included into my favorite shelves and received 5 stars from me, for both books so far. However, I'm 27 now and again I should state, Never Fade still doesn't provide anything new to the genre. I've seen everything here before in movies, video games and it's still the same teenage-survivor-dystopia genre which have been done to death but at this point it's safe to say that I enjoyed reading this much more than watching Hunger Games or the disastrous Divergent series. It's probably a bit unfair to compare them since I haven't read the Hunger Games or Divergent books but I watched the movies and I don't think this time the books can redeemed the stain I have towards them, especially the Divergent series.

Never Fade is actually better than the first book in almost every aspect and yet I decided to give a 3.5 star rating. The reason for this is because of the two cons I have on the book:

1. There's still nothing new here.
2. Ruby, the main character is so irritating.

In the first book I was so-so with how I felt about her but this time, she grew to be much more annoying and considering everything in the story is from her POV, it's quite painful to read. It's like she's in an endless PMS cycle which made her emotional as fuck in all her decisions. One moment she act like she's the strongest person with her self-called "I'm a monster, don't come near me or I'll kill you" <-- not exact quote and the next second she broke down because of that strength with the same reasoning, over and over again. Sure there's a reason for this and she's a flawed heroine but it's still annoying seeing this repeating since the beginning of book 1 until now. Luckily, there's a positive outcome to be taken from this. She made all the other side characters shine bright like a diamond (yeah you can sing that Rihanna song now)

All the side characters are well created. Liam is not as bright as he is in book 1 but after all the things he's been through from the beginning and the novella, it's really understandable why he act like he did. However, Chubs is back in full throttle and he became my favorite character so far, I still have to read book 3 to see if it will remain that way. He's the epitome of what a true friend should be, doesn't matter how young or old you are. You look at what he does and you know you should aspire to be like him in maintaining your friendship. He's realistic, not afraid to tell your mistakes straight to your face, loyal and despite all the disagreement, he will do anything to help his friends. The greatest new addition side character goes to Jude but I can't tell you anything about him since he appeared since the beginning of the book til the end and I don't want to spoil you, just know that there's a lot of humor coming from him and Chubs.

There's more actions this time compared to before and yes, most of them occurred around the Powers the characters have. Red for Pyrokinesis, Orange for Mind Control, Blue for Telekinesis, Yellow for Electrokinesis and Green for Superb Intellectual but I find it there's still some unexplained reasoning behind how Orange's power work. Hopefully it will redeemed in book 3.

Lastly, there's much more plot progression this time and the writing is still great as before. Seriously, I really like Bracken's writing as she managed to pull me so much into caring towards the characters she created and stories that's been overdone before. I'm almost quite sure by now that when they made the movies of this trilogy, I will dislike it cause you know the simple equation, books is always better than the movies.

I'm closing this review with my favorite quote from the book by Ruby for you to sink in when you're having a bad day. (there's a lot of great ones by the way)

“Life isn’t fair." I said. "It’s taken me a while to get that. It’s always going to disappoint you in some way or another. You’ll make plans, and it’ll push you in another direction. You will love people, and they’ll be taken away no matter how hard you fight to keep them. You’ll try for something and won’t get it. You don’t have to find meaning in it; you don’t have to try to change things. You just have to accept the things that are out of your hands and try to take care of yourself. That’s your job.” ...more

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Sep 28, 2016 Lauren rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2016, books-i-own, dystopia, young-adult, kindle, favorites, 2013-publication, all-time-favourites

“Sometimes you're the one speeding along in a panic, doing too much, not paying attention, wrecking things you don't mean to. And sometimes life just happens to you, and you can't dodge it. It crashes into you because it wants to see what you're made of.”

This book is AMAZING!!!! I could not stop reading it and there were so many things happening so I was never bored. This is really one of the best books I’ve read. Everything was perfect and the plot was so so good and throughout this whole book when I was reading I experienced so many different emotions. This was a very big improvement compared to the first book. Never Fade was, even more, action packed and there were so many new characters.

First of all, I did not expect to give this book a 5-star rating like I did with the first book because, to be honest, it took me three months to actually get into this book. I got 21% through and put it aside for a long time because I just wasn’t enjoying it that much. Before I picked this book up, on my feed there was a review by someone (I can’t remember who), they said that they didn’t enjoy the book as much as the first because they didn’t read it straight after. I was worried because I didn’t pick this book until a while after so I thought that was going to happen to me. Then when I got 21% through and didn’t continue I was even more worried that I was going to hate it but I actually ended up loving this book so much.

There were a lot of new characters in this book. But, there wasn't only new characters but all the character from the first book changed drastically. Ruby went through a lot of character development in this book. She was stronger and had a lot more control over her abilities. This was mainly due to the League and all the training she received from them. She finally had control over her life and knew what she wanted to do. Chubs also changed immensely and so did Liam. Liam sadly wasn't in the book the whole time he was there for the last 60% I think.

There were a lot of new characters like Vida, Jude, Cole, and Nico. I really liked Vida a lot and all her sass. I totally ship her and Chubs together. I think they would be so cute together. She was so funny with her sarcastic comments. I loved Jude so much but I felt like despite the fact that he was 14/15 years old I pictured him more as a 12-year-old because compared to the other characters he was scared most of the time but then he did start to stand up and fight. (view spoiler) I also really loved Cole and his personality. I feel like all these new characters were amazing and I liked them a lot. Although Zu sadly wasn’t in this book.

I know I won't be reading the third book anytime soon and with that cliffhanger, I don't know what I'm going to do. I mean sure it's totally okay for an author to just leave their readers hanging. Absolutely fine. Now I have to wait until I can get my hands on the third book. This book was a big improvement from the first but I still love the first book. Also, I recently found out that THE DARKEST MINDS IS BECOMING A MOVIE AND I AM SO EXCITED FOR IT WHENEVER IT COMES OUT!!!! ...more

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Jul 01, 2014 Laz rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: dystopia, fantasy, adventure, sci-fi, romance, young-adult

Abso-freaking-lutely amazing. Go figure why it took me 8 months to read this. I don't even know why. I'd loved the first book and I guess delay after delay, I forgot about it entirely. A grave mistake because this is a swoon-worthy sequel that had me hyperventilating from page one to page.

In case you're not familiar with the plot, then let me hook you up. Some years before, a disease that targets children spread. Some died but some didn't. Those who didn't die have powers. The government with th Abso-freaking-lutely amazing. Go figure why it took me 8 months to read this. I don't even know why. I'd loved the first book and I guess delay after delay, I forgot about it entirely. A grave mistake because this is a swoon-worthy sequel that had me hyperventilating from page one to page.

In case you're not familiar with the plot, then let me hook you up. Some years before, a disease that targets children spread. Some died but some didn't. Those who didn't die have powers. The government with the excuse of rehabilitation took those children from their parents and kept them in special facilities in order to keep them under control.

In the first book, Ruby, as sixteen-year-old girl wanders about after breaking out from Thurmond (a rehabilitation facility) when she meets some kids from the League of Children, an organization leaded by a former politician, who wants to take down the current governor of the United States. Ruby is an Orange, meaning she can get inside people's head, see their memories, take control of them. In the first book she's not able to control her powers all that well which is why when she touches the hand of a member of the League of Children, she sees his memory of killing two children mercilessly because he thought they were worthless. She then runs away and comes across, Liam, Chubs and Zu and thus the adventure begins.

Ruby has evolved so much in the sequel, it's impossible to think of her as that fragile, broken little girl she was when all of this began. Now, she's working with the League, and runs ops for them. But something is brewing inside the League, someone is trying to take control and do as they please with those they deem worthless. With the help of Jude and Vida, fellow LoC members, she must retrieve the lost usb stick that Liam's brother, Cole, lost. Liam is unaware of the existence of such a stick sewn inside the jacket, which he took from his last visit home, and was his brothers. So, that means Ruby has to search for Liam.

“I feel like I'm losing my damn mind, like your face has been carved into my heart, and I don't remember when, and I don't understand why, but the scar is there, and I can't get it to heal. It won't go. I can't make it fade. And you won't even look at me.”

Hence the name of fhe book: Never Fade

Don't worry, there's lot of Chubs in this, I love the guy too. I promise you, you're going to love the new characters. Jude is really young and he's so protective it's kind of cute. Vida, well she's badass, and "bitch" is her favorite word, but you're gonna warm up to her.

There are lots of twists, lots of unpredictable moments, and a cliffhanger in the end which accounts for an omg moment. Alexandra Bracken, despite her age, she's pretty brilliant when it comes to describing military procedures and writing amazing, action-packed scenes.

If you liked the first book, then I don't doubt that you'll like this as much. In my case, I loved the first book and loved this book even more, because of the character development, and evolution of the world, that's been taken to a whole new level. ...more

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Oct 26, 2013 mich rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, zzzzz, why-you-so-stupid, disappointing, main-character-is-lame

In a word, disappointing.

I thought The Darkest Minds was awesome, I found the plot interesting and the supporting characters and their relationships with each other to be very well done. I had only 2 issues with that book -- the pacing and Ruby. Unfortunately, in this sequel, those 2 things still sucked and worse, the suckiness was actually magnified.

The thing is, I really liked how the first book ended. I didn’t like that it came about as a result of Ruby’s stupid decisions, and the cliffhanger ...more

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Apr 29, 2017 Trina (Between Chapters) marked it as did-not-finish · review of another edition

DNFed at page 140.

I liked The Darkest Minds, but it's been about a year since I read it. I thought that I remembered how things ended, but I felt so lost getting into Never Fade. I couldn't connect to the new characters and didn't know why Ruby was... doing... whatever... she was doing?? See, I really don't know?

I have learned that I just do not mesh with Bracken's writing style. I think she has amazing premises but I always get lost in the descriptions. I've struggled through 3 of her books and ...more

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Oct 29, 2014 Jessi (Novel Heartbeat) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, signed-copy, 5-star, favorites

Wow, you guys, just wow! Sometimes middle books have this thing called Second Book Syndrome – yeah, you know what I’m talking about – and you end up being totally disappointed. Such was NOT the case with this one! It was just as good as the first book. It blew me away!

As I mentioned in my review of the In Time novella, Alexandra’s prose is very engaging. She has a way with words! She’s also a pro at characterization. All of the characters felt so real. Actually, I kinda wish they were, so we co ...more

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Jan 17, 2013 Booknut marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: can-t-wait-to-read, to-die-for-book-covers

Expected publication: October 2013

October. October. OCTOBER?!

So...far...away!! *cries* How can I deal with the pain of the cliffhanger for a FULL YEAR?!

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Jul 07, 2016 ambsreads rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: dystopia, fantasy, young-adult, books-i-own

Never Fade was mind blowing. I've stared at my phone for so long trying to work out how to describe my feelings on the plot and the characters. My conclusion is I can honestly not write my feelings. I just loved this book. It didn't suffer from second book syndrome. I loved the characters. This book made me gasp, cry, laugh, and get mad along with the characters. That's all I can say, I don't know why I'm incapable of writing reviews for the books in this series -- especially considering I usual ...more

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Mar 12, 2013 Bex rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: bad-ass-heroines, creepy-villains, dystopia, gory-as-hell, kids-with-powers, pure-awesomeness-in-general, favorites

I will not be a bad person and ruin Never Fade, because that's not fair to Alexandra Bracken and all the anticipation she built and is still building leading up to the release of Never Fade, and also not fair to the people who actually don't like spoilers. (I have to say, I'm such a curious person that I sometimes look for spoilers. I know, it's a bad habit.)But also, WARNING. If you are really a spoiler-phobe you should keep away from this review and this page in general because I do glancingly ...more

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Jan 05, 2017 Sana rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: dystopian, cut-my-left-nut-off-instead, romance, young-adult, boring-af, literal-garbage, i-dont-get-the-hype, pukeworthy-romance

2 1/2 stars. Enjoyed this a bit more than the previous one.

Wow, surprisingly, this book wasn't some fucked up road trip!

I really enjoyed this one and imo it was a little better than the previous one. Many people said that the first one was the best in the series - which I hated - and the next two books are worse - I liked the second book better, so I have hope that the third book can work out for me. I will definitely be reading it after this horrible cliffhanger for an ending.

◇I definitely didn ...more

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Oct 15, 2018 ♥ℂĦℝΪՖƬΪℕÅ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, dystopia-and-utopian, fantasy, magic, reviewed-books, romance, young-adult, finished-buddy-read

3 No regret ★'s

I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I’d lost and the person I used to be. But not anymore.

Buddy read with Nancy

Never Fade was certainly better than The Darkest Minds but it still fell a bit flat to me. The first half dragged on and on and really it was kinda boring, then it would go really fast at others. It did make up for it in the last half but damn that was a lot of pages to get through in order for it to hold my attention. But once it did I w ...more

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Jul 18, 2013 Jessica rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

I thought this book was even BETTER than the first... It was so, SO good. Can't wait to pick up the next novella and then In the Afterlight!
Full Review on YouTube: https://youtu.be/w62RhbAwRIU

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Jul 31, 2016 ☆☽Erica☾☆ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016, dystopian

This was a pretty average read for me.

I spent the majority of the time being super bored or wondering how any person could possible travel as much as these characters did. The entire book was traveling. Traveling here, traveling there, traveling everywhere. By the middle I was legit begging the book to give me something more.

Every once in a while they would stop their traveling and I'd get irrationally excited that stuff was going to actually happen now. BUT NO. Something or someone was doing s This was a pretty average read for me.

Every once in a while they would stop their traveling and I'd get irrationally excited that stuff was going to actually happen now. BUT NO. Something or someone was doing something across the country and we had to spend 50 pages getting there. Add in a handful of super close calls of being caught and then inevitably escaping, and you have the basic plot.

I actually ended up skimming (skipping) almost a hundred pages and I found I was easily able to follow the story. Probably half of this book could have been cut and would have read much better.
I also found myself not overly interested in characters because I just wanted them to fucking find Liam already. LIKE GODDAMN. It all seemed like filler to make us wait until we found him. Everything else seemed unnecessary. It just made the whole thing a bit messy.
My final qualm with this book was the raging plot holes. Why could Jude only use his powers in random desperate situations? Why couldn't he help out in between? Why couldn't Ruby use her superpowers in more than select situations? A lot of the fight scenes wouldn't even be necessary if she just stopped feeling guilty about her powers and instead focused on survival. She could easily command mental control over any of her attackers and form her own robot army instead. Why can't all the kids just murder all of the bad adults? THEY HAVE SUPERPOWERS!! UGH.

The last third of the book, including the earlier part where Lida and Ruby have to fight that Red, was the most interesting and engaging section in my opinion. Things seemed to pick up and despite the fact that they were still TRAVELING, there seemed to be more action and emotion in the story.

I'm not going to continue on with the series, but appreciate the imagination and work that went into it. ...more

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Jun 27, 2016 Helen 2.0 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: special-powers, romance-on-side, dystopia, brs-done, own, new-adult, read-16, revolution

I have to go back and change my rating for the Darkest Minds because Never Fade was a solid four stars, but definitely better than its predecessor.

So guess what? MORE ROADTRIPS!

I love the spontaneous, emotional, on-the-run roadtrips Ruby and Co take to go find people. Last book they were trying to find the Slip Kid; this time it's Ruby & Chubs with some new kids looking for Liam.

AND LESS PLOT HOLES!

Indeed there were less glaring inconsistencies in the story and the dystopian world this time ...more

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Nov 17, 2012 Andreea Pop rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: amazing-feelings, bat-shit-crazy, badass-heroine, awesome-romance, creepy-abilities, dark-atmosphere, dystopian, good-vs-bad, swoon-worthy-characters, read-in-2015

3.75 STARS (if such a rating actually exists...)

“Sometimes you’re the one speeding along in a panic, doing too much, not paying attention, wrecking things you don’t mean to. And sometimes life just happens to you, and you can’t dodge it. It crashes into you because it wants to see what you’re made of.”

Okay, I need to ramble.

Do you ever feel that you're somehow forced to continue reading a book just because you fell head over heels in love with its prequel? Like you need to finish the sequel t ...more

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Jul 29, 2014 Pinky rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-want-to-own

That was just so amazing, I WANT TO CRY!!!!!!!! I went through a roller-coaster of emotions. So much more questions and we got answers too!! I loved this so much it was an amazing sequel to The Darkest Minds!!!!!! I loved it even more and it was just so interesting. I couldn't help but cry at some parts because of all the feels. Why did I wait so long and why couldn't the book come faster? I was missing out on this trilogy and now I know why it's so good!

This is the second book in the Darkest That was just so amazing, I WANT TO CRY!!!!!!!! I went through a roller-coaster of emotions. So much more questions and we got answers too!! I loved this so much it was an amazing sequel to The Darkest Minds!!!!!! I loved it even more and it was just so interesting. I couldn't help but cry at some parts because of all the feels. Why did I wait so long and why couldn't the book come faster? I was missing out on this trilogy and now I know why it's so good!

This is the second book in the Darkest Minds trilogy by Alexandra Bracken. There was so much that happened and I can't mention too much because I don't want to spoil the book. But it was worth continuing and I am so glad I read this. I want to read the After Light ASAP. I can't wait to finish this series and see where it ends.

One of the main reasons of why I like this series is because of the characters. All the character development was just so nice and sweet to read. At first, I felt so annoyed by Vida, but she grew on me and I really liked her even though she can be harsh at times. She was kinda like how Chubs was to Ruby when they first met and I ship her with him!!!!!!!!!!! Ruby is much stronger and more confident with herself, although some of her decisions are things I would never do. Cole is okay and I don't know if I should trust him, I mean part of me feels like trusting him. Liam is same old Liam but more frustrated!!!!!! The characters feel more realistic and I just want to grab them all out of the book! Cate feels like a motherly figure who protects Ruby but I don't trust her too much for some reason... Chubs is hilarious as always and I love Jude!!!!!

The relationship between Liam and Ruby was frustrating and I wish they could talk about everything and catch up with each other. But there isn't time for that but I am hoping they will talk and catch up with each other in the next book. It was frustrating to see their pain, UGH THE FEELS!!!

The plot just keeps getting better and better and I love all the character bonds in this book. There were times when I cried and other times when I laughed. It all evens out and there were scenes that were heart-warming while other times it is heart-breaking. I just can't get over the things that happened in this book, it was a rush.

If you read the first book and are hesitant of reading the next book, I assure you that this book is much better. If you haven't read this series, START READING!!!!!! It's so good and you are missing out on an amazing series packed with action, adventure, humor, and suspense. It was a fast read and by the time you finish this, you will NEED the next book... TRUST ME! ...more

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Nov 22, 2012 Alyssa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

***Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***

Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
Book Two of the Darkest Minds series
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Publication Date: October 15, 2013
Rating: 4 stars
Source: ARC provided by the publisher

Summary (from Goodreads):

Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. 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. Other kids in the Children’s Le ...more

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Aug 11, 2015 Lexie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Holy great God! This book was amazing! I am speechless but I will still attempt to write a review. Man that was awesome, oh my God.

Never Fade was an epic and wild ride from beginning to end. Almost everything that happened in this book I never came close to guessing. This was even better than the first book. I was on edge the whole time reading it. Parts would make me literally laugh out loud or go "what?!" or put my hand over my mouth in shock or raise my eyebrows as I read. Multiple times aft ...more

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Dec 17, 2016 Kassie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I am not okay.

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Jul 12, 2014 Rache rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: EVERYONE. READ THIS TRILOGY NOW

Shelves: cover-porn, female-power, five-stars, forever-re-reading, i-will-go-down-with-this-ship, i-will-marry-these-books, own, ripped-my-heart-out-and-cried-blood, damn-you-cliffhanger, boys-my-heart-needs

The obsession grows. And grows and grows and grows.
I enjoyed this book so much. There's no existent rating scale that explains how much I did.

I'm in love with the characters, the ships, the writing, the story. Everything is mind-blowing.

After the events in The Darkest Minds and the ~~damn~~ ending, we get to read how Ruby is doing with the Children's League. Everything was going how she needed to until a man strikingly similar to Liam tells her he needs her help to look for something which one perso ...more

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Oct 20, 2017 Kat rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Wow, this was another non-stop adventure for our gang of super-powered survivors of the deadly disease that killed off most kids in the US. Ruby has left Liam, Charles and Zu behind in order to keep them safe and is now working with an anti-government group. But with any group of people you meet in this book, who canyou really trust? Just like in the first book in the series, Ruby is still working to harness her power to control other's minds, but here she's struggling much more with the moral d ...more

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Jun 27, 2016 lolo' rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Spoilers below. ( BEWARE OF FEELS AND CURSES)

I finished this book at around 3 am and I thought sleeping would help me process the shit that went down. It did not help.

All in all this book deserves the whole night sky full of stars. So of course 5/5 stars without a shadow of a doubt.

Characters:

Liam: oh sweet baby jesus I love this boy so freaking much he can call me darlin whenever he wants. I just want to cuddle up next to him and let him love me forever. UNLIKE RUBY WHO FREAKING TAKES HIS M ...more

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Sep 08, 2013 Kassidy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This book and series is just mind-blowing and truly amazing. Absolutely stunning. I recommend it to everyone!

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