Rating: ***** Suggested Age: 13

I had heard many great things about The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken from many people on bookstagram (the book community on instagram). They weren’t wrong. While I wasn’t exactly expecting it to be another dystopian book (note to self: actually read the summary), I wasn’t disappointed with it in the slightest. The Darkest Minds is full of action and did its duty in keeping me on the edge of my seat the whole entire time. Bracken writes very well and I found all of her characters enjoyable to read about. I did find the humor between Chubs and Liam rather pathetic, but I’ve never been all that fond of insult-humor (I’m more of a dry, sarcastic person). Needless to say, I wasn’t laughing at every joke made, but that didn’t lessen my enjoyment of the book in the slightest. As I previously mentioned, I love the characters. Ruby and Chubs both love books, so that’s a plus, and Liam is so kind and caring. I feel like it would be amazing to spend a day with these characters…

When I finished The Darkest Minds I wanted the next book right away. Sadly, Never Fade is not in my possession and won’t be for a little while, at least until I can get to Barnes and Noble. Suffice to say, I will be busying myself with other books in the meantime.

-Book Hugger

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