I was lucky enough to be able to get my hands on an early reviewer's copy of Alexandra Bracken's Never Fade. This title is the second in her dystopian teen series, The Darkest Minds.When we meet up with Ruby again she is deeply entrenched in the Children's League and has found herself again the position of a care-taker. She was made "Leader" of her small group within the League from the moment she arrived.
All of Ruby's fears from The Darkest Minds have come true, she is an outcast of her own kind. As one of the only Orange's known of left alive everyone is frightened of her and her power. As she is biding her time and trying to petition the League to help the others still trapped in the camps Ruby gets dragged into a secret mission that the failure of could leave everyone she knows and loves dead, including herself.
This sequel is the farthest from a disappointment you can possibly get, and I've read plenty of disappointing sequels. The pace of the story is great, there is never really a dull moment even when the action is low impact. Great new characters are introduced, we meet up with some old friends, and the story-line progresses nicely throughout. I especially enjoyed a foray into Wilmington, NC, my own hometown.
If you're a fan of the Hunger Games or Divergent go and pick up the first book so you can be ready for the release of Never Fade on October 15th. I personally think this series is the superior of the three and I consider myself quite the dystopian connoisseur.
My rating: A+
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