BEA 2016: Day 3

      The third and final day of BEA 2016 began at 4:15am on the Friday, this is because I really wanted a ticket to the last Marissa Meyer signing/ Heartless drop. So at 5:30am I made it to the ticket line to wait with the others who had already lined up, the ticket drop was at 8am. I was roughly 20th in line, from what I had heard there was going to be 100-150 tickets, so I had thought that I'd be good to go. Once 8am came, and the drop line opened for business, the first 3 people in line got tickets then they were out. How could that be right? Well, apparently all the other tickets were taken when people paid for fast passes/first in line passes, something that had sold out when I finally bought my BEA pass. (Fast Passes, guaranteed you advance tickets so that you didn't have to wait in line. When buying the pass, you get 3 passes to ticketed lines of your choice.) When I finally got to the front of the line, not wanting to have gotten up super early for no reason I grabbed a ticket to Alexandra Bracken. Feeling super disappointed, I went to the entrance line to wait till 9:00am when everyone was let onto the floor. 

   Having a drop at 9:30am, Stephanie and I headed straight to the Random House booth for the drop of The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon. We didn't have to wait long until the drop happened. Right after the drop happened, Stephanie ran off to the Friday Three Dark Crowns drop, and since I didn't have anything until 10am I lingered a bit. And lucky I did, because no more than 5 minutes after Stephanie ran away did Nicola Yoon walk by. Being the sneaky girl that I am, I ran up to her to ask her to sign my copy of The Sun is Also a Star. From there I walked happily towards the Alexandra Bracken line.

Alexandra Bracken

   At the line a few great things happened, the first being that I met Asma, who was such a sweetie and delight to talk too! And second being that the other lady I was talking, overheard me talking to Asma about how I didn't get a ticket to Marissa, and offered me her advance pass to Marissa that she wasn't going to use, I started tearing up right on the spot. It was the nicest gesture, and honestly it made BEA for me.

Marissa Meyer

   Once Bayram, joined me in line for Alexandra Bracken, I could not shut up about how excited I was to see Marissa. Eventually we reached the front of the line, and were finally able to meet Alexandra. Having just read the first 2 books in her Darkest Minds series, we had a great little convo about it!

   From there I rushed to the Marissa Meyer signing line, where I almost cried again from excitement. I had to wait roughly an hour but in the end it was worth it. I was a blabbering mess when I finally got to the front of the line, my smile in the pictures that were taken, looks gigantic and I could not stop rambling on about how my blog was in the Cress paperback. I couldn't have felt anymore excited, I hope Marissa didn't just think I was a weirdo or anything ha!

    After the Marissa signing (11am), I had nothing planned until 1pm. So I wandered around with Stephanie, looking for trouble and more exciting things. This was after I started tearing up again in front of Stephanie and her mom about Heartless.

Veronica Roth

Leigh Bardugo

   With this aimless wandering we discovered a wild Veronica Roth, author of Divergent (We really just spotted her at her booth), a wild Leigh Bardugo, author of Shadow and Bone, (Okay, so actually she was having lunch with Alexandra Bracken, Kami Garcia, author of Beautiful Creatures, and Amie Kaufman, author of Illuminae, but we were too polite to intrude, that was until they were done eating of course;), and finally some *interesting* photos of each other were taken. Then I received a text, my friend Kristie, some of you already know her previously from Ohana Reads, knew that while in the states I wouldn't have any data, I would only have whatever wifi I could find, so she came to my rescue. Apparently Jay Kristoff had tweeted that the first three people to find him and tell him a secret password (Never Forget), would get a signed ARC of his upcoming release Nevernight. This particular ARC wasn't available or being featured at BEA. Stephanie being a super fan of his, we just had to hunt him down. So we spent the next hour or so looking for him. 

   Eventually 1pm rolled around, and I was off to the ARC drop and signing of Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco. And boy was she a sweetie! Debut authors when they're nervous about seeing their *children* sent our into the world is the sweetest thing. 

   Then rushing occurred, because my next signing was at 1pm as well, and that signing was for Eleanor Herman, Amy Lukavics, Keira Drake, author of The Continent, and Jennifer L. Armentrout for The Problem With Forever. Having already met Eleanor and Amy the day before, I was really there for Keira and Jennifer. I've been a huge fan of Jennifer since YALLFest 2014, so I just had to get an ARC of her latest book. I also had to go to at least one of her signings because I promised my sister that I would get her ARC of Don't Look Back signed for her! It was AMAZING getting to see her again!

Jennifer L. Armentrout 

   Finally, with only having one thing left on my schedule for the day and it being 1:30pm, I headed to my 3:00pm book drop for Gemina by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman. I was there a little early huh? Well, apparently an "unofficial" line had already started at 1:00pm. People really wanted that ARC. And so I, along with Stephanie and her mom stayed. Everyone taking turns leaving and going around places, always making sure we had at least one person saving our spots in line. I left only, perhaps 5 times. Twice, for random book drops that people around us told us about, once for a picture with Ransom Riggs and Tahereh Mafi, (Authors of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and Shatter Me) and twice for two more special things. One being A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir.

Me, Ransom Rigs, Tahereh Mafi, Stephanie

Sabaa Tahir

   At 2:00pm the signing/drop for A Torch Against the Night began, but because it was a Random House/Penguin event, the tickets for the event were given out an hour before the signing, the same time I was at the Harlequin ladies signing. So I had no hope of snagging a ticket. Low and behold, I heard a whisper from someone while I was waiting in the Gemina line, a whisper that they had left over ARCs from the signing. So I jumped up and ran to the line, by the time I got there, there were a few people already lined up in front of me, but I made it. I didn't even realize that Sabaa was still there signing them, so along with the ARC, I was able to get it personalized. It was pretty great! I still remember that thrill of running to the line and actually making it.

Steph and Jay Kristoff

   The last special thing that happened was that while getting up to find Stephanie, I saw her with, guess who? Jay Kristoff, that lucky girl had found him and gotten one of the ARCs of Nevernight. I swear she was crying, she was so happy. Pictures were taken, and then tons of people started to crowd him. Apparently he had pre-signed the ARCs just in case he was going to be too busy to sign them later, but Steph was lucky enough to get hers personalized too. I will never forget the moment when he asked who to sign it to and she said Doodle, because right after she said that, he did a double take and replied, "Doodle? That means something totally different in Australia." I snorted a little too loudly after that, and continued to tease Steph about it for the rest of the trip.


   Then back to the Gemina line we went, and finally we were able to get those ARCs. (Here is Jay Kristof's video of the Gemina line) Two Kristoff ARCS within an hour of each other, I swear Stephanie was in Heaven at this point. My Marissa Meyer ARC was her Kristoff ARCs. It was the perfect end to a perfect day.

   And that pretty much concluded BEA 2016 for me, of course the next day BookCon 2016 was going to happen but as far as Book Expo America was concerned, it was over for me.

   Here is my book haul for BEA Day 3!

   An that concludes BEA 2016 for me!

 If you haven't seen my other posts from BEA you can see those here:

Maggie Stiefvater Signing

BEA: Day 1

BEA: Day 2
BookCon 2016
Sarah J. Maas Signing

   Until the next post!

June Wrap Up 2016

   Hi everyone! 

   First of all, I'm really sorry that Ohana Reads had nothing new for most of June. After returning from BEA 2016, back in mid May, everything was a mess for me. I had missed a ton of school work, so I was playing catch up, and then final exams started happening. Between exams and prepping for

my graduation at the end of June, I had no time for blogging. So in the next little while, definitely look forward to seeing those last few posts about my BEA trip, as well as a blog tour and a few book reviews.
   At the beginning of June, my lovely local blogger friend, Joy from Joyousreads invited a bunch of us other locals to her house to pick a bunch of books from her stacks that she didn't want anymore to take home. "A bunch" being 50ish books, and holy she still had more for us to take. Besides getting a whole bunch of new books to take home, it was lovely seeing Kristie (Lost in Ever After), and Mari (The Autumn Bookshelf) again, as well as finally meeting Joy and Sara (Just Another Story)!

   The last week of June was all about me graduating, yup I graduated High School. Finally. With the

My date, Riley and I.

27th being my school's garden party, basically we dressed up in our grad attires and walked down a carpet, and our grad dinner. That day started with me getting my hair done, then coming home to do make up and get dressed. From there the party began at my school, my friends and I walked down the Kodiak blue carpet then took MANY photos outside. When we were finally done that we headed to Sweet Tops, our local ice cream place where we ate in style.

   Dinner was in the evening, our school had rented a place in our local convention centre for us to

My rather large friend group.

have our party. We had a bar, a casino section, a photo booth and a silent raffle. The whole evening was a blast, especially when I had won 60 free slurps in the raffle.
   My friend was hosting our after party at his house, but with such  long day I ended up hitting the hay earlier then the rest if my friends.
   Wednesday the 29th was our convocation, where were saw all of our graduating class together for the last time. It was great, and amazing to see as all graduating together.

   And that was my grad. From the way I described it, it probably seemed like a boring thing, but I had a phenomenal time. I'm glad I was able to share High School with my friends, I'll definitely miss the ones that are leaving the city for school.

   That is my monthly wrap up! And now for the stats!

Books Read:

My girls, Tia and Cynthia.

And I Darken by Kiersten White
The Crown by Kiera Cass
The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead

Book Haul:

White Cat by Holly Black (UK Paperback)
The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova (Hardcover)
Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer L. Armentrout (ARC)
In A Handful of Dust by Mindy McGinnis (Hardcover)
Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis (Hardcover)
Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Paperback)
The Selection by Kiera Cass (Hardcover)
Nocturne by Christine Johnson (Hardcover)
Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff (ARC)
Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Paperback)
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout ( First Edition Paperback)
Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Paperback)
Cursed by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Hardcover)
Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead (Paperback)
Succubus Dreams by Richelle Mead (Paperback)
Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead (Paperback)
Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder (Paperback)
And I Darken by Kiersten White (ARC)
Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey (Hardcover)
Pride by Rachel Vincent (Mass Bound Paperback)
Inbetween by Tara A. Fuller (Paperback)

Some of my nerds, Cynthia and Justin.

Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine (Signed ARC)
Unite Me by Tahereh Mafi (Paperback)
Wither by Lauren DeStefano (Hardcover)
Between the Sea and the Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore (Hardcover)
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma (ARC)
Feed by Mira Grant (Mass Bound Paperback)
The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker (ARC)
The Nine Lives of Chloe King by Liz Bramwell (Paperback)
Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch (Hardcover)
Siren by Tricia Rayburn (Hardcover)
Undercurrent by Tricia Rayburn (Hardcover)
Sublime by Christina Lauren (Hardcover)
My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent (Paperback)
My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent (Paperback)
My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent(Paperback)
The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler (Hardcover)
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (Hardcover)
Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer (Hardcover)
Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer (Hardcover)
Snakeroot by Andrea Cremer (Hardcover)
Heir to the Sky by Amanda Sun (Hardover)
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows (Hardcover)

A huge thank you to Joy from Joyousreads, Brittany from Brittany's Book Rambles, and OwlCrate for this fabulous book haul this month!

Books Reviewed:

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken

July Releases That I'm Excited For:

The Savage Song by Victoria Schwab (5th)
A World Without You by Beth Revis (19th)
Invincible by Dawn Metcalf (26th)
How to Hang A Witch by Adriana Mather (26th)


   That's my month! I'm already starting to get into my bookish feel again, so expect a lot of stuff come July!

Book Review: Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken

Release Date: October 15th, 2013
Read: April 22nd-May 2nd, 2016
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Series: The Darkest Minds, #2
Format: ARC, 512 pages
Source: Gift

Description 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 League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she really is: a monster. 

   When Ruby is entrusted with an explosive secret, she must embark on her most dangerous mission yet: leaving the Children’s League behind. Crucial information about the disease that killed most of America’s children—and turned Ruby and the others who lived into feared and hated outcasts—has survived every attempt to destroy it. But the truth is only saved in one place: a flashdrive in the hands of Liam Stewart, the boy Ruby once believed was her future—and who now wouldn’t recognize her. 


   As Ruby sets out across a desperate, lawless country to find Liam—and answers about the catastrophe that has ripped both her life and America apart—she is torn between old friends and the promise she made to serve the League. Ruby will do anything to protect the people she loves. But what if winning the war means losing herself? 

Review:

   Give 'em hell, darlin.
   I thought after what occurred in The Darkest Minds, that Never Fade would be as exciting as the first novel in the series. The Darkest Minds certainly left us off in a good place for it to be so, but unfortunately that was not the case for me, I found it to be a slow and not as entertaining novel.
   The whole book was honestly just ridiculous to me, Ruby our main character had made a deal in the first novel that left her in the possession of the Children's League, and all it was a one giant bad decision. She could clearly see how bad the League was, and the things that were doing were wrong, but she stayed with them anyway. Even with the deal she made, it was honestly not in her best interest, even if it was to protect Liam.
   With such a slow pace, and nothing really important happening until the very end, I found Never Fade not to be to my taste. The only reason I'd consider picking up the final book in the trilogy would be to see how the final events in Never Fade, play out in In The Afterlight. 

   

Rating:

Favourite Quote:

"Ghosts don't haunt people--their memories do."

Recommend to People Who Enjoy:

Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Paranormal, Post-Appocalyptic, Super Powers

May Monthly Wrap Up 2016

      May was a busy and fast month compared to previous months, the beginning of the month was literally all BEA prep. Then BEA and BookCon actually took up a week of the month. Then the rest of the month consisted of catch up in school, and a lot of after school working.

   BEA was a truly amazing experience, and I am so happy to have been able to have had the chance to go, and to have been able to have met my best online friend Stephanie. I was also super lucky enough to have been able to collect roughly 80 ARCs/Books while there, so you'll see that most of my book haul is BEA books! You can read about the first few days of BEA here: Maggie Stiefvater Signing, BEA Day: 1, BEA Day: 2. If you want to know more about my adventures at BEA, then make sure to keep an eye out in the next little while, while the last of the posts go up!

   I'll probably say more about it later, but meeting Stephanie was honestly such an amazing experience for me. Leading up to BEA I was worried that there might be a chance that we wouldn't get along in person, but the minute I saw her at the airport I was just so overwhelmed, but I knew knew that I wouldn't have to worry about anything.

   And that pretty much sums up my May! And don't forget that if you'd like to know what else happened at BEA, to keep an eye out for more of my upcoming BEA posts!

   Now for the bookish stats!

Books Read:

Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
True Born by L.E Sterling
The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas

Book Haul:

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (Signed Hardcover)

The Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia (ARC)

Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton (ARC)

Still a Work in Process by Jo Knowles (ARC)

Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom by Booki Vivat (ARC)

The Crown by Kiera Cass (International Paperback)

The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Signed ARC)

History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (Signed ARC)

A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir (Signed ARC)

The Assassins Blade by Sarah J Maas (Signed Hardcover)

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake (ARC)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K Rowling (UK Paperback)

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas X2 (Signed Hardcover)(Hardcover)

A History of Notable Shadowhunters and Denizens of Downworld by Cassandra Cartwright Clare & Cassandra Starkweather Jean (Signed Hardcover)

Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland (ARC)

Stealing Snow by Danielle Paige (ARC)

Spare and Found Parts by Sraha Maria Griffin (ARC)

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis (ARC)

Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham (ARC)

All the Little Liars by Charlaine Harris (ARC)

The King Slayer by Virgina Boecker (ARC)

The Scourge by Jennifer A. Nielsen (ARC)

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova (Signed ARC)

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (ARC)

Caraval by Stephanie Garber (Signed ARC)

The Continent by Keira Drake (Signed ARC)

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco (Signed ARC)

Heartless by Marissa Meyer (Signed ARC)

Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (Signed ARC)

Empire of Dust by Eleanor Herman (Signed ARC)

How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather (ARC)

Frostblood by Elly Blake (ARC)

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven (Signed ARC)

Replica by Lauren Oliver (ARC)

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken (Signed Hardcover)

The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead (Signed Hardcover)

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty (ARC)

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (Signed ARC)

The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily by David Leviathan and Rachel Cohn (Signed ARC)

The Loose Ends List by Carrie Firestone (ARC)

When We Collided by Emery Lord (Signed ARC)

The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti (ARC)

The Woman in the Walls by Amy Lukavics (Signed ARC)

Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin (ARC)

The Graces by Laure Eve (ARC)

A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess (ARC)

Spindle by E.K Johnston (ARC)

The Thousandth Floor by Katherine McGee (ARC)

The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron (ARC)
Wax by Gina Damico (ARC) {Not shown}

Books Reviewed:

True Born by L.E. Sterling 
The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye

Books I'm Looking Forward to in June:

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton (7th)
Ivory and Bone by Julie Esnbaugh (7th)
The Loose Ends List by Carries Firestone (7th)
With Mallace by Eileen Cook (7th)
Change Places With Me by Lois Metzler (14th)
An I Darken by Kiersten White (28th)
United As One by Pittacus Lore (28th)

   That's May! It was a long and fast month, June will definitely be different considering I'll be graduating High School at the end of the month. So we'll see how much time I'll actually have to myself! Until then!

April Monthly Wrap Up 2016

   Hello everyone! April is over, and it is finally time for May flowers! I couldn't be more excited for

May! A few sort weeks ago I very last minutely signed up to attend BEA 2016 and BookCon, and oh my gosh that's coming up so fast. I guess that's what happens when you plan a trip last minute right?
   Along with attending BEA and BookCon, I will also be at the Maggie Stiefvater signing on the 10th, as well as the Sarah J Maas signing on the 14th! If you see me at all, feel free to come and say hi!I promise that I'm super friendly and would love to meet you! And if you're a blogger then, hopefully I'll be seeing you at the Blogger Dinner?
   When it's come to packing I am honestly so stumped on what to pack book wise! Because I'm flying in I'll have a few restrictions, including a weight one. So bringing books from home to get signed, as well as picking up new books at BEA will be a struggle. So far all I know is that I need my ARC of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas to be signed.

  here. Next months book club book is The Crowns Game by Evelyn Skye! I'm been dying to read this one for a while now, and I couldn't be happier to finally get the chance!

   Besides planning for BEA, April was a more relaxing month. The only other things that happened was a Be First Book Club meeting and a signing for Colleen Nelson, that you can read about
   That's all for this month! Expect TONS for next month, I'm sure that I'm going to be rambling on about BEA for a long time!
   Now for the stats!

Books Read:

Titans by Victoria Scott

Finding Hope by Colleen Nelson

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

Book Haul:

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (Hardcover)
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard (Hardcover)
The Crown's Game by Evelyn Stye (ARC)
True Born by L.E. Sterling (Hardcover)
The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter (Paperback)

 A huge thank you for McNally Robinson and Raincoast Publishing for two of the lovely pictures posted above! 

Books Reviewed:

Broken Crowns by Lauren DeStefano

Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke

Finding Hope by Colleen Nelson

This Is The Story of You by Beth Kephart 

Titans by Victoria Scott

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

May Books That I'm Excited For:

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (3rd)
The Crown by Kiera Cass (3rd)
Traitor Angels by Anne Blackman (3rd)
Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood (3rd)
Ruined by Amy Tintera (3rd)
True Born by L.E. Sterling (3rd)
The Crowns Game by Evelyn Skye (17th)
The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout (17th)
Girl Against the Universe by Paula Stokes ( 17th)
The Hunt by Megan Shepherd (24th)

   That's it for this month! What new books did you pick up this month? What were some great books that you read? Let me know in the comments! I'm always in need of a new book to add to my TBR pile!

Book Review: The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

Release Date: October 22nd, 2013
Read: March 23rd -April 22nd, 2014
Publisher: Disney- Hyperion
Series: The Darkest Minds, #1
Format: Paperback, 488 pages
Source: Bought

Description from GoodReads:

   When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something frightening enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that got her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that had killed most of America’s children, but she and the others emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they could not control.

   Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones. When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. She is on the run, desperate to find the only safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who have escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents. When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at having a life worth living.' to

Review:

   I'm afraid of how much I don't know.

   I had heard about The Darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken, so very long ago. Time went by and then I found myself with an ARC of Never Fade, the sequel to The Darkest Minds, but I still hadn't picked up the series to read. It wasn't until I was leaving for my school trip and needed something to read that I went finally and picked up the first book.
   Starting the book I instantly got dija vu, like I'd read a book similar to this one before. Children suddenly getting powers, I'd just felt like I've seen it before. Fortunately that didn't stop me from continuing on with the story.
   I loved how The Darkest Minds had so many things going on in the story all at once, the objective to get to Slip Kid, the ongoing chase of the four, on the road to get away from Cate and the League, and from the PSF's, it all created an adventurous read that even with the slightest addition to the game board making it all that more interesting. And that's exactly what happened at the end of the novel, making the cliffhanger more unbearable.
   I loved Ruby, even with her rough situation of her powers, especially when they caused her to loose so many important things in her life, she stood strong and would always try to keep Zu, Chubs and Liam safe. Her need to protect them made her all that more of an admirable character.
   I also enjoyed reading about Liam, he reminded me a lot of one of my closest friends, so I would always picture them the same.
   I'm glad I finally got around to reading The Darkest Minds, It was an exciting fast paced read that I would recommend to anyone in need of a  little bit of adventure. Now onto Never Fade!
   

Rating:

Favourite Quote:

"The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces."

Recommend to People Who Enjoy:

Young Adult, Fantasy, Sci Fi, Dystopian, Apocalyptic, super powers, chosen ones, mutations, diseases