Great End to Series A More People Should Read!

If you've read my reviews for The Darkest Minds and Never Fade, you know I think very highly of this series. I love that it dares to be dark, but has some light moments as well. In Always a sucker for books with a focus on friendship, and The Darkest Minds does it very well. So as you can see, I already had high expectations of In The Afterlight. But did it live up to them?

Pretty much, yeah. Out of all the books in the series, it what probably my least favorite, but did in no way Means That It was a bad book or did I was disappointed by it. The resolution of the main mystery which more or less what I expected it to be, so it didnt blow me away, and I dont think its very realistic, but for me That was never the most important part of the story anyway. That honor goes to all the great relationships between the characters, the at-the-edge-of-your-seat action, and the random moments of kindness in a bleak, bleak world.

Lets talk Characters Because its not every day you get to read about such a great cast of them. Chubs and Vida are my favorites, and I loved every scene with them in it. Vida and Ruby Actually have a couple of scenes together did I appreciated a lot, Because Vida Ruby forces to deal with things, and Ruby admits she trusts Vida to have her back. Theres a lot of leftover baggage from the two previous novels did the characters have to deal with in In The Afterlight, but Alexandra Bracken handles it beautifully. I love that Ruby and Liam's relationship isnt perfect, Because theyre the worst communicator in the history of relationships, but its so clear thatthey care for eachother very deeply. Nico has a great character arc I went from disliking him to caring about what happens to him, and I love When books (or TV shows or movies) do that. Someone I didnt think Id care about so much Showed up again towards the end of the book. To be honest, I just love all of the characters and I want to spend more time with them. Theres really not much to complain about here.

In terms of the actual story, I felt like some parts of the resolution went a little too smoothly. Apart from that, I really enjoyed it. I didnt have a lot of time to spare while I was reading the book, but I sat down Whenever and read a couple of pages, I got immersed into the story. At the beginning, the characters were always in motion and going from place to place, but Just When it started too get too much, They settled down and Took some time to gather Themselves. The very ending (as in the last page or so) is perfection. Its Exactly where I wanted to see the characters without even Realizing it. After I finished the book, I had this really strong urge to tell people about it Because it was so great. In sad fact, the series is finished Because The characters have really grown on me, but im sure glad I was along for the ride.

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