Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken

Title: Never Fade
Author: Alexandra Bracken
Type:  Young-Adult Novel
Genre: Dystopian Fantasy
Series: Yes book 2 "The Darkest Minds
Pages: 512
Copyright: 2013
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Rating: 3 out of 5


Summary: From Good Reads
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?

Feelings:
I enjoyed this book. It was about what I expected from the ending in the last book. I think I liked the first one a little more than I liked this one. Ruby gained more powers and was able to become herself a little more. The beginning of the book introduced new characters and it was a little slow for me. I would have liked it to move a little faster. I missed the characters from the first book. Some of them show up in the book and I thought that helped make the book move a little faster.

I want to read the next book to see what happens but I didn't enjoy this book as much as I did the first one. This book explains a little more about the different political groups as Ruby has become part of the Children's League. It seems like all of the groups have one thing in come the fear of the children with powers. I felt a little like the politics was a weak point in the story.

I'm waiting to get the next book in the series but I have to get it from another library so it might be a while. I'm hoping that it will pull everything together. It is a different type of story than I expected but it fits with the dystopian theme that is very common currently.