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# Darkest Minds, The (The Darkest Minds series Book 1) Kindle Edition

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    I really enjoy taking road trips and the title and cover of ...
  

*by C***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2016*

I first read THE DARKEST MINDS in December of 2014. I stumbled across it in an Epic Reads list of books featuring road trips. I really enjoy taking road trips and the title and cover of this book intrigued me so I had to pick it up! I have to say that that might have been the best decision I've ever made.When I picked up the audiobook of this one to do a reread, a little part of me was worried that I wouldn't love this book as much the second time. Thankfully, this was not the case. In fact, I think I may have loved it even more this time around!When I first started listening to this, I wasn't 100% sure what I thought of the narrator, but I really grew to like her. I love all the different voices for the different characters. I think that this audio was about 11-ish hours and it was easy to listen to this narrator talk for that long.This book is a little bit dystopia, a little bit science fiction, a LOT awesome. It has an amazing romance, adventure, high stakes, heartbreak, betrayal, and a wonderful friendship.The book follows Ruby Daly. She was sent to a camp on her 10th birthday. She used her abilities to convince the person running the sorting test that she was a green rather than an orange. She spent the next six years terrified of what she can do. When she gets sprung from camp, she realizes that the people helping her aren't what they seem and she runs away, right into a group of kids who are in about the same predicament as she is. Together, they roam West Virginia, searching for the safe haven of East River.Ruby is probably my favorite book heroine ever. She goes through some really fantastic character growth in this book. In the beginning, she's basically scared of her own shadow. She won't let anyone close to her, afraid that her won't be able to control her abilities and they'll see her for the monster she believes she is. It takes her a long time to open up to anyone.But along her journey she kind of starts to own her powers. She starts to not see herself as so awful for what she can do. She doesn't truly trust her powers yet, but she sees that she can use them to help her friends and keep them safe.The only real fault that I can think of in her is that she is CONSTANTLY like, "Nooo, just leave me behind. Leave me here. Forget about me." Ruby, just stop. No one is ditching you.Liam Stewart is my number one book boyfriend. He's so swoon-y. He's so sweet and kind to everyone around him. He's caring. He's funny. I feel like he kind of comes off a little bit as though he's got a bad boy side. Mostly just because it's mentioned that he has been in some fights and he wears a leather jacket. I guess that doesn't necessarily equal bad boy status, but there ya go. He's super protective of his friends (especially Ruby) and would do anything to keep them safe, even if it meant sacrificing himself.If I ever had my own Liam Stewart that called me "Darlin'" in his sweet southern accent, I would absolutely melt on the spot.Chubs is a little bit abrasive at first. He is 100% not okay with Ruby tagging along with their group. He doesn't want to be caught in the crossfire if/when the people chasing Ruby catch up with them. He doesn't understand why they should put themselves at risk for someone they don't even know. I think that I didn't really like Chubs the first time I read this book. I wanted him to be nicer to Ruby. But this time around, I didn't find myself disliking Chubs before he warmed up to Ruby.As much as Chubs sometimes seems to need to get a sense of humor or something, I think that he would make a wonderful friend. He's good to have around in times like this because he's really smart and he's got a little bit of medical knowledge!Zu is the one who initially lets Ruby into their little group. She is the youngest of the group. She's such a little sweetheart and is super girly. You don't really get to learn a lot about her in this book though, so that's about all I can say!The romance in this book is so adorable. Ruby and Liam are my favorite book couple. The scenes with them being cute together completely give me life. I just want to put them in a protective bubble to keep them safe forever. I just think they work really well together!I really can't think of anything in this book that I didn't enjoy. I love the characters. I love their friendship. I loved going on this adventure with them. I love everything about this book.Overall, I don't think there should be any question in anyone's mind that I 100% recommend this book. To everyone. If you like awesome character growth, WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP, super swoon-y romances, or books about road trips, READ THIS!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
  

*by E***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2022*

This book series is the best thing I have ever read! I read this book in less then two weeks and the second in 4 days.. and I’m not a reader before I started this series. When I’m done with it I’m probably gonna reread it.

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    Good start but needed more info to fill in gaps in world building
  

*by L***’ on Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2013*

Note: This review, as well as many others, can also be found on my blog, The Baking Bookworm.My Thoughts:  If you've seen my Book Index at the top of the blog you'll see that I love Young Adult/Dystopian reads. I've read The Hunger Games trilogy, Divergent/Insurgent, Shatter Me, Immortal Rules ... the whole YA/Dystopian enchilada and, for the most part, I've really loved the genre.  My love of these two genres also makes me more of a connoisseur and I expect a lot from authors to keep me interested and add something new to a very popular genre.That said, I have some very different and perhaps conflicting feelings about this book.  Overall, I have to say that I'm intrigued by it as the start to a new series.  It had a fast pace in the beginning and a great 'edge of your seat' ending but there were some aspects of the book that took away from the general positive feeling.But let's start with the positives, shall we?  I think that one of the strongest aspects of the book were the some of the characters.  Even though the book centres around Ruby and Liam my favourite characters were secondary to the storyline.  It was wee Zu and Chubs who really stood out for me. Chubs was, by far, my favourite character.Chubs starts out at the beginning of the book as pretty obstinate and not a fan of Ruby's at all.  But over time we see why Chubs feels the way he does and we get to see more of the real guy behind the sarcasm.  I loved him.  I think that Chubs' personality, emotion, honesty and humour easily overshadowed Ruby and Liam.Ruby, as the main character, goes through a big metamorphosis.  We first see her as a very timid girl with no real world experiences and just a very beaten down, weak person.  She is then thrust into the real world where we see her struggle to gain confidence so she can learn to take matters into her own hands to change her life and the lives of those like her.  That said, she wasn't a character that I was really ever drawn to and I think that's because her struggle to gain confidence took a little longer than I was comfortable with.Also, the girl squanders her super powers.  Instead of learning how to use them and being in awe of how cool it is that she even has these powers she ignores them and is upset at even having them.  Say what??  She seemed like more of a weak Bella Swan (gah!) main character and that never sits well with me.  Ever.  She spends a lot of the time bemoaning the fact that she has these powers and makes decisions which seemed like she gave little to no thought to and were just generally stupid decisions that put her in danger.Then there's Liam.  I just didn't love this guy.  Compared to Chubs' character Liam lacked depth and just general 'oomph'.  I think my lack of interest in Liam didn't help the romance aspect either which, if I'm being honest, felt like it came out of nowhere.  Much too sudden and it felt like the reader was expected to accept the fact that these two are now a couple when only a night or so before they were all awkward and unsure of each other.  And another little thing that bugged me about Liam was the fact that he's suddenly referred to as "Lee".  At first I was wondering who this Lee character was.  Confusing.  Why use a nickname (only one syllable less) when you don't need to?I know it seems like my positives quickly turned into negatives.  I hate dumping on a new book but I can't ignore certain facts.  Honestly, there were big gaps in the world building and general storyline that I just couldn't ignore.My major criticisms about this book mainly stem from the huge gaps in information or a lack of detail.  Honestly, for a good portion of the book I had the feeling like I sort of had the gist of the world and this vague virus that has annihilated civilization.  It's not a feeling that I enjoyed.  I felt in the dark about how this world was set up, the reasoning behind this mysterious virus that has annihilated 95%+ of American youth and even the 'powers' that these special kids have.  It was frustrating that so much was just glossed over and that I, as a reader, was just supposed to accept it.For example, why would all of the parents of these 'mutant' kids be so willing to hand over their kids to the government to put in camps and never seen again?  What parent does that?  And why house all these kids for years on end?  What's the government's plan for these kids?  Doesn't the government worry about the effect on future generations if so many of their youth are dying/being killed off?  Why did this virus only affect American kids?  Why not use these little mutants and teach them to use their powers and become an army of X-men-type warriors? (Where is Professor X when you need him?) Why waste their powers? Too many unanswered questions that just didn't make sense to me.This funky fog stayed with me for the entire book but the pace of the book towards the end and the 'edge of my seat' feel that I got helped me to forget (for the most part) this fog as I read the cliff hanger.  And a delicious cliff hanger it was!  The end of the book picks up the pace and tension big time!  So I can only hope that future books in the series will continue with this surge of energy and propel the storyline even further ahead.Don't get me wrong.  I did enjoy this book but there is definitely room for improvement.  I will say that it kept my interest and I loved the fact that there isn't just one bad guy.  This dystopian world is utterly fractured so it makes perfect sense that different factions are vying for power and are willing to go to great lengths to ensure that they have these kids with super powers on their side."The darkest minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces."There is a huge amount of potential for the future books in the series to take off.  I hope that a lot more info will be given to the reader to help us really get a better grasp about the world that has been created.  The ideas in this book were great ... it was just the execution that needed more fine tuning to help the reader get up to speed.There are some unanswered questions at the end of the book but those only added to my desire to jump into Never Fade, the second book in this series which I have been graciously given to review by the publisher, as soon as humanly possible.I recommend this book for readers who loved The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Shatter Me by Tehereh Mafi, The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa or Divergent by Veronica Roth.My Rating: 3/5 stars

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