Darkest Minds, The-A Darkest Minds Novel, Book 1 (The Darkest Minds, #1)

by Alexandra Bracken

[Chelsea]

Initial Thoughts

I was expecting something really similar to the Dark Visions series by L.J. Smith. I don’t know why, but that’s what it reminded me of.

My New BFF

I’m going with the main character, Ruby, for this one. I feel like she gave me a lot of reasons to not like her at the start of the book. She kind of kept her head down and never stood up for herself. Usually I really hate that but later on in the book we find out she kind of had a good reason for that and she’s actually a lot more brave than I gave her credit for at the beginning. I’m glad she finally stopped being afraid and fight instead.

My Crush

Obviously Liam. He’s such a cutie! He trusts everyone completely, which is never good obviously, but it makes him really cute. I just admired how happy he was all the time. He just had one of those personalities that makes you smile whenever he pops into the story. You can tell he’s going to be the love interest here and I really hope the author doesn’t ruin that.

Writing Style

I liked how fast paced this book was. Any slower and it would have been too boring. I did find a lot of the plot predictable or typical for this type of story which is why it didn’t get a full five stars from me. The characters were fairly plain or characters we’ve seen before so I hope the next book takes the story into a more unique direction.

Closing Thoughts

I think I enjoyed this book more at the time of reading as opposed to afterwards. I feel like even now some details were forgettable and even some of the characters as well. I just feel like we’ve seen this story 5 times before. The only thing bringing it up to 4 stars is that I still really enjoyed reading it. It’s a series I’ll finish for sure but I really, really hope the next book surprises me more.