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Through the Dark
Through the Dark: A Darkest Minds Collection (The Darkest Minds) | Alexandra Bracken
'A RIVETING EMOTIONAL READ THAT KEPT ME ON THE EDGE!' -- Melissa Marr, author of the bestselling Wicked Lovely series, on The Darkest Minds From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Bracken comes a collection of thrilling novellas that connect the four novels in the bestselling The Darkest Minds series. In Time sees a desperate young man is forced to make a terrible choice between his own survival and the future of a little girl who won't speak, but who changes his life in ways he could never imagine. In Sparks Rise a spark of light brightens a brutal world when a girl named Sam encounters her childhood best friend, Lucas, at the government-run 'rehabilitation' camp, Thurmond. Lucas and Sam form a risky escape plan, but sometimes even love isn't powerful enough to overcome unspeakable cruelty. And in Beyond the Night the camps are closed. A tyrant president has been deposed. But for many Psi kids living rough, there is no home to return to, no place for them in a country devastated by the past and anxious about the future. Every day is a struggle for Sam, who knew all the rules at Thurmond and has been thrown into a terrifying and uncertain new life. But there's more at stake than Sam's own survival. She once made a promise to someone she loves, and the time has come to fulfill it. MORE PRAISE FOR THE DARKEST MINDS 'The story's quick-paced action leads to a heartbreaking cliffhanger that will have readers eager for the next book ...' -- Publishers Weekly 'Haunting ... Bracken creates a gripping and terrifying dystopian world.' -- Kirkus Reviews 'HELL TO THE YES, I love this story and these characters so much!!' -- Goodreads 'The Darkest Minds was, without a doubt, one of the best books I have read!' -- Goodreads
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EmilieGR
Mehso-so

Doesn‘t add too much

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Caffeinated_Reader
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Book number 20 of my year and I‘m about 60 pages in already and I absolutely love this. They are the three novellas that the author wrote to be read after you read the series or after you read each book 1-4 I am currently waiting for book 4 in the mail so I decided to read this now.

Caffeinated_Reader In Time last thoughts: 😭😭😭 I knew how it was going to end but still. Reading it from Gabe‘s point of view was much more emotional. I was balling my eyes out willing the book to change and for him not to walk up first. He is still Zu‘s hero and I am glad they “got out” and found each other💔💔 6y
Caffeinated_Reader Sparks Rise last thoughts: broke my heart in a whole new way. Lucas & Sammy. Jesus. I want to rip up every book and rewrite it. Make Ruby get back faster. Make Ruby get back in time to help. 💔 6y
Caffeinated_Reader So much greatness! I am amazed and extremely giddy with the way the last story ends. Beautiful. Makes me want to give writing stories another try. I just wish every book had a little side novella to go with them. This was my first series I‘ve read with one and it‘s expanded my experience and made it more noteworthy for me. So grateful I read this series. The last book will be delivered tomorrow so I can‘t wait to finish the series & movies🥰 6y
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jackilynn
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jackilynn
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Rainy days were made for curling up under a blanket with a cup of coffee & a good book.

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shendrix413
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"I flick my turn signal on out of dumb habit, and because the end of the world's no excuse for bad driving manners." ?

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jmtrivera
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Bracken is great at the novella. I really enjoyed the stories, the themes, and the characters. There were even parts I might have enjoyed as much as or more than the original trilogy. Really glad I read this.

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jmtrivera
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I realize, with sudden clarity, that if it were any one of them, any of the girls in my cabin, I would have done something immediately, said anything to have made it stop. I need to do the same for myself.

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jmtrivera

I do not know what, in the end, makes a person who they are. If we‘re all born one way, or if we only arrive there after a series of choices.

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TheReadingNurse

"She knows exactly what's going to happen to her, and she doesn't care. She is a fighter against the ropes, ready to go down swinging."

Thank you for being a fighter, Sam.

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TheReadingNurse
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My current read! I just can't tear myself away from these kids.

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Garabrandtreviews
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This is a collection of short stories, one centering around Zu after she got picked up, one more about Sam and a new character. These give a fair picture of what things are like at the beginning of rebuilding the states. I was intrigued, especially by the info on the reds.

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Garabrandtreviews

A part of me wonders if it‘s not what she went through that has shaped her into something so solid and strong, but the people who went through it with her.

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Garabrandtreviews

He spoke in parables and proverbs, and when he realized what I was, he barely spoke at all. Some part of me still thinks he would have loved me more if I‘d died, because it‘d mean I was saved.