Never Fade - Alexandra Bracken

Never Fade - Alexandra Bracken ★★★★ 4.0

I'm giving this book 4 stars. Here's why:

• So many good characters! Jude, Vida, Chubs, Ruby, and OF COURSE Liam.
• Liam. He gets his own space as well.
• Also Cole. Also Clancy...
• The end was pretty surprising for me.

So I realize that most of my points are characters. That's probably why I am giving this book four stars and not five. I LOVED the characters so much, but... the rest of it wasn't as awesome as I hoped it would be.

It was good, don't get me wrong. It was great, maybe even extremely great! But I wanted more.

Maybe it was lacking in plot (I don't think this is true whatsoever).

Maybe I feel like we didn't get ENOUGH of the characters (Hard to say. I loved them, but we DID get to see them a lot).

Maybe it was too slow (Not in pacing, but in the actual story. Get there faster! Mend my broken heart, Liam!).

Maybe it's just that it's not my kind of story. I know it was expertly written. I KNOW that. I absolutely love Alexandra Bracken. I think the story is incredible. Here are my issues:

I feel my emotions too strongly.

This book made me feel too many negative emotions.

My heart broke. And broke. And broke some more.

And then I was intrigued, shocked, couldn't stop reading!

And then my heart broke.

And broke.

THIS JUST CAN'T HAPPEN TO ME, OR I WILL BREAK ENTIRELY. But the fact that Miss Bracken can make me feel like my heart was being ripped out over and over and over again just proves to me how incredible she is. After reading that book, I just feel sad. I'll need to recover for a while before I read In the Afterlight.

Liam.

And Jude! An entirely different kind of heartbreak, but no less painful!

Man, I feel like this review sucks. But I am just so broken from that book!

LIAM.

Speaking of, I have a huge crush on Cole as well! And then Liam is obviously my favorite. But COLE. And I have this weird love for Clancy. He's just so bad. But I don't really think he's a terrible person. Though Ruby does, I can't convince myself of that. I like him. I think he just needs help. Maybe some direction. Those poor kids - they ALL need a little extra love. It's not his fault, right? Right?!

This book just hurt. It hurt so much. But it hurt so good? I think. I need to get over it first. Ouch.

I want to give this book more stars. I feel like this book deserves more. But I also feel like I can't give them. The beginning wasn't slow by any means, but it took a while for me to get back into the story. The last 60% of the book definitely made up for it. So, I loved 60%. 4 out of 5 stars is 80%... But 3 is far too little. Even 3.5. I suppose 4 makes sense.

Final thoughts: Never Fade. I wanted to rip the pages out. And I loved it. And I'm just as confused as you are.