The Darkest Minds Trilogy by Alexandra Bracken

I spent my long weekend bumming it at home with this trilogy and I just finished it an hour ago. It's been so long since I finished a book series, the aftershocks of finishing it are whooping me. I feel so warm and content but lonely and sad at the same time. Yikes, that sounds odd - I hope you don't think I feel sad and lonely because I spent my weekend with a couple books. It was a good weekend, definitely. #noragrets (high-five if you got that movie reference)

I'm nice and content because it was such an amazing trilogy. It was just so intense and entertaining and wrapped up so well and completely. It's kind of hard to find a good compilation of words that can get your heart thumping something fierce and worried over fictional characters which is why I'm so glad this series did it right. Anddd,  that is also why I'm so sad and lonely. Its over. Its done. Why. I'm in the first stages of grief: denial. I was on such a crazy ride with these amazing people and now I'm not and I'm laying in my bed left with the lingering feelings of adrenaline and separation. Pretty depressing, huh? I guess it's the feeling you get after a long, amazing trip and you have to get back to your life and accept reality. That melancholy feeling as you replay memories in your head. Ahh, I'm getting sad again. The loneliess, if it wasn't apparent, comes from the characters. If you ever had a really good friend that moved away and you lost all contact with for some reason but had videos and past conversations to reminisce on, I'd expect that's the kind of feeling I have now. I have the book to look back on if I really needed to relive some scenes, but it's gonna hurt a little more than a little, ifyaknowmsayin'. I'm so glad that everyone is together and happy and it's all good in the hood, but - it's like I went through hell with them and now that everything is finally fixed and resovled, I can't see them live their lives happily even though I want to (this is why epilogs are important, y'all). It is very sad and everything hurts.

I need a nice, sweet rebound book but I also have one or two essays I have to start that are due tomorrow. To take care of my emotional needs or to prioritize school? The struggle is real but I can wait a day before reading another book, I guess. It'll kill me, but due dates are due dates.