Through The Dark by Alexandra Bracken

When I started reading this novella bind-up, I had no idea how fast I could fall in love with more characters in this universe. I loved how Alexandra Bracken added way more to the world and ultimately left it open ended so you could come up with your own conclusions. A fan fiction writer's dream!!! I haven't found any sadly.

The first novella was about a guy named Gabe who hated life and this world and blamed it all on the freaks. He is the one who captures our sweet Zu, but Zu tames him and he protects her until he dies. I cried and laughed. Let me say that this novella was perfect and I am not a big novella fan.

The second novella goes to the character Sam who was close to Ruby at Thurmond. She is constantly thinking about Ruby and wondering why she is remembering all these thoughts when she has lost them thanks to Ruby. She notices the group of Reds that have been placed in Thurmond and she recognizes one as her long lost neighbor who she was best friends with. I loved Lucas' character. He was loyal, defiant, and a smart ass when he could be. I was instantly smitten with this character because he was looking for his little sister and instead found Sam and he tried to do everything he could to save her when Sam only wanted him to get out of Thurmond before the PSFs found out he wasn't being compliant and wasn't broken. He eventually gets caught and the second time, he breaks.

The third and final novella is from Mia and Sam pov's. Mia is Lucas' little sister. She wa taken before she even got her abilities and was taken all the way to South Dakota. We meet her when the camps are being invaded and she is rescued and then Sam comes and saves her from being re-homed. We find out that there are people who are illegally kidnapping the kids and selling them on the black market to other countries for research. We find out that the bounty on Ruby has grown tremendously into the hundreds of millions of dollars and she has to be constantly guarded and she can't leave her safe zone. They save Lucas and they get his brain back to the right mind set.

We get more of Liam, Vi, Chubbs. I laughed so hard during this story with the back and forth between Liam and Chubbs when they were talking about Zu. Zu is sassy angel who was "found" at the end of a rainbow according to Liam and that is just weird to Chubbs.

I love this Black Betty Crew and the Greenwood Kingdom. I want more in this universe and hopefully one day, Alexandra Bracken will start writing with these characters again!!!