Dark days vs The Midnight Star: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Dark days Dark days James Ponti · 2015 ★★★★☆ 4.4 304 pages · ≈ 5 h 38 m · Light

"Molly Bigelow and her Omega team have been banned from investigating Marek Blackwell and his plans for New York City. But when they discover that Blackwell is raising money for a zombie army they have to act. But will…

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Cover of The Midnight Star The Midnight Star Marie Lu · 2016 ★★★★☆ 4.1 368 pages · ≈ 6 h 49 m · Light

"There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen. Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She's turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved the ultimate revenge: victory.…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Dark daysThe Midnight Star
Goodreads 4.4 (5274) 4.1 (49244)
Hardcover 2.7 (3) 4.1 (60)
Google Books 5.0 (2) —
Apple Books 4.5 (47) 4.5 (251)

Reception

Dark daysThe Midnight Star
Ratings 5274 49244
Editions 3 12
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 9570 58575
Reading it now 178 1379
Written reviews 653 6226
Wikipedia attention — 192
Pages 304 368

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