📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚 Defy the Night
AUTHOR: Brigid Kemmerer @BrigidKemmerer
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA @bloomsburyya
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ + 🐰
Published: September 14, 2021
The Review 📚 Defy the Night
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- I was in love with the Cursebreakers series so this one was highly anticipated. Thank you to Bloomsbury for letting me read this book!
💜 What I liked:
- This book sucks you in from the beginning. The world is rich and deep, the characters are relatable and the writing is fantastic. Tessa is exactly the kind of heroine you want to fall in love with. I NEED MORE!
😱 What I didn’t like:
- I don’t have issues with this book. My only complaint (which won’t be an issue with purchased copies) is that my copy didn’t have a universe map since it was an arc. Hey, I had to have one minor issue, right?
🚦 My face at the end: 🧐
💭 5 Reasons to Read:
- 1. Brilliantly composed story arc
- 2. Main characters with loveable flaws
- 3. Addictive series start
- 4. Political Intrigue
- 5. Fantasy setting
🕧 Mini-Summary:
- Tessa and Wes are stealing flowers to create life saving medicine for their country. Corrick and Harristan are the rulers of the land, struggling to provide a better life for their people as a plague ravishes everyone.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from the publisher..
📘 Summary 📚 Defy the Night
From New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer comes a blockbuster fantasy series about a kingdom divided by corruption, the prince desperately holding it together, and the girl who will risk everything to bring it crashing down.
The kingdom of Kandala is on the brink of disaster. Rifts between sectors have only worsened since a sickness began ravaging the land, and within the Royal Palace, the king holds a tenuous peace with a ruthless hand.
King Harristan was thrust into power after his parents’ shocking assassination, leaving the younger Prince Corrick to take on the brutal role of the King’s Justice. The brothers have learned to react mercilessly to any sign of rebellion–it’s the only way to maintain order when the sickness can strike anywhere, and the only known cure, an elixir made from delicate Moonflower petals, is severely limited.
Out in the Wilds, apothecary apprentice Tessa Cade is tired of seeing her neighbors die, their suffering ignored by the unyielding royals. Every night, she and her best friend Wes risk their lives to steal Moonflower petals and distribute the elixir to those who need it most–but it’s still not enough.
As rumors spread that the cure no longer works and sparks of rebellion begin to flare, a particularly cruel act from the King’s Justice makes Tessa desperate enough to try the impossible: sneaking into the palace. But what she finds upon her arrival makes her wonder if it’s even possible to fix Kandala without destroying it first.
Set in a richly imaginative world with striking similarities to our own, Brigid Kemmerer’s captivating new series is about those with power and those without . . . and what happens when someone is brave enough to imagine a new future.