Reviews

Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer

alaynaszz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

cliffhanger 😭😭😭

breakaway71's review against another edition

5.0

I AM NOTHING BUT ENDLESS JAGGED SCREAM

Oh my god

OH MY GOD

I...I can't...THAT ENDING...and HARRISTON and CORRICK and OH MY GOD

Look, this book had things I don't generally love. Unexpected love triangles, for example. Misunderstandings due to lack of communication. But it just all WORKED here and was SO GOOD and the characters are SO GOOD and I LOVE THEM and WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I'll just be over here in a corner, rocking back and forth and desperately waiting for Book 3

annkayla's review against another edition

5.0

A book just as beautiful as its cover

jaclynhope's review against another edition

4.0

A solid fantasy story - I think the characters and world the author built in book one carried over to this one really well. However, it falls into the "second book curse" quite devastatingly. We spend like, 300 pages on a boat. Literally.

bookscatandcoffee's review against another edition

5.0

I almost rated 4 stars because of Tessa. She hardly has a thought on her own. If someone says to her "Oh, Corrick brought you as his personal whor3" she believes it. If Corrick tells her "OH, but I never compromise with you cuz I was waiting for you" she agreed, but then the captain tells her that Corrick is the one with issues, and she believes him too. Like, she won't know who to trust cuz she's unable to have her own opinion until the very end. I wish at some point if someone tries to slut shame her, she would just say "if I want to sleep with Corrick then so be it, none of your business" like, why she think her intimate encounter was such a big deal with the freaking captain that is a stranger??? She felt guilty cuz someone can think "what if she's sleeping with him?" and she got angry with that when all the prince wants was to protect her in her room. it aggravates me! but that's literally a %5 percent, so is not enough to make it 4 stars.

I hope the 3rd book gets better on Tessa, and stop overthinking so damn much.

vaguelyhailey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

emilykcannon's review against another edition

4.0

I didn’t like it quite as much as the first one. but still a very fun story. I can’t wait for the next book to come out!

voidglimmer's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

allisonkinnard's review against another edition

4.0

this book had so many twist and turns i definitely stayed on my toes. i loved getting to read from harristan’s pov and he deserves the absolute world. also the ending leaves me nervous for the third book but i’m excited!!

also… i might be delusional but i am fully sure that harristan and quint are gonna get together in the third book!!

sydney3989's review against another edition

4.0

I loved this book! I’m loving this whole series! Seeing a new perspective in the Outlaw was really fun. I did get annoyed at Tessa’s lack of decision making. Haha but she’s young and naive. I think she will be stronger in the next book. And Corrick made me angry quite a few time with his lack of trust. I mean, I get it. But come one, dude. Give the guy a chance before you condemn him! Haha but me being made at a character is a testament to the authors writing and how she gets us invested in the characters. I can’t wait for the next book!!