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Defiance: A Significance Novel by Shelly Crane

mckinzimeans's review

5.0

This review is going to be a bit different than my normal reviews. See when I started this series I went all in and had Significance, Accordance, Defiance, Reverence, and Independence read within a week. Because I read them so back to back, I am not doing a book by book review. I guess it is just easier this way. *Note: If you have not read all of the books listed above, there will be spoilers because I am review them as a whole. Spoilers and all.*

This whole series takes place in several different locations but it starts in a small town that I don't, off the top of my head, remember the name off. (If you know what it is, could you leave the name in the comments down below.) Then in the second book, the location moves to California then...

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justenjoy's review

4.0

Well, this was one rollercoaster of actions and heart ache and me gripping the pages trying to read quicker than I actually can. I feel like in this book all of the characters have found their way a bit more. Maggie, especially, is accepting her role in this community more and more and I love that she finally stands on her own instead of having people push her around. And to have Caleb at her side makes it all the more beautiful. We got some new plot developments and some secrets were revealed which I hope will be dug in even deeper in the next book. It is absolutely crazy that these three books have only a time span of three weeks. It feels like years already.

Crane's writing is very vivid though and it honestly felt like I was with the characters in the book. They just couldn’t catch a break and it was one thing happening after the other.

I absolutely love that Caleb and Maggie stay together no matter what is thrown their way. They are strong and even more stronger together. Really looking forward to the next book.

mirificmoxie's review

2.0

2 Stars

By Book 3 of this series, I was seriously loosing patience. This series went from cute and fun to sickeningly saccharine. The characters were insipid. The plot was basic and boring and had massive holes in it.

Spoiler

Seriously, she could have just shown everyone her vision in the first place and the rest of the plot would have been taken care of instead of having to trudge through all that boring and pointless filler. And the whole uniqueness of having a soulmate completely loses power when one person dies and Maggie is able to manipulate someone to replace him as the other girl's soulmate with barely a blink of an eye. Nope, you just destroyed the whole construct. If soulmates can be replaced so easily, then they aren't soulmates.

The story dragged on and on. The romance lost all its appeal. The whole thing was angsty. Their relationship went from cute to enmeshed and creepy. The approach to the physical side of their relationship was also off-putting. And Maggie took Special Snowflake Syndrome to a whole other level of nauseating.


RATING FACTORS:
Ease of Reading: 3 Stars
Writing Style: 2 Stars
Characters: 2 Stars
Plot Structure and Development: 1 Star
Level of Captivation: 2 Stars
Originality: 2 Stars