A review by easy_as_mpp
Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
This book was totally delightful - I can’t wait to read what’s next.
I said that the book didn’t have a diverse cast because there is only one character who has darker skin as far as I can remember and that was mentioned once when she was introduced and then never again. This always feels to me like a tactic white authors use to add “diversity” without actually representing marginalized communities.
I thought the moral quandaries in the book were very interesting and well flushed out, and though the conclusions the characters reached were different from my opinions/politics, I understood where they were coming from and totally understood why everything played out as it did without feeling cheated or like the author skipped some big part of the moral quandary to bring her point home.
I said that the book didn’t have a diverse cast because there is only one character who has darker skin as far as I can remember and that was mentioned once when she was introduced and then never again. This always feels to me like a tactic white authors use to add “diversity” without actually representing marginalized communities.
I thought the moral quandaries in the book were very interesting and well flushed out, and though the conclusions the characters reached were different from my opinions/politics, I understood where they were coming from and totally understood why everything played out as it did without feeling cheated or like the author skipped some big part of the moral quandary to bring her point home.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
There was a minor (as in brief) scene in which a character was worried she was going to be sexually assaulted but was not.