A review by kbairbooks
Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Holy. Wow. This was a chocolate cake read for sure. (Spoiler) Since I typically read for escapism and this book accidentally was too close to reality for comfort it definitely took me a minute to finish it. But I loved it! What a stressful, heart pounding, heart wrenching book! Can I please know if Jossalyn is okay? What are Arella and the other consul doing? What is the punishment to be for the traitors? I really enjoyed the dual POV. I thought the humanizing of those deemed as not was really interesting and well done. This seemed like a huge body of work to endeavor in and the author did a really good job of getting all the different sides! I will say that Tessa cries a lot, and Quint is… everything. And the thought of Karri and Lochlan being together caught me by surprise and seemed a little unnecessary? But I suspected Allisander for a gooooooood hot minute there. (End spoiler)
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