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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
obsessed !!! though I don’t like when the other man in the love triangle is dismissed for being the bad guy in the end. That’s no fair fight, I mean of course Tessa is gonna stick with Corrick if the other one is a bad guy !
The end was so good, but the middle was kinda long and sometimes boring. But overall this series lives in my head rent free
The end was so good, but the middle was kinda long and sometimes boring. But overall this series lives in my head rent free
Overall, I really, really enjoyed this book. I was happy to see the POVs expand and was surprised the author was able to sidestep some of the common pitfalls that most middle books in trilogies tend to fall into...even possibly mocking them a bit?? (ie: romance tropes). And the huge OMFG twist at the end was great. Of course, I am nervous about Book 3. I'm really, really hoping I'm not eating my words about avoiding pitfalls.
This book took me way too long to finish and I wonder if it was a mix of me being too busy to read +/- the book suffered middle book syndrome. The ending was fantastic but a large part of the middle felt a bit lost and like it dragged. I do still love these characters and I will definitely be reading book #3 to find out how this all concludes. Prince Corrick is still my fav :)
I loved Defy The Night but was sadly so disappointed with the second installment.
Tessa was UNBEARABLE. I really had hope for her character development after the first book, but she just got worse. I was screaming at her for the majority of the book for being so trusting and naive of Rian, and for constantly thinking the worst of Corrick.
I loved the politics in the first book, but there was WAY too much of it here. I feel like we are losing sense of the plot.
The redeeming factor for this book was Harristan’s chapters. Otherwise I might have DNF’d
Tessa was UNBEARABLE. I really had hope for her character development after the first book, but she just got worse. I was screaming at her for the majority of the book for being so trusting and naive of Rian, and for constantly thinking the worst of Corrick.
I loved the politics in the first book, but there was WAY too much of it here. I feel like we are losing sense of the plot.
The redeeming factor for this book was Harristan’s chapters. Otherwise I might have DNF’d
This one was just… fine. The whole time I was reading it I felt like I was waiting for it to start. Definitely has a touch of middle book syndrome. Nothing really happened, the characters kept having the same fights/conflicts, and the last 80 pages were the only place where things got good. There were no revelations to keep us guessing, when there totally could have been, which was disappointing when I got to the end and everything was explained in like 10 pages. I think I will read the next book because I believe shit is gonna hit the fan, but this book was overall kind of pointless.
Yes. Absolutely yes. Freaking torture me with tension and longing and complications and every character having good reason to be the villain and the hero depending on the lenses you're looking for. Give me political subterfuge and helplessness and every time I think it's as bad as it could be toss in a whole new layer of complex twisting shadows.
Inject it into my veeeins.
Inject it into my veeeins.