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Defend the Dawn
by Brigid Kemmerer
BRIGID YOU HAVE *GOT* TO BE JOKING
if you or a loved one have had to deal with the emotional fallout from this cliffhanger you may be entitled to financial compensation
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*Thank you to Bloomsbury YA for the ARC! All opinions are my own.*
GOODNESS WHERE TO BEGIN. Brigid Kemmerer seriously just never lets me down. She continuously delivers on all the tropes I love and is just *clenches fist* SO good at the angst and the tension and the romance and the twisty turny plots!!!
Defy the Night was my favorite book of 2021, so Defend the Dawn was easily my most anticipated release of the year. I FLIPPED when I received the eARC (thanks Bloomsbury!!) and immediately dove in and didn’t stop until it was 3 AM and I was turning the last page. And BOY, THAT ENDING. Absolute chaos.
To be honest not too much happens in this book. It’s very much a “we’re traveling” sequel. They’re on a boat for the majority of the book. BUT I was just having so much freaking fun with everything that was happening (even though my stress levels were also at an all time high) and I tend to like when characters are in close quarters for a long time. I liked the expansion of the worldbuilding but it was definitely a setup for the next book. The characters are always the star of Brigid’s books though, so let’s dive into those!
Tessa & Corrick’s relationship hits EXTREMELY rocky waters (pun intended) in this book. It seemed like every one of the interactions somehow got WORSE and I was flailinggggg. Even MORE angst than in the first book and they both really had to grapple with figuring out where they stand in terms of morals and trust. I love them so much so it was fun to see their relationship evolve!
Side characters were, as always, great. The additional POV chapters were definitely necessary so we could know what was happening outside of Tessa/Corrick, and I enjoyed them. The new addition of the sea crew added A LOT of fun and A LOT of anxiety; my opinions of them were constantly changing (my opinion on Rian flipped DRASTICALLY throughout this) and I really could never guess what their motives were. This book was truly a rollercoaster from start to finish.
I can see how some people might call this a filler sequel, because so much of it really won’t be a factor until the next book, but I love these characters so much that I am just enjoying the journey. I wouldn’t say this is as good as DEFY, but it is definitely a thrilling follow up.
if you or a loved one have had to deal with the emotional fallout from this cliffhanger you may be entitled to financial compensation
—
*Thank you to Bloomsbury YA for the ARC! All opinions are my own.*
GOODNESS WHERE TO BEGIN. Brigid Kemmerer seriously just never lets me down. She continuously delivers on all the tropes I love and is just *clenches fist* SO good at the angst and the tension and the romance and the twisty turny plots!!!
Defy the Night was my favorite book of 2021, so Defend the Dawn was easily my most anticipated release of the year. I FLIPPED when I received the eARC (thanks Bloomsbury!!) and immediately dove in and didn’t stop until it was 3 AM and I was turning the last page. And BOY, THAT ENDING. Absolute chaos.
To be honest not too much happens in this book. It’s very much a “we’re traveling” sequel. They’re on a boat for the majority of the book. BUT I was just having so much freaking fun with everything that was happening (even though my stress levels were also at an all time high) and I tend to like when characters are in close quarters for a long time. I liked the expansion of the worldbuilding but it was definitely a setup for the next book. The characters are always the star of Brigid’s books though, so let’s dive into those!
Tessa & Corrick’s relationship hits EXTREMELY rocky waters (pun intended) in this book. It seemed like every one of the interactions somehow got WORSE and I was flailinggggg. Even MORE angst than in the first book and they both really had to grapple with figuring out where they stand in terms of morals and trust. I love them so much so it was fun to see their relationship evolve!
Side characters were, as always, great. The additional POV chapters were definitely necessary so we could know what was happening outside of Tessa/Corrick, and I enjoyed them. The new addition of the sea crew added A LOT of fun and A LOT of anxiety; my opinions of them were constantly changing (my opinion on Rian flipped DRASTICALLY throughout this) and I really could never guess what their motives were. This book was truly a rollercoaster from start to finish.
I can see how some people might call this a filler sequel, because so much of it really won’t be a factor until the next book, but I love these characters so much that I am just enjoying the journey. I wouldn’t say this is as good as DEFY, but it is definitely a thrilling follow up.