Defend the Dawn Series: Defy The Night #2 Published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA on September 20, 2022
Genres: Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / General, Young Adult Fiction / Romance / General, Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Class Differences
Pages: 496
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Reading Challenges: Beat the backlistIn the eagerly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller Defy The Night author Brigid Kemmerer continues her electrifying series with more royal intrigue, more sizzling romance, and shocking twists that will leave readers breathless.
What will they sacrifice to save their kingdom?
Their honor?
Their love?
Their lives?Tessa Cade has gone from masked outlaw to palace advisor, but even with her newfound power, she can't stop the sickness still raging. And the kingdom's supply of Moonflower elixir dwindles all the while. Prince Corrick is trying to find a new way to lead, but it isn't easy to repair the rift between the royals and the people--or the one growing between himself and Tessa.
When an emissary from a neighboring kingdom arrives with an intriguing offer, Tessa and Corrick set out on an uncertain journey to find a new source of the lifesaving elixir. But with tensions brewing on deck and the sea swirling below, Tessa and Corrick must decide who they can trust--including each other. But they're shocked to discover that a craven betrayal may be much closer than they think . . .
Review:
Defend the Dawn is the second book in the Defy the Night series by Brigid Kemmerer. It is about a kingdom ruled by a pair of brothers who lost their parents and are trying to find a cure for a mysterious sickness ravaging their lands. In this sequel, we spend a lot of aboard a ship and trust that this new player in the series is who he says he is and that he genuinely has more moonflower to trade for steel. I enjoyed getting to know Harriston the King more since Corrick is stuck on the ship with Tessa. We learn more about Tessa and Corrick and the steaming underlying romance that is blooming and how much Tessa is struggling with separating Corrick, the king justice, from his secret identity of Weston Lark, whom she knew to be a secret companion as she tries to do right by the people of the wilds. The plot twists at the end of this sequel will make you jaw-droppingly eager for book 3. I am so glad I waited till the whole series was out cause the cliffhanger would have been a terrible burden to wait for the last book.
About Brigid Kemmerer
Brigid Kemmerer is the New York Times bestselling author of dark and alluring Young Adult novels like A Curse So Dark and Lonely, More Than We Can Tell, and Letters to the Lost (Bloomsbury), as well as paranormal YA stories like The Elemental Series and Thicker Than Water (Kensington). A full time writer, Brigid lives in the Baltimore area with her husband, her boys, her dog, and her cat. When she’s not writing or being a mommy, you can usually find her with her hands wrapped around a barbell.
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