by Brigid Kemmerer
Bloomsbury, 2021. 448 pages. Young Adult Fiction
The kingdom of Kandala is recovering from a devastating
plague but the cure is rare and expensive. The patience of the people is
wearing thin. Soon cries for rebellion and revolution spread through the land,
to the very doors of the palace. Prince Corrick is the King’s Justice. It is
his job to do the messy work of being the iron fist of the crown and protecting
his brother, King Hariston. The consuls of the land are worried about trade
lines and shipments being attacked, not so much about the people in their
sectors. Tessa Cade is an apprentice at a shop by day and rogue apothecary by
night. She and her best friend Wes steal from those who have more than enough of
the cure in order to treat the desperate people of Kandala. When one of their
midnight runs goes horribly wrong, Tessa hatches a plan to infiltrate the
castle and bring the corrupt system crashing down.
This book is full of romance, intrigue, and tension! Just
when you think you can take a breath and put the book down, something else
happens and you have to keep reading. Tessa Cade is a strong female protagonist
who loves her kingdom and its people, but can see where change needs to happen.
The situations in which she finds herself are authentic and, again, full of tension.
The writing is engaging and the story is fast paced going between the points of
view of Tessa and Prince Corrick. This intricately plotted storyline will keep
you on the edge of your seat.
If you liked Defy the Night, you may also like:
The Cruel Prince
by Holly Black
Little Brown and Company, 2018. 370 pages. Young Adult
Fiction
Jude, seventeen and mortal, gets tangled in palace intrigues
while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, where she
and her sisters have lived for a decade.
by Leigh Bardugo
Imprint, 2019. 514
pages. Young Adult Fiction
No one knows what Nikolai Lantsov endured in his country's
bloody civil war. Now enemies gather at his weakened borders, and the young
king must find a way to refill Ravka's coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a
rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Zoya Nazyalensky is devoted to
rebuilding the army -- but she also has enemies to conquer. Nina Zenik wages
her own war to save the Grisha -- and must face the pain of her past. As a dark
magic within Nikolai grows stronger, he must journey where the deepest magic
survives -- and vanquish the terrible legacy inside him.
by Sarah J. Maas
Bloomsbury, 2012. 406 pages. Science Fiction
After she has served a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, Crown Prince Dorian offers eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien her freedom on the condition that she act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.
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