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Alexa Hollen is a fighter Forced to disguise herself as a boy and serve in the king s army, Alex uses her quick wit and fierce sword fighting skills to earn a spot on the elite prince s guard But when a powerful sorcerer sneaks into the palace in the dead of night, even Alex, who is virtually unbeatable, can t prevent him from abducting her, her fellow guard and friend Rylan, and Prince Damian, taking them through the treacherous wilds of the jungle and deep into enemy territory.The longer Alex is held captive with both Rylan and the prince, the she realizes that she is not the only one who has been keeping dangerous secrets And suddenly, after her own secret is revealed, Alex finds herself confronted with two men vying for her heart the safe and steady Rylan, who has always cared for her, and the dark, intriguing Damian With hidden foes lurking around every corner, is Alex strong enough to save herself and the kingdom she s sworn to protect Best Download [ Defy ] Author [ Sara B. Larson ] – kino-fada.fr Mulan would fucking NEVER Screw the love triangle Screw the overwhelming romance This is not a fantasy book This is a love story Don t look for anything beyond that Hearts flutters Desire courses Cheeks flush Blood flows overwhelmingly to the penis instead of the brain WHERE IS MY PROMISED MULAN I am just so bloody tired of so called bad ass heroines who do fucking nothing to prove that they re capable I am so fucking sick of heroines who spend their supposedly ass kicking selves Mulan would fucking NEVER Screw the love triangle Screw the overwhelming romance This is not a fantasy book This is a love story Don t look for anything beyond that Hearts flutters Desire courses Cheeks flush Blood flows overwhelmingly to the penis instead of the brain WHERE IS MY PROMISED MULAN I am just so bloody tired of so called bad ass heroines who do fucking nothing to prove that they re capable I am so fucking sick of heroines who spend their suppos...Slow start, picked up 150 pages in and was interesting but predictable Alexa literally blushed every 2 pages so that was a bit annoying I didn t have too high expectations for this book so I m not disappointed.3.5 5 starsMY BOOK IS ON GOODREADS Also, I might be a tad biased on this oneEdit Huh I can t believe I didn t go over this, but the issue on the rape houses Yeah, that was another pointless addition to a pointless bookThank you Scholastic for sending me this copy via Netgalley Blergh DNF at 85%.More times than I care to count, YA novels usually gain a lower rating from me due to the romance More specifically, when the romance takes over the plot Evenspecifically, when the love triangle takes over the plot. Grrr.This book had so much potential So much. Edit Huh I can t believe I didn t go over this, but the issue on the rape houses Yeah, that was another pointless addition to a pointless bookThank you Scholastic for sending me this copy via Netgalley Blergh DNF at 85%.More times than I care to count, YA novels usually gain a lower rating from me due to the romance More specifically, when the romance takes over the plot Evenspecifically, when the love triangle takes over the plot. Grrr.This book had so much potential So much. What drew me in was the fact that the heroine is disguised as a guy, and is right under the king s nose as being part of his Royal Guard Add in some magic, sorcery, and a seemingly good romance, you d think I d love this Right Right Nope By the time everyone found out she was in fact a girl disguised as a guy, things went a bit haywire from there I began to dread reading the novel as the story progressed.I don t giv...sad trombone Originally posted at Writer of WrongsI m having such a hard time writing this review for multiple reasons, the main one being that I wanted to love this I wanted so BADLY to love this.I make it no secret that genderbending is one of my favorite tropes on the entire planet I wrote a whole post about it The second I read about a girl disguised as a boy in a synopsis have yet to find a goodboy disguised as girl book, but ONE DAY I want this story Give me this story, book sad trombone Originally posted at Writer of WrongsI m having such a hard time writing this review for multiple reasons, the main one being that I wanted to love this I wanted so BADLY to love this.I make it no secret that genderbending is one of my favorite tropes on the entire planet I wrote a whole post about it The second I read about a girl disguised as a boy in a synopsis have yet to find a goodboy disguised as girl book, but ONE DAY I want this story Give me this story, book gods This synopsis had me drooling, despite the thrilling love triangle bit at the top I kind of ignored that, hoping it would be a palatable love trianglein the vein of Alanna George Jonon them in a bit While I m not a girl who prefers her romance on the side, I m sorry to say this angst fest completely dominated the plot.Which, at first, seems to be pretty good We re introduced to Alexa, a girl whose parents are murdered of course, but I can roll with this and who then disguises herself...ROUNDING UP TO 1.5 STARS.Why i thought this would be a really good book i have no idea Got my hopes to high for this one, and look where it got me.Why do i do this to myself It actually started really good At the beginning4 starswas constantly popping up in my head This is, like, a retelling of Mulan if you haven t seen that dinsey movie what are you doing with your life , and i am shocked it wasn t mentioned at all in the synopsis, on the book cover, ect Did the author ROUNDING UP TO 1.5 STARS.Why i thought this would be a really good book i have no idea Got my hopes to high for this one, and look where it got me.Why do i do this to myself It actually started really good At the beginning4 starswas constantly popping up in my head This is, like, a retelling of Mulan if you haven t seen that dinsey movie what are you doing with your life , and i am shocked it wasn t mentioned at all in the synopsis, on the book cover, ect Did the author think we would not link the two together Alexa is a fi...1.5 STARS I really thought reading a non romance Western before diving into a book as universally panned in my feed as Defy, I d be able to offer a unique perspective Because I ve been sufficiently warned off from this book but I genuinely thought taking expectations out of the equation, bracing yourself for the worst maybe it won t be so bad There s a war waging between Blevon and Antion and Alexa Hollen just lost her parents to a sorcerer Together with her twin ...Seeon my blog.This book started out with one of the most horrific displays of misogyny possible, and then it carries on in a mediocre fashion after that I probably would have finished reading the book if I hadn t been so pissed off from the start, but it wasn t good enough to carry me through my distaste, so I DNF ed at about halfway through, when I realized that the main character wasn t going to shut up about all the ton...I have many feelings about Defy, and it s difficult for me to articulate them in a coherent review right now So let s just do a little list first, eh 1 My main issue with this is that it started out with a lot of promise despite basically reworking something that s been done much betteron that later and I was reading with a lot of interest to see what was happening The breeding houses concept, while horrifying, was an interesting plot point that totally gets abandoned except for the I have many feelings about Defy, and it s difficult for me to articulate them in a coherent review right now So let s just do a little list first, eh 1 My main issue with this is that it started out with a lot of promise despite basically reworking something that s been done much betteron that later and I was reading with a lot of interest to see what was happening The breeding houses concept, while horrifying, was an interesting plot point that totally gets abandoned except for the nice clean up bit.2 Is there some sort of Scholastic vs Houghton Mifflin Harcourt feud going on Because Defy looks an awful lot like this Hmmmm.3 Defy is trying very, ver...Seereviews at YA Midnight ReadsDespite my one star rating, I wasn t at all disappointed with Defy Simply because I knew it was going to be bad, and I went into this novel just to see how terrible it was However, I had not expected it to be so bad that I nearly vomited in my mouth.Defy checks all boxes for one of the worst fantasy books I ve read this year Sure, we re only 7 days into 2014 but I can just feel like it s going to be the worst I ve encountered.1 Fail, un kick ass Seereviews at YA Midnight ReadsDespite my one star rating, I wasn t at all disappointed with Defy Simply because I knew it was going to be bad, and I went into this novel just to see how terrible it was However, I had not expected it to be so bad that I nearly vomited in my mouth.Defy checks all boxes for one of the worst fantasy books I ve read this year Sure,...

Defy
  • English
  • 10 July 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 336 pages
  • Sara B. Larson
  • Defy