Defiance by C. J. Redwine is rich postapocalyptic YA fantasy perfect for fans of Graceling and Tamora Pierce.
While the other girls in the walled city-state of Baalboden learn to sew and dance, Rachel Adams learns to track and hunt. While they bend like reeds to the will of their male Protectors, she uses hers for sparring practice.
When Rachel’s father fails to return from a courier mission … from a courier mission and is declared dead, the city’s brutal Commander assigns Rachel a new Protector: her father’s apprentice, Logan — the boy she declared her love to and who turned her down two years before. Left with nothing but fierce belief in her father’s survival, Rachel decides to escape and find him herself.
As Rachel and Logan battle their way through the Wasteland, stalked by a monster that can’t be killed and an army of assassins out for blood, they discover romance, heartbreak, and a truth that will incite a war decades in the making.
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This is an interesting story from two main characters point of view. Logan is my favorite of the two, but I do appreciate being able to read Rachel’s perspective as well. Partly because they aren’t together for at least half of this story, and partly because Rachel spends a decent portion of this book at least partly broken and it helped me have …
Four out of five swords!
Looking for a book with a strong, female protagonist? This is it. I can’t remember all the details since I read this as a young teenager, but I do remember loving it & the sequel! The world CJ has built really makes you root for the protagonist & plus, who doesn’t love a girl with a sword? Definitely one of my favorite YA …
Rachel Adams is living in Baalboden, a city that really distrusts and basically takes all the freedom away from women. After her father fails to return from a mission for the city’s Commander, and is missing for several months in the Wasteland he is declared dead. In his will he gives Rachel over to the protection of his apprentice Logan, who …
I LOVE THIS BOOK!! It has me up in the early hours. This is an amazing book if you like fantasy and romance. It’s about this girl who is different and doesn’t believe the laws and rules see my their leader. She falls in love and goes on a adventure with him in hopes of revenge and justice.
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DEFIANCE will hold a special place in my heart since it was the first thing I ever bought on my NOOK Color (and, realizing that I am a MAC girl at heart, it is saying something that I even GOT a NOOK . . .).
Aside from being my first purchase, however, it is a brilliant example of how to create fabulous …