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Defy the Night

By: Brigid Kemmerer
Narrated by: Christopher Ragland, Lexie McDougall
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Bloomsbury presents Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer, read by Christopher Ragland and Lexie McDougall.
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‘A kinetic tale of the tension between duty, love and trust’ – Cassandra Clare
‘Defy the Night is everything I crave in a fantasy romance’ – Stephanie Garber
‘Addicting from page one!’ – Jennifer L. Armentrout
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The first book in the thrilling Defy the Night series: a blockbuster fantasy saga about a corrupt kingdom, a star-crossed romance and a girl who will do anything for justice.
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A spark of rebellion is all it takes to DEFY THE NIGHT.

In a kingdom where sickness stalks the streets and only the richest can afford a cure, King Harristan and his brother Prince Corrick are forced to rule with an iron fist.

Tessa Cade is a masked outlaw marked for death, but she likes it that way. Together with the mysterious, handsome Weston, she robs from the rich to help the poor, distributing food and medicine to those who need it most.

As it becomes clear that the only way to save her people is to assassinate the King, Tessa must face a deadly mission that will take her to the dark heart of the kingdom … and force her to work with the very people she intended to destroy.

©2021 Brigid Kemmerer (P)2021 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Fantasy Fiction Romance Royalty Science Fiction & Fantasy Young Adult King

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Its was a good YA read but nothing special

This book had awesome Robin Hood vibes, and a lot of complex political settings. The twist was good but I didn’t like how easy it was for the author to change the description of a certain character. It is confusing at times. In saying that I did enjoy the characters but there wasn’t one that stood out.
I hope the next books go further into world-building and have deeper character growth.
The narrators were great!

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incredible all round

the narration was amazing and I was enraptured the entire way through the story!! highly recommend

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Loved it!!

Absolutely loved it from start to finish! I was so hooked I couldn’t stop listening and the narrators is a great job!

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Overall not too bad.

The male narrator was amazing!!! His accents and voices for each character. 😘👌

The female narrator had a real bored voice, I didn't vibe her. The only thing that kept me listening was knowing the male narrator would be on again soon.

The book's storyline was very good though.

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story had no real conflict beside everyone wants medicine. author did not use the fantasy land to make the story interesting. there was barely any world building. no real chemistry between main characters. voice actors, especially male voice actor, was good.

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