She is a force to reckon with and handles herself quite well throughout the book keeping a level head most of the time. I enjoyed reading about Tessa, though I felt that her story was just a little cliché. The author does a good job in touching upon the impact of this and how it shaped the characters and their personalities thereafter. They are weary of everyone around them due to the circumstances behind their parents death. They are not very well-liked but do their best to serve the people.

On the other side, we have King Harristan and his brother Prince Corrick. This gave me quite the Robin Hood vibe as Tessa embarks on her journey along with a friend, the mysterious Weston. Only the rich can afford to buy the cure and take it regularly. This book follows Tessa, a masked outlaw as she steals moonflower petals, converting them into medicine to distribute to those in need. 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.Īs 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.įrom New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer comes a brand-new blockbuster fantasy series about a corrupt kingdom, a star-crossed romance and a girl who will do anything for justice.ĭefy the Night is the first book in a new series by Brigid Kemmerer, author of the Cursebreakers series. Tessa Cade is a masked outlaw marked for death, but she likes it that way. 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. A spark of rebellion is all it takes to DEFY THE NIGHT.

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