Review: Defy

Defy by Sara B. Larson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I really liked this one! Alexa, known as Alex, has to pretend to be a boy in the guard to protect herself from being raped and "bred." She is the best of the soldiers, and is soon personally protecting the prince. Then, a sorcerer infiltrates the castle, and everything changes.

Defy was very love-triangle, but it wasn't too bad. There were definitely a lot of eye-roll moments with Rylan, her best friend/admirer. He also seemed to have no personality and existed only to make her love life with the prince a pain in the ass. He also seemed to think he was entitled to her, which was so annoying to read through.

Alexa was a great character, but she also seemed to lack some personality. The only thing going for her was that she was hiding her identity, but apparently she did such a crappy job that it didn't last long. Then she was just a love-sick girl (who was weak personality-wise but kickass physically).

There were definitely a few plot twists that I should have seen coming but had me gasping in surprise. (Like seriously. I really should've seen them coming.)

I would definitely recommend if fantasy's your thing and you're not too turned off by love triangles!

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