From the Publisher
"[T]he passion building between the two protagonists is palpable." ---Booklist
From the Publisher - AUDIO COMMENTARY
"[T]he passion building between the two protagonists is palpable." —Booklist
Lisa Mantchev
Praise for DEFIANCE: “DEFIANCE defies all reader expectations, giving us both a post-apocalyptic setting rife with history and a plot that’s as much about the discovery of one’s own humanity as it is about survival.
Julie Kagawa
Praise for DEFIANCE: “Spellbinding, romantic, and impossible to put down.
Rae Carson
Praise for DEFIANCE: “C.J. Redwine’s DEFIANCE is a gritty, thrilling adventure sprinkled with moments of breathtaking tenderness. I read it in one sitting.
Romantic Times
Praise for DEFIANCE: “A well-paced, heart-wrenching tale of loyalty, courage, and love.
Booklist
An engaging fantasy
Kirkus Reviews
Just a scant 157 residents of Baalboden remain after the devastation wrought by the dragonlike Cursed One at the end of series opener Defiance (2012). Reluctant 19-year-old leader Logan knows they will soon be beset: by the leader of city-state Rowansmark, whose prized piece of stolen, Cursed One–controlling tech Logan holds, or by the ousted Commander of Baalboden, bent on revenge--or both. Sure enough, the Commander comes knocking, and they all go fleeing in an unlikely exodus that takes them into the Wasteland. Logan's kick-ass lover, Rachel, with the help of Tree People Willow and Quinn (ersatz Native Americans in this bizarre, post-apocalyptic very-near-future), conducts weapons training along the way. But who is leaving creepy notes and murdering refugees as they go? It must--gasp--be someone among them. Logan frets, and Rachel fights grief, guilt and PTSD; only in each other's arms can they temporarily forget their current miseries. The plot trudges along with the refugees, narration shared between Rachel's and Logan's indistinguishable first-person, present-tense voices. The murder mystery fails to generate enough tension to distract readers from the slipshod worldbuilding (not a whit improved over the opener), but it does provide some opportunity for extra grieving and hand-wringing. Revelations discovered in their hoped-for haven of Lankenshire feel anticlimactic, chucked in to provoke enough angst to fuel the third book. Only the truly devoted will feel like joining the slog. (Dystopian romance. 13 & up)
