Review: Defiance

Defiance by C.J. Redwine

Series: Defiance, #1 (Soooo creative)

Published: August 28, 2012

Publisher: Balzar+Bray

Pages:403

Within the walls of Baalboden, beneath the shadow of the city's brutal leader, Rachel Adams has a secret. While other girls sew dresses, host dinner parties, and obey their male Protectors, Rachel knows how to survive in the wilderness and deftly wield a sword. When her father, Jared, fails to return from a courier mission and is declared dead, the Commander assigns Rachel a new Protector, her father's apprentice, Logan--the same boy Rachel declared her love for two years ago, and the same boy who handed her heart right back to her. Left with nothing but fierce belief in her father's survival, Rachel decides to escape and find him herself. But treason against the Commander carries a heavy price, and what awaits her in the Wasteland could destroy her. At nineteen, Logan McEntire is many things. Orphan. Outcast. Inventor. As apprentice to the city's top courier, Logan is focused on learning his trade so he can escape the tyranny of Baalboden. But his plan never included being responsible for his mentor's impulsive daughter. Logan is determined to protect her, but when his escape plan goes wrong and Rachel pays the price, he realizes he has more at stake than disappointing Jared. 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.

Firstly, I am totally guilty of judging this book by it’s cover. So. Guilty. You have no idea how much it upsets me (I’m talking about how a book like this wound up with that beautiful baby to cover it).



That being said, I got this book because of one glowing review and the cover.

I went into it, and at first, was hugely entertained. 

And then nothing happened. I mean it guys. Nothing. Happened.

I got halfway through this before I got bored. Logan’s and Rachel’s relationship had been the driving factor in that, and when they were separated, it was just pages dedicated to what they really thought of each other (predictable). They each finally take action, and the result is predictable. And that relationship I liked in the beginning. So not stable. I’m actually going to link to another blogger’s review that talks about this messed up relationship. 

The antagonist was so flat. I mean the blatantly evil and all that crap flat. Honest to god, who creates a flat antagonist?! What’s the point of that?! We can all spot one of those for miles, it’s the round ones that get us!!!

I will say, the prose was very pretty. I like poetical prose, and this author could write that. Too bad she had nothing to say as far as I could tell, besides stuff about a wacked relationship, and how a plainly evil guy nonchalantly wrecks havoc in lives *yawn* Point being, relationship - bad, evil guy - predictable, characters - didn’t teach me a thing about how to deal with havoc. 

Overall, not a book with anything to say, and hit me on the head next time a buy a book for its cover.