Defiance

This book was just okay. There was nothing super special about it. There were parts of the book that seemed forced and different characters' behaviors were not as expected based on characterizations.

I like the idea and the world of this book, I just don't think it was executed well. I may or may not continue the series.

“I'm no longer a daughter.No longer a granddaughter.No longer a girl with dreams. With hope.I'm a weapon, now.”

I hate this book with the heat of a thousand suns!

The “post-apocalyptic” setting was one of the most ridiculous settings I've ever come across:

> The “city” of Baalboden was a glorified fortified village.
> We have not idea who are the Rowansmarks exactly and why they are building weapons to obliterate other communities starting with Baalboden.
> No idea what the heck is “The Cursed One”. Why can't they just blow it up?
> The villain is so over the top evil that it's ridiculous. He's just evil to be evil. And when they plan on taking him down by using the THING that almost annihilated human kind? What in the world was that?

Rachel and Logan were the most insipid, irritating protagonists. I'd lock them in a dungeon and throw away the key. I've stumbled upon horrible characters before, but in combination with such a wishy-washy setting? Never.

The whole book was a mess. It felt like the author had a checklist of things that sounded good to her and just threw them in the blender:

> one “badass” & hot redhead (who's actually a total nitwit)
> one handsome manly man treating her like property
> one for-no-reason-whatsoever misogynistic society
> nauseating declarations of love and make up sessions in inappropriate circumstances
> one good for nothing villain
> one crazy monster thingy that spits fire
> a bit of quarrel between “cities” and a mystery device to advance the plot
> Tree people???!!!
> a few deaths to jerk a few tears
> long, boring journey
> dungeon
> explosions
> tracking devices
> cloaks
> torches
> horses
> Wasteland?!!!
> senseless revenge plan
> more declarations of love

What a waste of time.