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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Slow start at first but very well- written. Initially, I thought a story about space wouldn't prove to be interesting however the plot developed well throughout the whole book.
The story was engaging and had a good pace to it. I liked how the characters had intertwined relationships. 90
OMG! I don't know why I waited so long to dive into this but I was not disappointed.
Defy the Stars gave me the urge to ship two amazing people together. Well, I mean.. any book does that really but I seriously loved Abel and Noemi so freaking much. Ugh, they were an amazing team and the ending of this probably broke me. It's like when your favorite celebrity couple gets married and makes you believe in unicorns, love, and feelings. Then like a year later they squash all of it like a damn bug and break up.
THAT IS WHAT THIS BOOK DID TO ME.
I feel you people. My hopes were crushed today as well. Let's bond.
Besides the slow burn of a romance, and I am highly expecting a reunion in the next book because of this, everything else was a ton of fun to listen to. I loved learning more about everyone's role in this book/world. Even finding out more about Abel's past and Noemi's were fun tidbits to find out. Each piece of information was just mindboggling to me.
Overall, I don't think I have any questions.. other than the main one - IS THERE GOING TO BE A REUNION? If so, please make it so happy because I will be crying tears of joy.
Defy the Stars gave me the urge to ship two amazing people together. Well, I mean.. any book does that really but I seriously loved Abel and Noemi so freaking much. Ugh, they were an amazing team and the ending of this probably broke me. It's like when your favorite celebrity couple gets married and makes you believe in unicorns, love, and feelings. Then like a year later they squash all of it like a damn bug and break up.
THAT IS WHAT THIS BOOK DID TO ME.
I feel you people. My hopes were crushed today as well. Let's bond.
Besides the slow burn of a romance, and I am highly expecting a reunion in the next book because of this, everything else was a ton of fun to listen to. I loved learning more about everyone's role in this book/world. Even finding out more about Abel's past and Noemi's were fun tidbits to find out. Each piece of information was just mindboggling to me.
Overall, I don't think I have any questions.. other than the main one - IS THERE GOING TO BE A REUNION? If so, please make it so happy because I will be crying tears of joy.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was an amazing creation by Claudia Gray, once again she blows my mind away by creating a world advanced by technology to remind us all what it means to be human. The premise is unique, but retains the YA signature of two characters fighting for the future of their own worlds. I highly recommend this to any fans of Gray and to anyone who wishes to be enraptured into the future for a day or two.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I wasn’t too sure on how I was going to rate this. But in the end I was won out by the beauty of the growing relationship between the two main characters and the journey the MMC took to finding his humanity.
It’s a bonus that I really liked the characters, even though the FMC was slightly too selfless it bordered on unrealistic. She could’ve been written to be a bit more human with some believable flaws. She was written to be too good, too caring and even though the author repeatedly told us she has a bad temper, to offset this, we never really saw it.
On top of this book just really touching me, it was well written and felt like an actual book. That’s an art that’s been lost these days, especially in the romance genre where authors write more like they’re still on fan fiction sites.
Although I really loved reading this book, it did border on the slightly boring side. So I’m still considering whether or not I’m interested in reading the next two books. Especially because the main characters are most likely going to be separated for most of the book and I really when authors do that!
So overall all the 4★ are more just about how the book made me feel. In actuality maybe the rating should be a bit lower, I don’t know.
It’s a bonus that I really liked the characters, even though the FMC was slightly too selfless it bordered on unrealistic. She could’ve been written to be a bit more human with some believable flaws. She was written to be too good, too caring and even though the author repeatedly told us she has a bad temper, to offset this, we never really saw it.
On top of this book just really touching me, it was well written and felt like an actual book. That’s an art that’s been lost these days, especially in the romance genre where authors write more like they’re still on fan fiction sites.
Although I really loved reading this book, it did border on the slightly boring side. So I’m still considering whether or not I’m interested in reading the next two books. Especially because the main characters are most likely going to be separated for most of the book and I really when authors do that!
So overall all the 4★ are more just about how the book made me feel. In actuality maybe the rating should be a bit lower, I don’t know.
Right from the beginning I'm shown how much the world has changed and all that has transpired. It is a brutal awakening to a world, where faith is what's left for the youth of the world, as they are about to venture out in what will possibly be their final stand against creations that are way superior then themselves. That it just from the first chapter of the novel and moves into a mix of feels for me as I continued to read on.
Even though it clearly starts off to a great beginning, the rest of the novel is a little bit of a roller coaster as I find myself loving certain sections and characters, and finding it hard to keep complete interest in the rest of it. There is always something going on, a main part of it is the never-ending battle that ensues between the humans on Genesis and the mech armies bent on destroying them.
"The enemy's ships are new. Their weapons are more powerful. And their soldiers aren't even flesh and blood. Instead they have mech armies: robots, shaped like humans but without mercy, without vulnerabilities, without souls."
There enters Abel who defies are preconceived notions about the mech (at least when it comes to him) and how things aren't always as they seem. He was one of the main reasons I couldn't stop reading, such a great character and always evolving mentally. Not that Noemi is any less of an awesome main character, but Abel really brings all the feels to this story. Of course, there are moments that he acts too much as what he really is, but that quickly moves aside.
"Abe could easily reach the Daedalus before Noemi and fly away free. Instead he's tethered to her more surely than if their wrists were handcuffed together. And yet, leaving her behind doesn't seem like such a tempting idea in this moment. Noemi Vidal is, as he decided the night before, not unpleasant. She is a girl far from home, trying to save her world any way she knows how."
That's why, as some of the chapters moved a little slower, this was a read I really enjoyed. There are sad moments, intense ones, adventure at every turn, and bonds that are made stronger as the novel moves along. Then I get to the last few chapters and they are definitely the most intense of the whole novel. It mostly makes up for the tons of slower moving chapters. All in all, I can't wait to see what's waiting for me in the next installment Defy the Worlds.
***I was provided use of this copy through my library Portage County. All opinions are my own.***
Even though it clearly starts off to a great beginning, the rest of the novel is a little bit of a roller coaster as I find myself loving certain sections and characters, and finding it hard to keep complete interest in the rest of it. There is always something going on, a main part of it is the never-ending battle that ensues between the humans on Genesis and the mech armies bent on destroying them.
"The enemy's ships are new. Their weapons are more powerful. And their soldiers aren't even flesh and blood. Instead they have mech armies: robots, shaped like humans but without mercy, without vulnerabilities, without souls."
There enters Abel who defies are preconceived notions about the mech (at least when it comes to him) and how things aren't always as they seem. He was one of the main reasons I couldn't stop reading, such a great character and always evolving mentally. Not that Noemi is any less of an awesome main character, but Abel really brings all the feels to this story. Of course, there are moments that he acts too much as what he really is, but that quickly moves aside.
"Abe could easily reach the Daedalus before Noemi and fly away free. Instead he's tethered to her more surely than if their wrists were handcuffed together. And yet, leaving her behind doesn't seem like such a tempting idea in this moment. Noemi Vidal is, as he decided the night before, not unpleasant. She is a girl far from home, trying to save her world any way she knows how."
That's why, as some of the chapters moved a little slower, this was a read I really enjoyed. There are sad moments, intense ones, adventure at every turn, and bonds that are made stronger as the novel moves along. Then I get to the last few chapters and they are definitely the most intense of the whole novel. It mostly makes up for the tons of slower moving chapters. All in all, I can't wait to see what's waiting for me in the next installment Defy the Worlds.
***I was provided use of this copy through my library Portage County. All opinions are my own.***