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A review by melissasfandomworld
Defy the Fates by Claudia Gray
3.0
I fell in love SO hard with Abel and Noemi in book 1 as well as all the awesome space opera settings and the buildup of the story-line. Book 2 was also a really fun and fast paced read but already not As good as the first one. My expectations were that book 3 would hopefully be a stellar and explosive conclusion to it all, but in the end I can’t say that book 3 was entirely what I had hoped for unfortunately and it ‘fell a bit short’ for me.
Like some other readers stated as well; I am of an opinion that a lot of the writing and happenings in this book felt repetitive and there were parts that were a but unnecessary even and therefore it sometimes felt like the plot was unstable and creaked on all sides. Things are being rushed towards the end and could’ve been better developed in my honest opinion.
I also really missed more connection and development with Abel/Noemi and felt like it was a shame they were apart from one another so much. That, in combination with the miscommunication that was present at times (I hate miscommunication, lol), wasn’t something I was hoping to see when it came to their relationship development. I was expecting more closeness I guess and feel like they deserved much more in regards to the writing about it.
I did like their character development separately a lot most of the times, especially Abel took it up a notch in this one. I really love how Claudia wrote Abel down, right from the beginning in Defy the Stars up until the end now in Defy the Fates. I think his development throughout all three books was truly magnificent.
There’s action and a lot of space travel so you won’t be disappointed about that I think. I like that there are some villainous characters present who make things personally, but that there’s also a story going down in which it’s about so much more than just the characters. It’s about all humans throughout the galaxy and that definitely made it more interesting!
Overall, I felt like this was still a fun read. I still love these characters so so much and there Are definitely some amazing things present in this book. It isn’t the strong conclusion I hoped it’d be but I would definitely recommend reading these books if you’re into YA Sci-Fi and aren’t opposed to there being a lot of focus on the characters and their development.
Like some other readers stated as well; I am of an opinion that a lot of the writing and happenings in this book felt repetitive and there were parts that were a but unnecessary even and therefore it sometimes felt like the plot was unstable and creaked on all sides. Things are being rushed towards the end and could’ve been better developed in my honest opinion.
I also really missed more connection and development with Abel/Noemi and felt like it was a shame they were apart from one another so much. That, in combination with the miscommunication that was present at times (I hate miscommunication, lol), wasn’t something I was hoping to see when it came to their relationship development. I was expecting more closeness I guess and feel like they deserved much more in regards to the writing about it.
I did like their character development separately a lot most of the times, especially Abel took it up a notch in this one. I really love how Claudia wrote Abel down, right from the beginning in Defy the Stars up until the end now in Defy the Fates. I think his development throughout all three books was truly magnificent.
There’s action and a lot of space travel so you won’t be disappointed about that I think. I like that there are some villainous characters present who make things personally, but that there’s also a story going down in which it’s about so much more than just the characters. It’s about all humans throughout the galaxy and that definitely made it more interesting!
Overall, I felt like this was still a fun read. I still love these characters so so much and there Are definitely some amazing things present in this book. It isn’t the strong conclusion I hoped it’d be but I would definitely recommend reading these books if you’re into YA Sci-Fi and aren’t opposed to there being a lot of focus on the characters and their development.