A review by lily47270
Destroy the Day by Brigid Kemmerer

adventurous emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

HOW DO I LIVE NOW?!
IT HURTS 😭
Seriously Brigid why did you played with my heart like this I had so many heart attacks reading this.

I can't believe this book is like 550 pages because it went so, so fast. I loved every single page of it (even when it broke my heart).
I also really liked how the chapters don't come and go between characters, but instead we had a bunch of chapters with one, than a bunch with another.

This book was a great mix of romance, fun and angst, with bits of political intrigue, and that was all so perfectly balanced.

And the characters. OMG the characters. I love them all so much.
– Lochlan?!?! I wasn't expecting to love him but he surprised me so much.
– Erik (Rocco). He was so great. Him and Ellmo were perfect. And his relationship with Tessa was so sweet, he's awsome.
– Tessa. She kinda annoyed me in the second book but in this one she was awsome.
– Corrick. Haaaaa, Corrick. Idk what to say without spoilers so I'll stop there.
– HARRISTAN. I wasn't the biggest fan of his chapters in Defend the Dawn, but in Destroy the Day ? PERFECTION.
– Quint. Quint is Quint and he'  so awsome.

Spoilers :

– Quint was marking down the dates Harristan smiled. HE WAS WRITING THE DATES HARRISTAN SMILED. That is the most insane, sweet, thing ever
(Also it's also so sad that Harristan didn't smiled more. BUT LIKE ARTFJFKFKDKF)
– Starting a chapter by Corrick at the happiest he's ever been in the series only to absolutely DESTROY HIM half a page latter was so very cruel 😭
So was leaving us to cry 40 pages until that last chapter.
– Lochlan and Corrick were so awsome together, the evolution of their relationship was so well written. Corrick teaching him to read and in the end asking him to be the King's Justice was perfect.
– Erik's with Olive now and they're gonna have a kid omg.
– CORRICK. Either he was making me laught because of his banter  with Lochlan, or cry with his angst but I love him.
But like those chapter when he believed Harristan was dead. It was devastating.
But also when he asked Tessa to marry him that scene was soooooooo good he already had the ring ready 🥹

Spoilers for Rule of Wolves (the last Grishaverse book) :

Ever since the first book, Quint kept reminding me of David, so let me tell you that when the palace crumbled I WAS UNWELL. DEAD INSIDE. It was David's death all over again. I was destroyed. (And in the subway lol, crying in my seat)